Roads in Ireland

The Republic's motorway network is focused on Dublin, and is being extended to other major cities as part of the National Development Plan. Dublin has also been the focus of other major projects, such as the East-Link and West-Link bridges, as well as the Dublin port tunnel. Other cities and towns have however had bypass projects, some of which are still underway or in planning as of 2004. The Jack Lynch Tunnel under the River Lee (Ireland) in Cork was another major project outside Dublin, a ...

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The M1 at the Belfast end suffers from chronic congestion at peak times. Work will commence early in 2006 to replace the roundabout at junction 1 (Broadway) with a fully grade separated junction through which the M1 will flow directly onto the A12 Westlink dual-carriageway. Additionally the Grosvenor Road roundabout on the Westlink will also be replaced by a partial underpass, with access to the Westlink in the westerly direction. As part of the scheme, the M1 and Westlink will be widened so that there will be three lanes in each direction b ...

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For a road to be classified as motorway a number of conditions must be fulfilled. The following conditions generally apply: Motorways must be accessed at junctions by slip roads off the sides of the main carriageway; Separate motorways are joined by link-roads at an interchange, the object of which is to allow traffic to change route without stopping or slowing significantly; Traffic lights are not permitted (except at toll booths and certain interchanges); The start and end of a motorway must have sig ...

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The road surface is generally asphalt ('black top') or concrete ('white top'). White dashed lines denote the lane separation, while an unbroken white line is painted alongside the median (usually known as the 'central reservation'). A white line (or in the Republic of Ireland, a yellow line) on the edge of the slow lane marks the edge of the hard shoulder. The hard shoulder is not used for traffic and is reserved for breakdowns or emergency maneuvers. Generally lanes closer to the centre of the road (outer lanes) are used for overtaking, whi ...

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In the United Kingdom, motorways sometimes adopt the number of the nearest "A" road heading in broadly the same direction. However this is just for convenience, and about half of motorways don't bypass the A road with the same number - Motorways follow their own zonal pattern, similar to the A+B road zones, but with the boundarys formed by the 1-digit motorways (and various A roads where there are gaps), as opposed to the one-digit A roads (NB, the 4 zone seems to be hourglass shaped and motorways west of the M5 but south of the M4 have 4-zo ...

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Major intercity or national routes are often built or upgraded to motorway standard. Motorways are also commonly used for ring roads around cities or bypasses of built-up areas. Examples of ring-road motorways are the M25 around London and the M50 around Dublin. In Britain there are plans to improve many motorways as well as to upgrade some roads to motorway status. In the Republic of Ireland, the National Roads Authority has been connecting main cities with motorways as part of a six-year National Development Plan. The European Union ...

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In the UK and Republic of Ireland, certain types of traffic are not permitted on motorways. Thus, to avoid people being forced to travel illegally, there are a number of rules about stretches of road which must be designated as motorways. In all cases, there must be an escape route for traffic not wishing or not permitted to enter the motorway. As a result, the motorway technically begins as soon as the escape route has diverged from it; for example at a grade-separated junction, the motorway starts at the junction with the exiting sl ...

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List of roads and highways - Hong Kong. List of roads and streets in Hong Kong Hong Kong Highways ...

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Traffic sign - North America and Australia. The North American colors and the Australian colours are normally significant as followed: green with white letters for informational signs, such as directions, distances, and places brown with white for signs to parks, historic sites, ski areas, forests, and campgrounds blue with white for rest areas, food, gasoline or petrol, and lodging white with red or black letters for regulatory signs, such as speed limits or parkin ...

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A ring of coastal mountains surrounds low central plains. The highest peak is Carrauntuohill (Irish: Corrán Tuathail), which is 1041 m (3414 feet). The island is bisected by the River Shannon, at 259 km (161 mi) the longest river in Ireland or Britain. The island's lush vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent but soft rainfall, earns it the sobriquet "Emerald Isle". The island's area is 84,079 km² (32,477 mile²). Ireland is divided into four provinces: Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

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Main article: Rail transport in Ireland Intercity railway services provided by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) link Dublin (Connolly, Heuston & Pearse Stns.) to Cork (Kent Stn.), Waterford (Plunket Stn.), Kilkenny (MacDonagh Stn.), Galway (Ceannt Stn.), Tralee (Casement Stn.), Sligo (MacDiarmada Stn.), Limerick (Colbert Stn.) and Belfast (Belfast Central Stn.). Rail in Northern Ireland is run by Northern Ireland Railways (NIR), co ...

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National Development Plan - Road network. As of 2005 some progress has been made on the motorway network, though it is likely the network will not be complete until near the end of the decade. The M1 motorway from Dublin towards Belfast has been completed almost as far as the border with Northern Ireland as the Dundalk bypass was officially opened on 26th of September 2005 (it did open for a few hours the previous day on order of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to assist in traffic flow as supporters of Tyrone were ...

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Politically, Ireland is divided into: The Republic of Ireland, with its capital in Dublin. This state is often simply referred to internally and internationally as "Ireland" in English or "Éire" in Irish. Technically Ireland and Éire are the official names of the state while the "Republic of Ireland" is its official description. Northern Ireland is unofficially known as 'the North', and 'Ulster' (the province of Ulster also includes Donegal, Cavan, and Monaghan which are in the Republic). North ...

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List of motorways in the United Kingdom - Single-digit motorways. M1, the eastern north-south motorway linking London and Leeds and continuing north to the A1. The first whole motorway. M2, in Kent from Rochester to Faversham. Bypasses the Medway Towns. M3, linking Southampton and London. M4, linking London and south Wales. M5, linking Exeter and the south-west of England with Birmingham and the Midlands. M6, the western north-south motorway linking the M1 at Rug ...

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Economy of the Republic of Ireland - State ownership and deregulation. At present the Irish Government controls several large and key parts of the economy: Through CIE they control most of the bus and all of the railway market, a significant amount of the scheduled land transport services are accounted for through CIE companies. Through the ESB the government controls much of the electricity generation market, and all of the electricity transmission network. Through RTE the governme ...

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Ireland has been inhabited for at least 9000 years, although little is known about the neolithic inhabitants of the island. Early historical and genealogical records note the existance of dozens of different peoples (Cruthin, Attacotti, Conmaicne, Éoganacht, Érainn, Soghain, to name but a few). Over the last 1000 years, there have been influences by the Vikings, who founded several ports, including Dublin, and Normans, with some admixture to the gene pool. However the greater part (80%) of the Irish population descends from the original inhabitants of the islan ...

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Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular sports in Ireland. Along with Camogie, Ladies' Gaelic football, handball and rounders, they make up the national sports of Ireland, collectively known as Gaelic Games. All Gaelic games are governed by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), with the exception of Ladies' Gaelic Football, which is governed by a separate organisation. The GAA is organised on an all-Ireland basis with all 32 counties competing; traditionally, counties first compete within their province, in the provincial champions ...

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There is no universally agreed flag that represents the island of Ireland. Historically a number of flags were used, including St. Patrick's cross, the flag sometimes used for the Kingdom of Ireland and which represented Ireland on the Union Jack after the Act of Union, a green flag with a harp (used by some radical nationalists in the 19th century and which is also the flag of Leinster), a blue flag with a harp used from the 18th century onwards by many nationalists (now the standard of the President of Ireland), and the Irish tricolour. Ho ...

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