M11 motorway (Republic of Ireland)

The M11 bt Shankhill

The M11 motorway is a 56-mile motorway section of the N11 primary route in the Republic of Ireland: the N11 runs for 80 miles along Leinster’s east coastal plain from Dublin to [[Wexford], passing close to Bray, Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow, Gorey, and Enniscorthy. Beyond Wexford, the route continues to Rosslare as the N25.

As of July 2019, the N11 and M11 are of dual carriageway or motorway standard from Dublin as far as Oilgate in County Wexford.

The M11 motorway commences as the Bray/Shankill Bypass. Along the Shankill Bypass, the M11 is joined by the Dublin's M50 motorway partial ring road, which terminates at a major junction along the M11, which opened in June 2005. This link allows motorists to drive on continuous motorway and dual carriageway from Oilgate, County Wexford to various destinations via the M50 and the national roads it serves. These roads include the N7, the N4, the N3, the N2 and the M1.

The road becomes the M11 again at Junction 14 and bypasses Ashford, Rathnew and Arklow (which was bypassed by a dual-carriageway route opened in January 1999 and re-designated as motorway in August 2009).

West of Bray in County Wicklow, the motorway ends, with the N11 continuing south as dual carriageway through the Glen of the Downs. The road becomes the M11 again at Junction 14 and bypasses Ashford, Rathnew and Arklow. Just north of Inch, the M11 enters County Wexford. The route continues South, bypassing Gorey and Clogh. This section was also re-designated as motorway from 28 August 2009. The former N11 road between Newtownmountkennedy and Gorey is now signposted as the R772 regional road. The M11 then bypasses Camolin, Ferns and Enniscorthy. At Ballydawmore, about 4.25 km east-northeast of Enniscorthy, the N30 from New Ross, which also connects to the N80 from Tullamore at Clavass about 5 km north of Enniscorthy, meets the M11 at a junction, which also connects to R744 road. At the end of the Enniscorthy Bypass the motorway section ends at the Scurlocksbush roundabout.