It starts at a roundabout at Ballymascanlan, just north of Dundalk, where it meets the N52 and the M1/N1 roads. It then heads east, along the northern coast of Dundalk Bay to The Bush where it veers north, past the village of Grange to Carlingford. From there it heads NW along the southern shore of Carlingford Lough, through the village of Omeath to the Northern Ireland border where it becomes the B79 into Newry, County Down.
The R173 is a former Trunk Road and was previously numbered as the T62. The road is 32 km (20 mi) long.
r173, road, ireland, r173, road, regional, road, ireland, running, full, length, county, louth, loops, around, cooley, peninsula, mainly, along, coast, nearly, encircles, cooley, mountains, r173, roadbóthar, r173carlingford, lough, r173, carlingford, hugs, coa. The R173 road is a regional road in Ireland running its full length in County Louth It loops around Cooley Peninsula mainly along the coast It nearly encircles the Cooley Mountains R173 roadBothar R173Carlingford Lough R173 to Carlingford hugs the coast on the rightRoute informationLength32 km 20 mi LocationCountryIrelandPrimarydestinationsCounty Louth Dundalk starts at roundabout north of town N1 M1 and N52 R174 The Bush R175 Carlingford R176 Omeath Terminates at the NI border becomes B79Highway systemRoads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional It starts at a roundabout at Ballymascanlan just north of Dundalk where it meets the N52 and the M1 N1 roads It then heads east along the northern coast of Dundalk Bay to The Bush where it veers north past the village of Grange to Carlingford From there it heads NW along the southern shore of Carlingford Lough through the village of Omeath to the Northern Ireland border where it becomes the B79 into Newry County Down The R173 is a former Trunk Road and was previously numbered as the T62 The road is 32 km 20 mi long See also editRoads in Ireland National primary road National secondary roadReferences editRoads Act 1993 Classification of Regional Roads Order 2006 Department of Transport Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R173 road Ireland amp oldid 1136758952, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
