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| Bóthar N16 | |
 N16 near Cornacloy in County Leitrim | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 47.49 km (29.51 mi) |
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
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| Highway system | |
TheN16 road is anational primary road inIreland. It begins inCounty Sligo in the northwest ofIreland, and ends atBlacklion,County Cavan, at the border withNorthern Ireland, where it becomes theA4 road. At 47.49 kilometres (29.51 mi), The N16 is one of the shorter national primary routes, as it forms only part of a major route from Sligo toEnniskillen and onwards toBelfast.
The N16 begins at the junction of theN15 andN4 at Cartron,Sligo, and travels northeast, past theInstitute of Technology, Sligo and onwards, passing aboveGlencar Lake and enteringCounty Leitrim.Manorhamilton andGlenfarne are the only towns passed through in County Leitrim, until the road reachesBlacklion inCounty Cavan, and crosses the border intoCounty Fermanagh atBelcoo, where the road becomes theA4. The route continues toEnniskillen and further east towardsBelfast as the A4 and theM1 Motorway.
Compared with many other national primary roads in Ireland, long sections of the N16 are narrow and twisty which can make travelling on it slow and difficult. In recent years improvements have been made to short sections of it but the geography of many of the areas it passes through (deep valleys and steep hills) places some limits on the improvements that can be made without a wholesale realignment of parts of the route (i.e., finding less difficult terrain nearby to build a new road through).[citation needed]
As of December 2019, upgrades to further sections of the N16 were planned.[1]
