Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
M3 motorway
M3 motorway in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
M3 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.
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From the Wikipedia article
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. It has a permanent speed limit of 50 mph (80 km/h).
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Background
History
The M3 was originally planned in 1956 as the Eastern Approach, named the M3 the following year, which would run from east Belfast to Bangor. The plan was extended to include an orbital Belfast Urban Motorway, close to the city centre, in 1964. Due to a combination of financial cutbacks and public opposition construction of the M3 never took place and the Belfast Urban Motorway was downgraded to the A12 Westlink dual-carriageway and only partially completed. Traffic had to make do with crossing the River Lagan on the Queen's Bridge and using the A2 to Bangor. In 1987 the government announced a plan to build a new bridge across the Lagan connecting the M2 directly to the A2. It was built in…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6026, -5.9201
- Established
- 1995
- Official site
- visitbelfast.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q1270230 (CC0)
- wikipedia: M3 motorway (Northern Ireland) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is M3 motorway?
- M3 motorway is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6026°, -5.9201°.
- When was M3 motorway built?
- M3 motorway dates to 1995.