Route
The A5 starts at a crossroads in Derry where the Craigavon Bridge meets the A2. The A5 travels in a southerly direction skirting the River Foyle past Prehen and through the villages of New Buildings and across the border into Tyrone at Magheramason. A dangerous bend leads up to the village of Bready and the road then passes through Ballymagorry. It then by-passes the large town of Strabane, where it meets the A38 close to Lifford Bridge, which crosses the Border to Lifford onto the N15 close to its meeting with the N14
After by-passing Strabane, the A5 traverses through the historical village of Sion Mills and passes over the village of Victoria Bridge. It then by-passes Newtownstewart and continues on towards the county town of Omagh. On passing through the town, the A5 meets the A32 road, the main road between Omagh and Enniskillen.
The A5 continues to one of the best-known roundabouts in Northern Ireland - the Ballygawley Roundabout, located outside the village of the same name. Here, it meets and multiplexes for a few hundred metres with the A4 Belfast-Enniskillen route, before turning left towards the border village of Aughnacloy. On leaving Aughnacloy, the road crosses the border into County Monaghan and becomes the N2 towards Dublin.
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