N60 road (Ireland)

N60 road
N60 road sign heading north out of Ballymoe
Route information
Length:	92.217 km (57.301 mi)
Location
Primary destinations:	County Roscommon Roscommon town (N61) Oran R367 road Crosses the River Suck County Galway Ballymoe (R360) Crosses the Island River County Roscommon Crosses the River Suck Castlerea (R377, R361) Crosses the Francis River Crosses the River Suck Ballinlough County Mayo Ballyhaunis (N83, R323) Crosses the Dalgan River Brickens Crosses the River Robe R327 road Claremorris (N17, R331, R320) Balla (R324) Manulla Crosses the Manulla River Breaghwy Castlebar (R373, N84, N5)
Road network
Roads in Ireland Motorways Primary Secondary Regional

The N60 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, linking Roscommon town to Castlebar, County Mayo. The main towns along the route are Roscommon, Ballymoe, Castlerea, Ballyhaunis, Claremorris, Balla, and Castlebar.

The quality of the road varies significantly, with County Roscommon having a better alignment. The worst section of the route is between Castlebar and Claremorris where some stretches are dangerously narrow. This section of the route is also the busiest with up to 7,000 vehicles daily. The N60 in County Mayo has seen minor realignment works carried out since the 1970s. The largest project to date is the Claremorris relief road which was constructed in two stages between 1988 and 2000. This relief road removes the majority of the 7,000 vehicles daily from Claremorris town centre, in particular Mount St which was once notorious for tailbacks, as traffic once gave way to the busy N17 which passed through the town prior to the opening the N17 bypass in 2001.

A new route between Castlebar and Claremorris has been in planning for many years and will bypass the village of Balla when constructed.

The official description of the N60 from the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2012 reads:

The route originally continued from Castlebar to Westport; however, this section became part of the N5 in 1994.