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{{Short description|National primary road in Ireland}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=February 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox road
|country = IRL
|type = N
|route = 25
|e-road = [[File:IRL E-01.svg|60px]][[File:IRL E-30.svg|60px]]
|length_km = 188.05
|destinations = (bypassed routes in ''italics'')
* '''[[Cork (city)|Cork City]]'''
** [[Dunkettle Interchange]]
* '''[[County Cork]]'''
** ''[[Little Island, Cork|Little Island]]''
** ''N25 Carrigtwohill-Cobh Interchange''
** ''[[Midleton]]''
** [[Castlemartyr]]
** [[Killeagh]]
** ''[[Youghal]]''
*'''[[County Waterford]]'''
** Kinsalebeg
** [[Grange, County Waterford|Grange]]
** [[Gorteen]]
** ''[[Dungarvan]]''
** [[Lemybrien]]
** ''[[Kilmacthomas]]''
** ''[[Kilmeaden]]''
** ''[[Waterford City]]''
*'''[[County Kilkenny]]'''
** ''[[Glenmore, County Kilkenny|Glenmore]]''
*'''[[County Wexford]]'''
** ''[[New Ross]]''
** ''[[Wexford Town]]''
** Killinick
** [[Tagoat]]
** [[Kilrane]]
** ''[[Rosslare Strand|Rosslare]]''
** [[Rosslare Harbour]]
}}
The '''N25 road''' is a [[national primary road]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], forming the route from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Rosslare Europort]] via [[Waterford City]]. The road is part of the [[European route E30|E30]] [[European route]] and a short section is also part of the [[European route E01|E01]] European route. It forms part of the proposed [[Atlantic Corridor]] route.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atlantic Corridor |url=http://www.transport21.ie/Projects/Roads/N15_N17_N18_N20_N25_Atlantic_Corridor.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216093545/http://www.transport21.ie/Projects/Roads/N15_N17_N18_N20_N25_Atlantic_Corridor.html |archive-date=2008-12-16 |access-date=2009-01-05 |publisher=[[Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport|Department of Transport]]}}</ref>
==Route==
Up to 22 February 2012, the Cork South Ring Road was designated as part of the N25.  However, on 23 February, this section of road was redesignated as [[N40 road (Ireland)|N40]] and hence from this date, the N25 now commences at the [[Dunkettle Interchange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electronic Irish Statute Book (EISB) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/0053.html}}</ref>  From the Dunkettle Interchange the N25 commences east as the ''East Cork Parkway'' dual-carriageway, with interchanges for [[Fota Island]] and [[Cobh]], and also [[Carrigtwohill]]. The next major destination on the route is [[Midleton]].
[[File:Suir RiverBridge looking south(Edit).jpg|thumb|left|N25 [[Waterford]] City bypass]]
The dual-carriageway ends after bypassing Midleton with an ordinary two-lane road continuing east to [[Youghal]]. At Youghal a single carriageway bypass was completed in 2003, bringing the road around the west of the town to the northern side of Youghal. Here the road crosses the [[Munster Blackwater|River Blackwater]] into [[County Waterford]]. Northeast of this, the road was widened as part of the N25 Kinsalebeg project. This consisted of widening of 3.5 kilometers of single carriageway to include a hard shoulder on both sides of the road. The route passes [[Dungarvan]], with a future bypass at preliminary design stage,<ref>{{Cite web |title=N25 Dungarvan Bypass |url=http://nra.ie/mapping/n25-dungarvan-bypass/ |access-date=2014-11-04 |publisher=[[National Roads Authority]]}}</ref> before meeting the [[N72 road (Ireland)|N72]] which makes its way to [[Killarney]] and [[County Kerry]] via [[Mallow, County Cork]], [[Fermoy]] and [[Lismore, County Waterford]]. The N72 provides an alternative route to Kerry from and north of [[County Cork]] from [[Waterford]] and [[Wexford]] without going near [[Cork City]] and the [[Dunkettle Interchange]]. Then reaching [[Kilmeaden]] west of Waterford city and onto the bypass of the city itself. Beginning at Kilmeaden, it passes the [[Woodstown]] historic settlement before crossing the [[River Suir]] ([[Suir Bridge|via a cable stay bridge]] of about 475m in length) between Gracedieu in County Waterford and Grannagh in [[County Kilkenny]]. The bypass meets the [[M9 motorway (Ireland)|M9 Motorway]] which leads to [[Dublin]], [[Carlow (town)|Carlow]], [[Kilkenny]] and [[Mullinavat]] and [[N24 road (Ireland)|N24]] which leads to [[Limerick]], [[Tipperary (town)|Tipperary]], [[Cahir]], [[Clonmel]] and [[Carrick On Suir]] at the Grannagh interchange, before joining the old N25 east of Slieverue. The bypass connects to the Outer Ring Road and the old N25 via a road known as the ''Western Link''. (The bypass as a whole contains {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} of dual carriageway* and {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} of single carriageway.)  The bypass is a [[toll road|tolled road]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=N25 Waterford Bypass - Toll Scheme |url=http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass/tollscheme.htm |access-date=2009-10-19 |publisher=[[Waterford City Council]]}}</ref>
From Waterford, the N25 moves north to cross the [[River Barrow]] into [[County Wexford]] further up its estuary, bypassing [[New Ross]] over Ireland's longest bridge, the [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge]], since 29 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kane |first=Conor |date=29 January 2020 |title=N25 bypass with Ireland's longest bridge opens |language=en |work=[[RTÉ News]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0129/1111647-n25-bypass/ |access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=N25 New Ross Bypass |url=http://nra.ie/mapping/n25-new-ross-bypass/ |access-date=2014-11-04 |publisher=[[National Roads Authority]]}}</ref> The existing N25 into New Ross was redesignated as the R723 at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R723 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki |url=https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=R723 |website=www.sabre-roads.org.uk}}</ref> East of the town, the [[N30 road (Ireland)|N30]] diverges and connects northeast to [[Enniscorthy]], [[Clonroche]] and the [[N11 road (Ireland)|M11]] Dublin &ndash; Wexford motorway. The N25 continues east to Wexford and meets the end of the N11 road which comes from [[Dublin]] and all the towns and villages including [[Enniscorthy]] at the New Ross Road Roundabout positioned west of the town. The N25 skirts the edge of the town around to the south and passes west of [[Tagoat]] and [[Rosslare Strand|Rosslare]] to descend to reach [[Rosslare Harbour]].
[[File:Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge.jpg|thumb|[[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge]], New Ross bypass]]
==Proposed developments==
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Some sections of the route have been proposed for upgrade to motorway standard. Part of the N25 dual carriageway in Midleton is to have all its junctions grade-separated and all direct accesses removed from the route (by the construction of a parallel road), thus making it suitable for upgrade to motorway status.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
As of the early 21st century, TII was examining the possibility of a new road from Midleton to Youghal, with route options being investigated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=N25 Midleton to Youghal |url=http://nra.ie/mapping/n25-midleton-to-youghal/ |access-date=2014-11-04 |publisher=[[National Roads Authority]]}}</ref> As part of the Atlantic Corridor road scheme, the section of road between Waterford and Rosslare Europort was proposed to be built as high quality dual carriageway or motorway standard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transport 21 - N25 Rosslare to Waterford |url=http://www.transport21.ie/Projects/Roads/N25_Rosslare_to_Waterford.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409200926/http://www.transport21.ie/PROJECTS/ROADS/N25_Rosslare_to_Waterford.html |archive-date=2007-04-09}}</ref> In early 2022, it was announced that due to a funding shortfall, the portion from Carrigtwohill to Midleton would not be upgraded.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Caitlín |last2=O'Riordan |first2=Sean |date=2022-01-11 |title=Shelving of multi-million euro upgrade of Cork road 'must be reversed' |language=en |work=Irish Examiner |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40782291.html |access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref>
==Light aircraft crash==
On 27 March 2017, a light aircraft crashed in a field adjacent to the road, killing the elderly pilot. It was one of three major aviation incidents involving Ireland in March 2017, with the Coastguard and Wales crash.
== Junctions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+N25 - Dunkettle to Midelton
!Westbound
!Junction
!Eastbound
|-
|[[Dunkettle Interchange]] [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]](Dublin), [[N40 road (Ireland)|N40]](Cork) ''Road continues as [[N8 road (Ireland)|N8]]''
|J1
|Dunkettle Interchange M8(Dublin), N40(Cork) ''Start of dual carriageway''
|-
|[[R623 road (Ireland)|R623]], [[Glounthaune]], Little Island
|J2
|R623, Glounthaune, Little Island
|-
|[[R624 road (Ireland)|R624]], [[Cobh]], [[Carrigtwohill]]
|J3
|R624, Cobh, Carrigtwohill
|-
|Carrigtwohill, [[Midleton]]
|J4
|Carrigtwohill, Midleton
|-
|Midleton
|J5
|Midleton
|-
|Midleton, [[Whitegate, County Cork|Whitegate]] ''Start of dual carriageway''
|Lake view roundabout
|Midleton, Whitegate  ''End of dual carriageway''
|}
==See also==
*[[Roads in Ireland]]
*[[Motorways in Ireland]]
*[[National secondary road]]
*[[Regional road (Ireland)|Regional road]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/7616-0.pdf Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006] – [[Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport|Department of Transport]]
{{Roads in Ireland}}
[[Category:National primary roads in the Republic of Ireland|25]]
[[Category:Roads in County Cork]]
[[Category:Roads in County Waterford]]
[[Category:Roads in County Wexford]]
[[Category:Constituent roads of European route E30]]