R497 road (Ireland)

{{Short description|Road in Ireland}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox road

|country = IRL

|type = R

|route = 497

|image = C R479road027.jpg

|image_notes = R497 leaving Milestone towards Hollyford

|length_km = 57

|destinations =

• County Tipperary
• Nenagh – leaves town centre at junction with the R445
• Passes under the M7 south of Nenagh
• (R500)
• Dolla – (R499)
• Curreeny
• Joins the R503
• Milestone – leaves the R503
• Road passes through Anglesey Road Special Area of Conservation
• Hollyford – Where is passes through a working sawmill
• (R505)
• Donohill
• Crosses the Dublin-Cork railway line at a level crossing
• Tipperary Town – (R601); terminates at the N24

}}

The R497 road is a regional road in Ireland which runs north-south from Nenagh, County Tipperary to the N24 in Tipperary Town.

The entire route is in County Tipperary and is {{convert|57|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. Part of the road is known as the Anglesey Road, named after the Marquis of Anglesey who gave orders to have it built.{{cite web |url=http://upperchurch.ie/index.php/2010/05/anglesey-road/ |title=Upperchurch Drombane - News Upperchurch |access-date=2013-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702091216/http://upperchurch.ie/index.php/2010/05/anglesey-road/ |archive-date=2013-07-02 }}

Just north of the village of Hollyford the road passes through Anglesey Road special area of conservation (site reference code 002125),{{Cite web|url=https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac|title=Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)|website=National Parks & Wildlife Service}} a small site containing a variety of habitats and species found in unimproved upland grassland within the steep valley of the Multeen, a tributary of the River Suir. The main threat to the site is agricultural improvement and afforestation.