Ballina-Killaloe diversions in place for river crossing work

Tipperary County Council has made an order to close the R494 Ballina to Birdhill road from February 15th, to 7pm on Monday, March 1st. Local access will be facilitated during this period and road users in Ballina and Killaloe should expect delays over the two weeks due to site clearance works in respect of the Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 Improvement Scheme on the R494 between the Roolagh junction and the Birdhill Roundabout.

Traffic coming to Ballina from Birdhill should proceed along the R445 to its junction with R496, continue along the R496 to its junction with R494 and proceed on R494 to access Ballina.

Traffic from Ballina to Birdhill should proceed along R494 to its junction with R496, proceed along R496 to its junction with R445 and drive on the R445 to access Birdhill.