R133 road
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The R133 road is a regional road
in south Dublin, Ireland
. The road starts at Goatstown
and runs in a southerly direction towards Sandyford
before acting as a link road for the M50
.
Regional road
A regional road in Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route , but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network. There are over 11,600 kilometres of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" A regional road in Ireland is a...
in south Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The road starts at Goatstown
Goatstown
Goatstown is a suburb of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh....
and runs in a southerly direction towards Sandyford
Sandyford
Sandyford is a suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. A major part of Sandyford today is composed of the Sandyford Industrial Estate and related developments.- Location and access :...
before acting as a link road for the M50
M50 motorway (Ireland)
The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...
.
Route
- The road starts at the crossroads in GoatstownGoatstownGoatstown is a suburb of Dublin located in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County, Ireland. To the west is Dundrum, to the east is Mount Merrion and Stillorgan, to the south is Sandyford, and to the north is Roebuck and Clonskeagh....
where it joins with the R112R112 roadThe R112 road is a regional road in south Dublin, Ireland. It begins at the junction with the N4 road at Chapelizod and arcs southeastwards, then eastwards across the middle of south Dublin, ending at the Mount Merrion junction of the N11. The road is single carriageway, with cycle lanes on some...
and R825R825 roadThe R825 road is a regional road in south Dublin, Ireland. The road starts in Clonskeagh at the junction with the R117 and passes through Goatstown, Kilmacud and Stillorgan before ending at a junction with the N31 in Blackrock, County Dublin...
and heads south. The road is known as the Lower Kilmacud Road before a minor junction where it becomes known as Drumartin Road. - At the next junction it joins with the R825R825 roadThe R825 road is a regional road in south Dublin, Ireland. The road starts in Clonskeagh at the junction with the R117 and passes through Goatstown, Kilmacud and Stillorgan before ending at a junction with the N31 in Blackrock, County Dublin...
again and runs south into the recently built Drummartin Link Road. A short distance later is another signaled junction when it crosses the Upper KilmacudKilmacudKilmacud is a suburban area in Dublin in the local authority area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.Kilmacud is the area west of Stillorgan. In essence, it is a collection of middle-class housing estates built in the 1950s by a range of small private construction companies to cater for the growing market...
Road. - It then crosses the LuasLuasLuas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a tram or light rail system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways. In 2007, the system carried 28.4 million passengers, a growth of 10% since...
Green line passing beside the Kilmacud station and the newly built Sandyford Drummartin Link Road. - After this the road continues south to another major junction at the Sandyford Industrial Estate, intersecting with Blackthorn Drive. The road then goes from single to dual lanes as a link road to the M50M50 motorway (Ireland)The M50 motorway is a motorway in Ireland running in a C-shaped ring around the north-eastern, northern, western and southern sides of the capital city, Dublin. The northern end of the route is located at the entrance to the Dublin Port Tunnel. Anti-clockwise it heads northwest through the tunnel...
. At the M50 Junction 13 (East) there is a roundabout currently being upgraded as part of the M50 works. - The route continues as a link road to Junction 13 (West) of the M50 (BallinteerBallinteerBallinteer is a southside suburb of Dublin, located in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county, Ireland, extensively developed from the late 1960s onwards.- History :...
and DundrumDundrum, DublinDundrum , originally a town in its own right, is now a suburb of Dublin in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland.The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16.-History:...
) running in a westerly direction parallel to the motorway that joins with the R826R826 roadThe R826 road is a regional road in south Dublin, Ireland. The road runs from the Dundrum junction of the M50 as passes through or near Ballinteer, Dundrum and Balally before terminating at the junction with the R112 close to Goatstown...
and R113R113 roadThe R113 road is a regional road in Ireland. Located in the east of Ireland at Dublin, it forms a semi-orbital route around the south of the city. As of 2007, clockwise, it starts at the N31 at Temple Hill in Blackrock and ends at a junction with the N4 at Palmerstown.The road is one of the...
. This section of the route is a two lane carriageway running in a one way direction from Dundrum to Sandyford.