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The M22 is a
/ref> Part of this was an M22 motorway from the M2 near Antrim to
/ref> *Junction 1 to 2 opened in 1971; and *Junction 2 to 3 opened in 1973. As of May 2019, the A6 from the western end of the M22 to Castledawson is under construction as a dual carriageway.Department for Infrastructure – A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Scheme
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Roads.org.uk Motorway Database – M22 (Northern Ireland)
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The M22 is a motorway
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in County Antrim
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, Northern Ireland
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. It is 5.6 miles (9 km) long and connects the A6 with the M2. It forms part of the unsigned European route E16
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.
History
In 1964, the Northern Ireland Government announced plans for an extensive network of motorways.Northern Ireland Roads Site – History of Motorway Plans/ref> Part of this was an M22 motorway from the M2 near Antrim to
Castledawson
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, County Londonderry. With the increase in civil disorder, known as the Troubles
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, and the introduction of direct rule Direct rule is when an imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of an otherwise largely self-governing territory.
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, the motorway programme was nearly all cancelled and the M22 was left as it currently stood in 1975.
It was opened in two sections:Roads.org.uk Motorway Database – M22 (Northern Ireland)/ref> *Junction 1 to 2 opened in 1971; and *Junction 2 to 3 opened in 1973. As of May 2019, the A6 from the western end of the M22 to Castledawson is under construction as a dual carriageway.
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Route
The motorway starts shortly after junction 7 of the M2 Northwards at the split in the carriageways on the M2 around 1 mile from junction 1 of the M22, where the M2 was to head north towards Ballymena. After meeting junction 1 – the site of the Junction One retail outlet – it continues west across Ferguson's Water, the Belfast-Derry railway line and Mill Burn as it bypasses the suburbs of Antrim to the north. Between junctions 2 and 3 it passes betweenRandalstown
Randalstown is a townland and small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Antrim and Toome. It has a very prominent disused railway viaduct and lies beside Lough Neagh and the Shane's Castle estate. The town is bypassed by the ...
and the Randalstown forest, crosses the River Main
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, and then ends at junction 3. The M22 is a two-lane dual carriageway throughout its length.
Junctions
See also
*Roads in Ireland
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from tr ...
*List of motorways in the United Kingdom
This list of motorways in the United Kingdom is a complete list of motorways in the United Kingdom. Note that the numbering scheme used for Great Britain does not include roads in Northern Ireland, which are allocated numbers on an ad hoc basis ...
References
External links
Roads.org.uk Motorway Database – M22 (Northern Ireland)
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