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Status
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Construction scheme
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Where
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To
upgrade the N13 in county Donegal to
dual-carriageway standard from west of
the village of Bridgend to the border
with Northern Ireland. |
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Total
Length
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Approx 1.7 km / 1.1
miles
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Dates
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Initial consultation -
April 2022
Preferred route
corridor announced - 3 Sep 2024
No further timescale for construction
announced as of Dec 2024
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Cost
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€60m (as of Nov
2024) - to be co-funded by the European
Union, Transport Infrastructure Ireland,
and the Department of Transport
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See
Also
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General area
map - Google Maps
Official Web
Site on Scheme - Donegal County
Council
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Click here to jump straight
down to updates for this scheme.
The village of Bridgend lies on the main N13
that connects Derry to Letterkenny. All traffic
is currently forced to drive through the centre
of the small village, and the current road not
only carries over 19,000 vehicles per day, but
also cuts the village in half. The problem was
identified in the Bridgend Local Area Plan
2018-2024 with the objective being to "provide
a more attractive and pedestrian-friendly
village
centre environment whilst minimising any
impact on the operational effectiveness of the
route and, equally, of the established
businesses served off the road". The
proposed scheme will consist of a
dual-carriageway upgrade which will be online to
the east of the village, but take a new route
through the centre of the village, bridged over
one road the centre of the village to reduce
severance (possibly requiring some property
demolition here). Local access will be provided
by two new junctions, likely roundabouts. The
scheme is to tie directly in to the A2 Buncrana
Road scheme in Northern Ireland at the
border.
The map below shows the preferred route corridor
as of November 2024. The four large purple dots
who bridge locations - the westernmost one carries
a diversion of the R238 is over a river and a
Greenway. The second is a bridge over the centre
of the village and the last two are over a river.
The two pink dots are future junction locations,
most likely roundabouts. The orange line is
the NI/RoI border. You can download a larger
version of this map here
(link checked Dec 2024). Presumably, the existing
road through the village would be altered to be
more village-friendly once the bypass has opened.
Updates
31 Dec 2024: I have created this page to
follow this scheme, which is bring progressed
quite rapidly by Donegal County Council, though
no construction date has yet been given. The
only unknown is whether the delay to the A2
Buncrana Road scheme in Northern Ireland
would impact on the timescale. Without that
scheme, this will be an isolated 1 mile section
of dual-carriageway with single-carriageway at
either end. The total cost being quoted of €60m
consists of €41m of construction costs, €7m of
land costs and the remainder planning and other
costs.
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