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The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; [2] the first motorway in the country was the Preston Bypass, which later became part of the M6. [3] The motorway is 193 miles (311 km) long and was constructed in four ...
The M1 motorway (Irish: Mótarbhealach M1) is a motorway in Ireland. It forms the large majority of the N1 national primary road connecting Dublin towards Belfast along the east of the island of Ireland.
The motorway network is focused on Belfast. Legal authority for motorways existed in the Special Roads Act of 1963 similar to that in the Special Roads Act 1949 in Great Britain. [4] The first motorway to open was the M1 motorway, though it did so under temporary powers until the Special Roads Act had been passed. [5]
In Ireland, the highest category of road is a motorway (mótarbhealach, plural: mótarbhealaí), indicated by the prefix M followed by a one- or two-digit number (the number of the national route of which each motorway forms a part). The motorway network consists entirely of motorway-grade dual carriageways and is largely focused upon Dublin.
He both oversaw significant road construction (he opened the first section of the M1 motorway) and the closure of a considerable portion of the national railway network with the Beeching cuts. His involvement in the road construction business Marples Ridgway , of which he had been managing director, led to concerns regarding possible conflict ...
Construction began 1957 on the first bridge and subsequently the first section of the motorway. [1] In 1964, the Northern Ireland Government announced plans for an extensive route of motorways which saw the M1 now planned to go to Dungannon. [2] The M1 is the only motorway in Northern Ireland completed to its full planned length. [dubious ...
Just before crossing the M1 motorway at 20:24:43, the tail and main landing gear struck the ground at a speed of 213 km/h (115 kn; 132 mph) and the aircraft bounced back into the air and over the motorway, knocking down trees and a lamp post before crashing on the far embankment around 475 metres (519 yd) short of the active runway's paved ...
M1 motorway (Pakistan), a 155 km (96 mi) road connecting Peshawar and Rawalpindi M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland) , a road connecting Dublin to the border with Northern Ireland M1 motorway , a road in England connecting London and Leeds