Motorways In The Republic Of Ireland
In Ireland, the highest category of road is a motorway (mótarbhealach, plural: mótarbhealaí), indicated by the prefix M followed by one, two or three digits. The Motorway network predominantly consists of two-lane dual carriageways primarily focused around Dublin, although a few motorways contain three lanes and the M50 has four lanes at some points.
Completion of the Major Inter Urban route Motorway development project in December 2010 which connected Dublin completely by motorway to the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway, as well as other projects, has increased the total motorway network in the state to approximately 1,017 kilometres (632 mi). Planned new road construction will possibly lead to almost 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) of motorway by 2015, but these plans are not funded.
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