1. Happy Birthday M1!!
I didn’t actually know this until I came across it the other day.
The M1 is now 50 years old. Even today they are adding to it,
so it must mean it is a continuous proccess to make the M1
wider and longer so it is able to fit the vast amount of vehicles
that takes to its tarmac each day.
Well we take it for granted. The hundred, the thousands of us
who use it day and night. But without it, travelling in Northern
Ireland would be very different. And it’s 50 years old on
Tuesday.
Happy birthday M1.
On July 10 1962, four brand new lanes of freshly laid tarmac
beckoned Northern Irish motorists.
It was a new way of driving, offering trouble free,
straight-forward motoring between Belfast and Lisburn….More at
The M1 celebrates its 50th birthday – BBC News
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2. The M1 as it first started out.
Image credit: BBC UK
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