{"id":4435,"date":"2010-07-04T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T05:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2022-02-15T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:11:20","slug":"odd-irish-border-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/odd-irish-border-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd Irish Border Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New reader Ian, an Irish expat living in California, has an interest in border anomalies. He pointed out an instance in his native Ireland: the most direct road corridor between two points crosses an international border multiple times in the space of just a few miles. I am aware of a similar condition in the United States<\/a> involving Kentucky and West Virginia where a road crosses the border four times in two miles. I even visited it<\/a>! However, up until now I wasn\u2019t familiar with an instance of this magnitude involving sovereign nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish Countryside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Imagine a leisurely drive between Armagh in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and Butlersbridge in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. This journey from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland would last about an hour and cover about forty miles through the countryside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Normal Start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It all seems pretty basic and logically it would appear to involve the crossing of a single international border, right? Well, not exactly. That could be done if absolutely necessary — and historically that’s been an issue — but it\u2019s not the most efficient route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n