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The M1 motorway is the name of three separate motorways in England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

England

The M1 is a major north-south motorway in England connecting London to Yorkshire, where it joins the A1(M) near Wetherby.

The motorway was one of the first to be built in the United Kingdom. It is around 200 miles (300 km) long and was constructed in stages between the 1950s and 1970s, with a further extension in the late 1990s. It broadly follows an arc to the west of the route taken by the older A1; though less direct, this route takes it closer to the major population centres of the East Midlands. It passes close to Milton Keynes, Northampton, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Mansfield, Sheffield and Leeds. It also connects with the M6 and M45 motorways near Rugby, the M18 near Rotherham, the M25 near Potter's Bar, the M69 at Leicester, and the M62 and near Leeds.

Route

Junction 3 on the M1 was originally intended as a turn-off for Scratchwood, but is now only used for the Scratchwood service station.

Northern Ireland

There is also an M1 motorway in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast to Dungannon, bypassing Lisburn, Lurgan, Craigavon and Portadown on the way.

Republic of Ireland

The M1 motorway in the Republic of Ireland consisted of several short sections built as bypasses of sections of the N1 road, running from Dublin toward Belfast. It now is continuous motorway from Dublin to just south of Dundalk. Govt approval has been given to bypass Dundalk town and outline permission to build motorway to the border with Co. Armagh.

There is a toll on the motorway south of Drogheda to fund the construction of the motorway.

The Authorithies in Northern Ireland have decided not to upgrade the A1 route from the M1(Northern Ireland) south to the proposed M1(Republic of Ireland). This means to drive from Dublin to Belfast you drive on the M1, N1, A1, M1(Northern Ireland)

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