M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland)

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M1 motorway
Mótarbhealach M1
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Route information
Part of
Length87 km (54 mi)
Existed1983–present
HistoryCompleted 1983–2005
Stages:
Santry Bypass: 1983
Airport Motorway: 1985
Dunleer Bypass: 1993
Balbriggan Bypass: 1998
Dunleer to Dundalk: 2001
Drogheda Bypass: 2003
Airport to Balbriggan: 2003
Dundalk Bypass: 2005
Component
highways
Major junctions
South endDublin
(Turnapin)
Major intersections



North endBallymascanlon
Location
CountryIreland
Primary
destinations
Dublin Airport, Swords, Balbriggan, Drogheda, Dundalk
Highway system

The M1 motorway (Irish: Mótarbhealach M1) is a motorway in Ireland. It forms the large majority of the N1 national primary road connecting Dublin towards Belfast along the east of the island of Ireland. The route heads north via Swords, Drogheda and Dundalk to the Northern Irish border just south of Newry in County Armagh, where it joins the A1 road and further on, the M1 motorway in Northern Ireland. It also forms a significant part of the road connection between Dublin and the Northern Irish cities of Newry, and Lisburn. The route is part of European route E01.