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词条 R115 road (Ireland)
释义

  1. Route

     Description 

  2. See also

  3. External links

  4. Further reading

  5. References

{{Infobox road
|country = IRL
|type = R
|route = 115
|length_km = 40.5
|destinations =
  • South Dublin
    • Rathfarnham (R114, R821)
    • Ballyroan (R817)
    • Ballyboden (R113, R116)
    • Crosses the Owendoher River
    • Crosses the M50. No access to motorway.
  • County Wicklow
    • Glencree
    • Sallygap (R759)
    • Laragh (R755, R756)

}}

The R115 road is a regional road in counties Dublin and Wicklow in Ireland. It follows the Military Road ({{lang-ga|An Bóthar Míleata}})[1] for its entire length. The R115 is {{convert|40.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} long; the full length of the Military Road (Rathfarnham to Aghavannagh) is {{convert|57.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}.[2][3]

The Military Road runs north-south across the spine of the Wicklow Mountains. It was constructed between 12 August 1800 and October 1809, in the wake of the 1798 rebellion, to open up the mountains to the British Army to assist them in putting down insurgents who were hiding there. Rathfarnham itself was the scene of some skirmishes in the early days of the rising.[4]

It was one of the first purpose-built roads in Ireland. Four barracks were built along the way at Glencree, Laragh, Glenmalure, and Aghavannagh. The engineer in charge was Alexander Taylor (b. 1746), who was responsible for many other roads in the country, including some turnpike roads (toll roads).[4]

Route

The official definition of the R115 from the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 [5] reads:

R115: Rathfarnham, County Dublin - Laragh, County Wicklow

Between its junction with R114 at Butterfield Avenue Rathfarnham in the county of South Dublin and its junction with R755 at Laragh in the county of Wicklow via Grange Road, Willbrook Road, Ballyboden Road, Scholarstown Road, Stocking Lane and Military Road in the county of South Dublin: Glencree, Liffey Head Bridge, Sally Gap and Drummin in the county of Wicklow.

Description

The R115 / Military Road starts in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, outside the Yellow House pub and continues to the Ballyboden roundabout, where it intersects with the R113; it then follows the Edmondstown Road for 100 metres where it meets the R116. At this point the route takes the Scholarstown Road and turns left onto Stocking Lane where it rises through the Dublin Mountains (past the Hell Fire Club), followed by a descent into Glencree at the head of the valley of the Glencree river, with a spur down that valley to Enniskerry, before rising again to the vicinity of the entrance gate/road to the TV mast at Kippure (this part of the Military Road is the highest paved public road in Ireland at 523 m). It descends slightly to the Sally Gap Crossroads (elevation 495 m)({{coord|53.137799|-6.312166|type:landmark}}), where it intersects with the R759 road. From there it continues to a point east of Mullaghcleevaun Mountain (850 m) before descending to the village of Laragh, near Glendalough, via the scenic Glenmacnass waterfall.

The R115 terminates at Laragh, at a junction with the R755 and the 'Wicklow Gap' road, the R756. The Military Road continues south past Glenmalure to Aghavannagh in south County Wicklow, but is designated as a local road south of Laragh.

For many years, the road was used as the Sally Gap special stage in the Circuit of Ireland car rally.

See also

  • Roads in Ireland
  • Motorways in Ireland
  • National primary road
  • National secondary road
  • Rathfarnham and the Military Road
  • Ireland's first ski rescue

External links

  • Sally Gap
  • The Military Road
  • [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Grange+Rd&daddr=R115&hl=en&ll=53.132766,-5.972443&spn=0.502595,1.454315&sll=53.009645,-6.29066&sspn=0.007876,0.022724&geocode=FYlBLQMdvxmg_w%3BFTLZKAMd4uyf_w&vpsrc=6&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&t=h&z=10 Map of R115 route]
  • [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Grange+Rd&daddr=R115+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=52.996603,-5.743103&spn=1.008379,2.90863&sll=52.914997,-6.427109&sspn=0.000987,0.00284&geocode=FYlBLQMdvxmg_w%3BFTLZKAMd4uyf_w%3BFUNqJwMdwO2d_w&vpsrc=6&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=19&t=h&z=9 Map of Military Road]. From A to B is R115 section. A to C is Military Road.

Further reading

  • "The Wicklow Military Road - history and topography" (2007) by Michael Fewer; {{ISBN|978 1 901658 66 8}}.

References

1. ^Military Road Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-12-04.
2. ^[https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Grange+Rd&daddr=R115&hl=en&ll=53.132766,-5.972443&spn=0.502595,1.454315&sll=53.009645,-6.29066&sspn=0.007876,0.022724&geocode=FYlBLQMdvxmg_w%3BFTLZKAMd4uyf_w&vpsrc=6&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&t=h&z=10 R115 road] Google Maps. Retrieved: 2011-12-04.
3. ^[https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Grange+Rd&daddr=R115+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=52.996603,-5.743103&spn=1.008379,2.90863&sll=52.914997,-6.427109&sspn=0.000987,0.00284&geocode=FYlBLQMdvxmg_w%3BFTLZKAMd4uyf_w%3BFUNqJwMdwO2d_w&vpsrc=6&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=19&t=h&z=9 Military Road]. Google Maps. Retrieved: 2011-12-04.
4. ^The Military Road by John Godden. Retrieved: 2011-12-04.
5. ^Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012, Irish Statute Book (irishstatutebook.ie). Retrieved 2017-02-02.
{{Roads in Ireland}}

4 : Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland|Roads in County Dublin|Roads in County Wicklow|Military roads

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