The R445 road is a regional road in Ireland. The route is a non-motorway alternative route to the N7/M7 motorway between Naas and Limerick, and at 170 km it is one of the longest regional roads in Ireland. Indeed, much of the route comprises roads that were formerly part of the N7 between the cities, prior to motorway and other bypasses. Some of the R445 route also comprises local link roads to new N7/M7 route sections.
The R445 dual carriageway between Naas and Newbridge
The R445 through The Curragh between Kildare and Newbridge
The R445 when it was still the N7 in 2003, just east of Junction 15 looking west
A regional road in the Republic of 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". The equivalent road category in Northern Ireland are B roads.
The R449 west of Leixlip
The R583 leaving Millstreet
The R348 near Woodlawn, County Galway, with a mixture of fingerpost and improved signposts
The R136 Outer Ring Road in southwest Dublin