R809 road (Ireland) explained

Country:IRL
Type:R
Route:809
Image Notes:Watermill Road, Raheny, on the R809
Length Km:7.3
Destinations:
  • Dublin
    • R807 (James Larkin Road)
    • Watermill Road
    • Main Street, Raheny
    • Station Road, Raheny
    • Raheny Road
    • R104 (Tonlegee Road)
    • R104 (Kilbarrack Road)
    • Grange Road
  • Fingal
    • Grange Road
    • Willie Nolan Road
    • R106 (Main Street, Baldoyle)
    • R106 (Strand Road, Baldoyle)
    • Warrenhouse Road
    • Baldoyle Road
    • R105 (Dublin Road, Sutton)

The R809 road is a regional road in three sections in Dublin and Fingal, Ireland. It connects the R807 in Bettyglen to the R105 in Sutton following a roughly semicircular path that runs north, then east, then south, connecting one point on the coast road of Dublin Bay with another point, further northeast.

The official definition of the R809 from the Roads Act, 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order, 2012 [1] states:

R809: Raheny - Baldoyle, County Dublin

Between its junction with R807 at James Larkin Road and its junction with R104 at Tonlegee Road via Watermill Road, Main Street Raheny, Station Road Raheny and Raheny Road all in the city of Dublin

and

between its junction with R104 at Kilbarrack Road and its junction with R139 at Grange Road via Grange Road all in the city of Dublin

and

between its junction with R106 at Strand Street Baldoyle and its junction with R105 at Dublin Road Sutton via Warrenhouse Road and Baldoyle Road all in the county of Fingal.[2]

and

between its junction with R106 at Strand Street Baldoyle and its junction with R105 at Dublin Road Sutton via Warrenhouse Road and Baldoyle Road all in the county of Fingal.[3]

The road is 7.3km (04.5miles) long.[4] [2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/0054.html Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 2012
  2. https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Grange+Rd&daddr=Willie+Nolan+Rd&geocode=FUKvLgMdiuOh_w%3BFfbNLgMd-X-i_w&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=19&sll=53.398897,-6.127093&sspn=0.001,0.00284&ie=UTF8&ll=53.392952,-6.133804&spn=0.031989,0.090895&z=14 Map of second 3.4 km section of R809
  3. https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Main+St&daddr=Baldoyle+Rd&geocode=FQDOLgMdGoCi_w%3BFb6kLgMdoIyi_w&hl=en&mra=mr&mrcr=0&sll=53.39372,-6.115994&sspn=0.015994,0.045447&ie=UTF8&ll=53.39372,-6.115994&spn=0.015994,0.045447&z=15 Map of third 1.2 km section of R809
  4. https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Watermill+Rd&daddr=Watermill+Rd+to:53.391103,-6.168839&geocode=FXdsLgMdZe-h_w%3BFcqCLgMdKLqh_w%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=18&via=1&sll=53.390978,-6.168512&sspn=0.001999,0.005681&ie=UTF8&ll=53.3821,-6.143589&spn=0.031997,0.090895&z=14 Map of first 2.7 km section of R809 road