All roads lead to Roses as Tralee bypass opens

The Tralee bypass, one of the few major national roads projects to be undertaken since the economic downturn, and the biggest-ever roads project in Kerry, opened shortly after 2pm yesterday, to coincide with the annual Rose of Tralee festival.

All roads lead to Roses as Tralee bypass opens

Summer-frocked Roses in vintage cars were the first to travel on the Kingdom’s newest road, looking onto the Slieve Mish mountains.

Costing €97.3m, the 30km of N22/N69 road used up 225 acres of land involving 78 landowners.

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