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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 – discuss]
The Northern Irish authorities have no plans to replace the A1 route (currently dual carriageway) with a motorway, although many junctions have now been grade separated. Currently, to drive from Dublin city centre to Belfast, one travels along the M1 (Republic of Ireland), N1, A1 and M1 (Northern Ireland).
M1 highway (Belarus), a road connecting the border with Poland and the border with Russia; M1 motorway, a road in England connecting London and Leeds; M1 motorway (Hungary), a road connecting Budapest and Győr and Hegyeshalom, border to Austria; M1 motorway (Northern Ireland), a road connecting Belfast and Dungannon
Forms part of the Belfast-Carrickfergus route. A8(M) M2 to Ballyhenry. A spur from the M2 at Sandyknowes near Glengormley to Corr's Corner Roadabout on the A8 north-west of Newtownabbey. Forms part of the Belfast-Larne route. M12: M1 to Craigavon: A spur from the M1 near Derrymacash to the centre of Craigavon. M22: Antrim to Randalstown
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.
National Roads Network as of 2018 (note that the M17 north of the M6 is incorrectly marked as M18) 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).
There had been plans before the Second World War for a motorway network in the United Kingdom. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu formed a company to build a 'motorway-like road' from London to Birmingham in 1923, [4] but it was a further 26 years before the Special Roads Act 1949 was passed, which allowed for the construction of roads limited to specific vehicle classifications, and in the 1950s, the ...
The route of the A1 in red from Belfast city centre (County Antrim) to the border at Carrickcarnan (County Louth). The A1 is a major route in Northern Ireland.It runs from Belfast via Lisburn and Banbridge to the border with the Republic of Ireland south of Newry, from where the road continues to Dublin, becoming the N1 road and M1 motorway.