m1 motorway (northern ireland)

The M1 motorway in Northern Ireland runs for 61 kilometres (38 miles) from Belfast to Dungannon, bypassing Lisburn, Lurgan, Craigavon and Portadown on the way. The road was built in the 1960s, is the longest motorway in the North, and the only one built to its full planned length. The main road for Dublin, the A1 road, diverges at Junction 7, just south of Lisburn. The M1 is straight and flat on the 6 mile stretch between Junctions 9 and 10 and on the 4 mile stretch between Junctions 12 and 13, and there has been speculation that these were to be used as supplementary runways by the United States Air Force in the event of a major conflict with the Soviet Union. There are a number of unused junction numbers for planned connections that remain as-yet unbuilt.

M1 Motorway (Northern Ireland)

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