Completed New Road Schemes

This page is divided into three sections, giving details of schemes completed:

Details of motorway construction are dealt with separately. See here.


Road schemes completed since January 2000

This list gives all new road schemes completed in Northern Ireland since January 2000. It does not list all road improvements, but rather schemes where an entirely new road was built, or where a major change was made to an existing road or junction. To help you find schemes in your area a indicates Greater Belfast and Lisburn, a for counties Armagh & Down, a for counties Tyrone & Fermanagh and a for counties Londonderry & Antrim.

  Opened / Completed
A1 grade separated junction - Banbridge Road, Dromore February 2010
A1 grade separated junction - Dublin Road, Loughbrickland December 2009
A1 grade separated junction - Dromore Road, Hillsborough September 2009
A20 Newtownards Southern Relief Road September 2009
Dargan Road widening, Belfast September 2009
A1 grade separated junction - Dromore Road, Banbridge September 2009
M2 widening - Sandyknowes to Greencastle June 2009
M1 and A12 Westlink Upgrade March 2009
Tullygarley Bridge widening, Ballymena February 2009
A4 Sligo Road widening, Enniskillen December 2008
A20 Frederick Street Link, Newtownards November 2008
A515 Skeoge Link, Londonderry March 2008
A514 Crescent Link dualling phase 3, Londonderry November 2007
A1 Cloghogue, Newry to Dundalk (RoI) link road August 2007
M2 onslips at Crosskennan (junction 7) June 2007
A48 Six Road Ends junction upgrade, near Bangor April 2007
A1 grade separation - Cascum Road, Banbridge February 2007
Road layout changes, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast December 2006
A1 dualling - Loughbrickland to Beech Hill November 2006
A514 Crescent Link dualling phase 2, Londonderry November 2006
A5 Omagh Throughpass Stage 3 October 2006
A55 Outer Ring at Belvoir - junction restructuring June 2006
North Lisburn Feeder Road March 2006
A1 grade separation - Hillsborough Road, Dromore June 2005
Ballynure Southern Link Road March 2005
M1 widening Black's Road (j3) to Stockman's Lane (j2) August 2004
A8 dualling - Doagh Road to Coleman's Corner July 2004
A6 Toome Bypass March 2004
A1 grade separation - Rathfriland Road, Banbridge March 2004
A514 Crescent Link dualling phase 1, Londonderry March 2004
M1 junction 8, Blaris, and A101 link road October 2003
Comber Bypass Stage 2 October 2003
A5 Strabane Bypass September 2003
A2 Limavady Bypass September 2003
A2 Sydenham Bypass - City Airport underpass February 2003
Millennium Way phase 1, Lurgan December 2002
A5 Newtownstewart Bypass December 2002
A26 dualling Woodgreen to Ballymena June 2001
A32 Dromore Inner Link Road September 2000

 

Non-Motorway road schemes completed 1973-2000

This is a list derived from the booklet "A History of Roads Service 1973 to 2006". I will not be providing any more details on these schemes, but they are included here for completeness. 1973 is when Roads Service was formed. Prior to this date, many different bodies were responsible for roads. For motorways constructed prior to 2000, see the motorways section of the site, which gives more details on these particular projects.

1999
A26 dualling Wattstown, Coleraine
1996
A5 Omagh Throughpass Stage 2B
1995
A5 Omagh Throughpass Stage 2A
1995
A1 Newry Bypass Phase 2 (south end)
1994
A26 Killead Bypass, Aldergrove
1992
M1 junction 11 with M12: west-facing sliproads
1992
A6 Castledawson Bypass
1992
A512 Dunmurry Bypass Phase 2D
1992
A5 Strabane Bypass Stage 1
1991
A512 Dunmurry Bypass Phase 2C
1991
A4 New East Bridge, Enniskillen
1990
A5 Omagh Throughpass Stage 1
1989
A3 Lisburn Throughpass Governor's Road
1989
A26 dualling Antrim to Ballymena Phase 1
1989
A1 Banbridge Bypass dualling
1988
A2 Tillysburn roundabout replacement, Belfast (signalised junction)
1988
M1 junction 3 added (Black's Road)
1988
A512 Dunmurry Bypass Phase 2A
1988
A1 Newry Bypass Phase 1 (north end)
1987
A3 Lisburn Throughpass Queens Road/Laganbank Road
1986
A4 Enniskillen Throughpass
1986
A2 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus
1984
A55 Outer Ring Belfast Parkway
1984
A515 Foyle Bridge, Derry
1984
A1 dualling at Tinker Hill
1983
A12 Westlink Grosvenor Road to York Street
1982
A4 New West Bridge, Enniskillen
1981
A6 Antrim Throughpass Phase 2
1981
A55 Outer Ring Belfast: Hawthornden Way
1981
A12 Westlink Broadway to Grosvenor Road
1980
A2 Shore Road Hazelbank to Station Road, Whiteabbey)
1980
A4 Dungannon Bypass
1980
A4 Ballygawley to Annaghilla
1980
A21 Bangor Road, Newtownards
1979
A6 Antrim Throughpass Phase 1
1979
A1 Banbridge Bypass single-carriageway
1978
A20 Dundonald to Newtownards
1978
A1 Loughbrickland Bypass
1977
A8 to Larne Harbour
1977
A55 Outer Ring Belfast: Milltown to Malone Road
1977
A514 Crescent Link, Derry single-carriageway
1977
A26 Ballymoney Bypass
1977
A1 dualling Dromore to Banbridge
1976
A29 Coleraine Ring Road
1975
A21 Conlig Bypass
1974
A32 Dromore Road, Omagh
1974
A29 Sandelford Bridge, Coleraine
1974
A2 Newry to Warrenpoint
1974
A1 Hillsborough Bypass


Some schemes completed before 1973

Unless otherwise stated, this is a list derived from the booklet "The History of Ulster's Roads", by T Jackson McCormick, and published in 1991. This is NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, but merely examples of schemes that were completed prior to the establishment of Roads Service in 1973.

1972 A2 Holywood Bypass [2]
c1970 A6 Glenshane Pass to Castledawson
1967 A2 Marine Highway, Carrickfergus
1967 A6 Glenshane Pass
1967 A55 Outer Ring, Belfast: Cregagh Road to Knock
1966 A3 Lake Road / A27 Mandeville Road, Craigavon
1966 Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Belfast
1964-69 A2 Bangor Ring Road (opened in phases) [1]
1959 A2 Sydenham Bypass, Belfast
1933 Craigavon Bridge, Londonderry
1832-1842 A2 Antrim Coast Road

[1] Sources Patrick Shiels and Andrew Muir

[2] Source Patrick Shiels