M1 Motorway Dublin to Border

This route, one of the major inter-urbans (MIUs), was fully completed in early 2007. The final section from North of Dundalk to the Border was officially opened in August 2007 and links in with the Northern Ireland A1/M1 route to Belfast.

This is the first of the MIUs to be completed and provides motorway standard road all the way from Dublin Port to the Border. It has served to dramatically reduce journey times between Dublin and Belfast and increase trade along the route.

This road has replaced one of the most congested roads in the country and has also, according to the latest figures available helped reduce fatal accidents by a factor of 10.

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Complete (ahead of time and on budget)