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Belfast (/ ˈ b ɛ l f æ s t / ⓘ, BEL-fast, /-f ɑː s t /, -fahst; [a] from Irish: Béal Feirste [bʲeːlˠ ˈfʲɛɾˠ(ə)ʃtʲə] ⓘ) [3] [4] is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
The main roads in Northern Ireland are signed "M"/"A"/"B" as in Great Britain. Whereas the roads in Great Britain are numbered according to a zonal system , there is no available explanation for the allocation of road numbers in Northern Ireland, [ 1 ] though their numbering is separate from the system in England , Scotland and Wales .
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from trackways suitable only for walkers and horses, to surfaced roads including modern motorways .
York Road station, Belfast via Corporation Street; now part of the A2 one-way system. It is unknown why the A68 number was chosen; an A5xx number (which were allocated to Belfast until the A505), the A56 (was and still is the lowest available number) or an A1x number (later allocated to central Belfast roads) would have been more logical.
It is the tallest building in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. The tallest structure in Belfast is the Black Mountain transmission station, servicing TV and Radio, at 228.6 m (750 ft 0 in). The tallest free standing and occupied structure is the Harland and Wolf shipbuilding gantry crane Samson at 106 m (348 ft).
The A6 road in Northern Ireland runs for 71.4 miles (114.9 km) from Belfast to Derry, via County Antrim and County Londonderry.While stretches of the road before Randalstown have now been superseded by a motorway (the M2 and M22), the A6 remains one of the most important arterial routes in Northern Ireland, connecting its two largest cities and urban areas.
Northern Ireland's golf courses include the Royal Belfast Golf Club (the earliest, formed in 1881), Royal Portrush Golf Club, which is the only course outside Great Britain to have hosted The Open Championship, and Royal County Down Golf Club (Golf Digest magazine's top-rated course outside the United States). [251] [252] Northern Ireland had ...
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