M8 motorway (Ireland)

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M8 motorway in Ireland
M8 motorway (Ireland)
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Course of the M8
Basic data
Operator: Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Start of the street: Aghaboe
( 52 ° 55 ′  N , 7 ° 29 ′  W )
End of street: Cork
( 51 ° 54 ′  N , 8 ° 23 ′  W )
Overall length: 147 km

Counties :

M8 at junction 15 tolled.JPG
The M8 near the town of Fermoy heading north
Course of the road
node (1)  M7 E20
Junction on the left (3)  Rathdowney , Abbeyleix , Durrow , Borris-in-Ossory R433
Gas station Rest stop (3)  Ballacolla Service Area
flow Erkina River
flow Goul
===Template: AB / Maintenance / BLD Border County Laois - County Kilkenny
flow Goul
Junction on the left (4)  Kilkenny , Johnstown , Urlingford R693
===Template: AB / Maintenance / BLD County Kilkenny Border - County Tipperary
Junction on the left (5)  Symbol: UpThurles , Twomileborris N75
Junction on the left (6)  Thurles , Horse and Jockey N62
parking spot parking spot
Junction on the left (7)  Cashel , Dundrum R639
Junction on the left (8th)  Cashel , Fethard , Clonmel R692
Gas station Rest stop (8th)  Cashel Service Area
Junction on the left (9)  Tipperary , Cashel , New Inn N74
parking spot parking spot
Junction on the left (10)  Limerick , Waterford , Cahir N24
flow River Suir
bridge Limerick Junction - Waterford Railway
Junction on the left (11)  Cahir R639
flow Thonnoge River
flow Attychraan River
===Template: AB / Maintenance / BLD Border County Tipperary - County Limerick
parking spot parking spot
flow River Funshion
===Template: AB / Maintenance / BLD Limit County Limerick - County Cork
Junction on the left (12)  Mitchelstown , Mallow , Kilbeheny N73
Junction on the left (13)  Mitchelstown , Limerick R639
flow River Funshion
Junction on the left (14)  Fermoy , Kilworth R639
flow Munster Blackwater
Junction on the left (15)  Fermoy , Rathcormac R639
flow Shanowen
flow River Bride
Junction on the left (16)  Symbol: DownRathcormac R639
flow River Flesk
Toll booth Toll booth
Junction on the left (17)  Watergrasshill R639
Junction on the left (18)  Glanmire R639
bridge Railway Cork - Cobh / Midleton (Cork Suburban Rail)
Roundabout (19)  Dunkettle Interchange - Continue onN25N40
node (19)  Expansion to the motorway junction N25N40
  • Under construction
  • In planning
  • The M8 motorway ( English for "Autobahn M8", Irish Mótarbhealach M8 ) is a high-level road link in the Republic of Ireland . Together with the M7 motorway , it connects the state capital Dublin with Cork , the second largest city in the country on the south coast. The entire length of the road corresponds to the National primary road N8 as well as the European route 201 .

    course

    The M8 motorway begins about 17.5 km southwest of Port Laoise near the Civil Parish of Aghaboe in County Laois as a junction of the M7 motorway coming from Dublin . A direct driveway from Limerick is not possible. The road initially runs south-south-west through sparsely populated areas. Among the first major settlements include Urlingford and already for County Tipperary belonging Thurles . Approximately 35 miles after the start of the road, it bypasses the town of Cashel and reaches the Golden Vale area , Ireland's most important dairy center.

    After another 16 km you come to the town of Cahir , where the course slopes towards the west-south-west. For the next 23 km, the road follows the southern flank of the Galtee Mountains . Towards the end of this section, the southeasternmost tip of County Limerick is crossed for about 3 km , but without a junction here, before the first town in County Cork, Mitchelstown, is approached.

    There the road turns south again and runs through the hilly area of ​​eastern Cork. Major towns and settlements in this area are Fermoy , Watergrasshill and Glanmire , a suburb of the city of Cork . Another 48 km after Mitchelstown, the motorway ends in a roundabout on the eastern outskirts of Cork. From there, it is possible to change to the N25, which runs from west to east, with a connection to Cork city center, as well as to Midleton and Cobh and the southern ring road N40.

    toll

    A toll will be collected between junction 14 and 17 ( Rathcormac-Fermoy Bypass ). There is also a toll station directly on the autobahn between ASSt 16 and 17, as well as two smaller ones on the access and departure ramp of ASSt 15 going north. Regardless of the distance traveled, the fee is currently (2018) between € 1 for motorcycles and € 6.10 for trucks over 3.5 t total weight or more than three axles, for cars it is € 1.90.

    expansion

    M8 at Tipperary

    At the end of the M8 there is a roundabout , the so-called Dunkettle Interchange , which currently only allows intersection-free traffic in a west-east direction, i.e. along the N25. Coming from the north (M8) and south (N40) you have to drive into the traffic light-controlled roundabout to change roads. This fact regularly leads to long traffic jams at the entire intersection. Therefore, in the course of the expansion of the N40 to a complete ring road, the conversion of the Dunkettle Interchange into a fully-fledged motorway junction is currently planned in order to enable intersection-free traffic in all directions.

    Web links

    Commons : M8 motorway (Republic of Ireland)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. a b project website for the conversion of the Dunkettle Interchange ( English )
    2. information site for toll road sections duties in Ireland ( English )