Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
M12 motorway
M12 motorway in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
M12 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 M12 is a 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) length of spur motorway in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1970. It leads off the main M1 motorway, to Portadown, part of the conurbation of Portadown-Craigavon-Lurgan, and forms most of the route between junction 11 of the M1 (Ballynacor) and the A3 Northway at Kernan Loop. The road forms part of European route E18.
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Background
History
The M12 is a legacy from the 1960s plan to develop the Craigavon new town. The M1 motorway was originally intended to run between Belfast, and the area that is now Craigavon. By the early 1960s, the M1 project had been extended further westwards to reach Dungannon, and the M12 was planned to connect Craigavon to the M1. The junction between the M12 and M1 originally had slip roads for traffic to and from Belfast only, but a bridge was built as part of the project for completion of the junction as full access. Construction on the new Brownlow suburb of the town began in the late 1960s but by the 1980s it was clear that, due to overestimated population predictions, the new town had largely…
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- Coordinates
- 54.4564, -6.4258
- Established
- 1970
Sources
- wikidata: Q1880823 (CC0)
- wikipedia: M12 motorway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is M12 motorway?
- M12 motorway is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.4564°, -6.4258°.
- When was M12 motorway built?
- M12 motorway dates to 1970.