N77 road (Ireland)

The N77 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It links the N10 national primary on the ring road south of Kilkenny, County Kilkenny to the M7 motorway at Portlaoise in County Laois.

N77 road
Bóthar N77
N77 north of Abbeyleix, County Laois
Route information
Length	48.742 km (30.287 mi)
Location
Country	Ireland
Primary destinations	(bypassed routes in italics) County Kilkenny Kilkenny City Ballyragget County Laois Durrow Abbeyleix Terminates at M7 at Portlaoise
Highway system
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

N77 crossing the River Nore at Ballyragget

Upgrades and Extensions

In December 2007 a 4 km stretch at the southern end of the road terminating in Kilkenny city centre was replaced by a new road forming the northeastern section of the Kilkenny ring road and terminating at the N10 national primary road. The N10 forms the southeastern section of the ring road which opened in 1983. On 28 May 2010, a section of the single carriageway N8 road between Durrow and Portlaoise was redesignated the N77 when the final section of the M8 motorway opened to traffic. In 2018, a new 1.5km of road between Durrow and Ballyragget was opened with higher standard as it replaced the dangerous hilly sections of road.

Daffodils in full bloom - March 2012

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• Motorways in Ireland
• National primary road
• Regional road

References

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006 Archived 17 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine – Department of Transport