N22 road (Ireland)

The N22 road is a national primary road in Ireland which goes through counties Kerry and Cork, from Tralee in the west through Killarney, Macroom and Ballincollig to Cork City in the east.

Sections of the N22 have been substantially upgraded in recent years. During the 1980s and 1990s a 25 km (16 mi) section between Killarney and the border with County Cork was rebuilt and widened. An auxiliary climbing lane is provided on the steep grade sections. The late 1980s saw a 3 km (1.9 mi) bypass of Killarney. In 2004 the Ballincollig bypass west of Cork city has been completed. This is a 11 km (6.8 mi) dual carriageway road built to Motorway standards that connects with the N40 Cork South Ring Road. In 2005 4 km (2.5 mi) of the road between Tralee and Farranfore has been upgraded. This adds to a 4 km section opened in 2002. In August 2013 a new 5.5 km (3.4 mi) section of road was added as part of the Tralee N22/N69 bypass project at Ballingrelagh replacing the section of road where the N22 originally ended at the N21 John Cronin Roundabout in Ballycarty. The N22 now terminates at Camp Roundabout outside Tralee on the N22/N69 Tralee Bypass.

Route nationale 22

The Route nationale 22 (RN22) is a highway in southern France, connecting l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre to Pas de la Casa in the Principality of Andorra. On the French side of the border at Pas de la Casa, the RN22 also connects to the Envalira Tunnel (Catalan: Túnel d'Envalira), which is an alternative route into Andorra avoiding the Envalira Pass (Catalan: Port d'Envalira).

The road is a branch of the N20, and runs parallel to the RN320 which crosses Col de Puymorens. The roads follow the same route for a few kilometers.

This road has only been called the RN22 since 1975 when there was a general downgrading of the road network, before which it was called the NR20b. Formerly, RN22 was a section of the current trunk road N11 between Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon with the La Rochelle and a section in La Rochelle to the Port de la Pallice and the landing stage of the ferry to the L'île de Ré.

In winter, avalanches sometimes close the continuation of the road below Col de Puymorens — the N20.