R440 road

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R440 Destinations (NW to SE) Length 36 km
County Offaly Birr - leave the N52/N62 passing Birr Castle Demense Killyon Joins the R421 Kinnitty - leaves the R421 Passes just below the summit of Baureigh Mountain (486m) County Laois Drimmo Mountrath - terminates at the R423 near the R423/N8 junction

The R440 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Birr, County Offaly and Mountrath, County Laois. It passes through the village of Kinnity Co. Offaly and from there climbs to near the high point of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, crosses into County Laois on the summit plateau and descents to Mountrath.

The road is 36 km (22 mi) long.

[edit] See also

• Roads in Ireland- (Primary National Roads)
• Secondary Roads
• Regional Roads

[edit] References

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 - Department of Transport