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It is the longest motorway in Northern Ireland and runs for 38 miles (61 km) from Belfast to Dungannon through County Antrim, County Down, County Armagh and County Tyrone. It forms part of the route via the A1 in Northern Ireland (N1/M1 in the Republic of Ireland) between Belfast and Dublin as well as being a part of the unsigned European E01 ...
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 total it is 22 miles (36.2 kilometres). The M2 has the busiest sections of any road or motorway in Northern Ireland. The M2 is one of Northern Ireland's most important motorways, forming most of the main route from Belfast city to both Belfast International Airport and less than a quarter of the way to Derry.
Roads in Northern Ireland are classified as either Highways, motorways (shown by the letter M followed by a route number, e.g. M1), A-roads (shown by the letter A followed by a route number, e.g. A6), B-roads (shown by the letter B followed by a route number, e.g. B135) and other roads. There are two types of A-roads: primary and non-primary.
The M3 is a 0.8-mile-long (1.3 km) urban motorway that connects the M2 in north Belfast, Northern Ireland to the A2 Sydenham Bypass in east Belfast. It is the shortest motorway in Northern Ireland, and one of the busiest, carrying 60,000 vehicles per day as of 2005. [1] It has a permanent speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h).
Forming part of the main route from Belfast to Dublin. Becoming the N1 at the border, joining onto the Southern Irish M1 before Dundalk. A2 : Derry: Newry: Northern Irish coastal road. Including routes such as Belfast-Bangor, Belfast-Carrickfergus, Newry-Warrenpoint and Derry-Limavady: A3 : Lisburn: Cavan: Via Craigavon and Armagh.
The M22 is a motorway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 5.6 miles (9 km) long and connects the A6 with the M2 . It forms part of the unsigned European route E16 .
The M5 is a 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km) spur motorway in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. It connects the M2 to the A2 Shore Road at Hazelbank in Newtownabbey . It is a dual two lane road with most of the road on a causeway in Belfast Lough in order to bypass Whitehouse beach.