R440 road (Ireland) explained

Country:	IRL
Type:	R
Route:	440
Photo Notes:	Crossing the Slieve Bloom Mountains
Length Km:	36
Destinations:	County Offaly Birr – leave the N62 passing Birr Castle Demense Killyon Joins the R421 Kinnitty – leaves the R421 Slieve Bloom Mountains County Laois Drimmo Mountrath – terminates at the R423 near the R423/R445 junction

The R440 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Birr, County Offaly and Mountrath, County Laois. It passes through the village of Kinnity, County Offaly and from there climbs to the watershed of the Slieve Bloom Mountains north of Stillbrook Hill, crossing at an elevation of into County Laois on the plateau and descending to Mountrath.

The road is 36km (22miles) long.

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• National primary road
• National secondary road

References

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport