Editing Cavan (section)

===Road===
The town is located on the junction of two national routes, the [[N3 road (Ireland)|N3]] to [[Dublin]] and [[N55 road|N55]] to [[Athlone]]. The National Development Plan provides for a major upgrading of the route with an M3 motorway from [[Kells, County Meath|Kells]] to [[Dublin]] (completed and officially opened on 4 June 2010) and [[2+2 road|type 2 dual carriageway]] from Whitegate on the Meath border to Cavan, which will eventually bypass Virginia too. The N3 and N55 eastern [[bypass route|bypass]] around Cavan town was fully completed in March 2006, eliminating the need for heavy traffic to pass through an already congested town.