The N6 road is a national primary road in Ireland from junction 11 on the M4 motorway at Kinnegad to Galway city. The N6 and N4 form a continuous motorway or dual carriageway from Dublin city centre to Galway City passing in an east–west direction through the midlands of Ireland. Most of the road is motorway standard with the exception of the Athlone bypass and stretches of urban road in Galway City, which are the only sections of the road that remain designated as N6 dual carriageway. There is one toll on the road outside Galway city. Major upgrades to the road were completed in December 2009 completing the first intercity motorway/dual carriageway in Ireland and the New Junctions of M6 are built and will be 164 km.
N6 at Athlone, 2022
The N6 crossing the River Shannon north of Athlone.
Looking West: N67 Dual Carriageway (Old N6) between Oranmore and Ballybrit in Galway.
Late evening traffic on the N6 in Galway City.
A national primary road is a road classification in Ireland. National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres. There are 2649 km of national primary roads. This category of road has the prefix "N" followed by one or two digits. Motorways are prefixed "M" followed by one or two digits.
Naas Road (N7), non-Motorway high-grade dual carriageway.
Sign in Dublin indicating the principal national primary roads fanning out from the capital city.
2+2 section of the N4 (Dromod-Roosky bypass) in County Leitrim.
N11 Exit sign. This route has since been upgraded to motorway status