Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
M1 motorway
M1 motorway in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Robert Ashby — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
M1 motorway is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
The M1 is a motorway in Northern Ireland. 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 and E18 routes.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The line of the M1 in Belfast had been planned for a road since 1946 as the Southern Approach Road, though there were some disagreements on the route. County planners in Armagh had also been working on plans to rebuild the then T3 trunk road which suffered from poor alignments, limited speed limits and was of failing construction, some work on which had been undertaken between 1955 and 1957. The M1 is the only motorway in Northern Ireland completed to its full planned length. The road was constructed in stages between 1962 and 1968: Prior to the opening the RUC traffic division ran a publicity campaign to educate drivers on how to drive on a motorway. The motorway follows the route of the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.4883, -6.3428
- Established
- 1962
Sources
- wikidata: Q730177 (CC0)
- wikipedia: M1 motorway (Northern Ireland) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Loading nearby places…
Nearby
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Shankill
Shankill in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
📷 2Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Lurgan College
Lurgan College in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
📷 3Historic churches · Northern Ireland
St Michael's Grammar School, Lurgan
St Michael's Grammar School, Lurgan in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Clann Eireann GAC
Clann Eireann GAC in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
📷 3Wildlife reserves · Northern Ireland
Oxford Island
Oxford Island — nature reserve in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Lurgan railway station
Lurgan railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
More natural landmarks in this region
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Lough Erne
Lough Erne — lake in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK.
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh — large lake in Northern Ireland.
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Ballysaggart Lough
Ballysaggart Lough — lake in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Belmore Mountain
Belmore Mountain — mountain in the United Kingdom.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is M1 motorway?
- M1 motorway is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4883°, -6.3428°.
- When was M1 motorway built?
- M1 motorway dates to 1962.