Coordinates: 51°52′24.9″N 8°28′12.15″W / 51.873583°N 8.4700417°W / 51.873583; -8.4700417 The Kinsale Road Roundabout (Irish: Timpeall Bóthair Chionn tSáile), sometimes nicknamed The Magic Roundabout, is a five-arm signalised roundabout located approximately 3km south of Cork city centre in Ireland at the junction of the N40 South Ring Road and the N27 South City Link/Airport Road.
The South Ring Road has been constructed on a phased basis since the late 1980s. With the completion of the downstream crossing of the River Lee, the Jack Lynch Tunnel, there was a marked increase in traffic using the road which in turn led to increased delays at the Kinsale Road Roundabout. The South Ring Road is currently a dual-carriageway with a number of at-grade and grade-separated interchanges located along its length.
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