This page gives information on all current motorways and A-class roads in Northern Ireland. You may find a current network map useful. You will also find below a list of all sections of dual-carriageway currently in existence in Northern Ireland. Click here for an explanation of how our roads are numbered. Finally, if you ever wondered what our busiest road is click here.
Motorways
Click each motorway for more details. Pages with a have a strip map of junctions.
| Route Number |
Route |
Length (km) |
Length (miles) |
M1 |
Belfast to Dungannon |
61.6 |
38.3 |
M2 and M22 |
Belfast to Randalstown |
35.9 |
22.5 |
M2 Ballymena |
Ballymena Bypass |
7.7 |
4.8 |
M3 |
Cross Harbour Link, Belfast |
1.3 |
0.8 |
M12 |
M1 to Craigavon |
2.7 |
1.7 |
| M5 |
M2 to Hazelbank |
2.3 |
1.4 |
| A8(M) |
M2 to Corr's Corner |
1.6 |
1.0 |
See an explanation of the different types of junction you will find on our motorways.
A-Class Roads
Click each route summary for a map showing the road. A few of these roads have further information - click the road number for more details. Pages with a have a strip map of junctions.
Note: The SABRE community maintains a wiki with details on A-roads in Northern Ireland which you may also find useful, or indeed wish to contribute to.
*In urban areas, especially Belfast, it is difficult to trace route numbers. The routes shown in these areas may therefore be wrong - I am open to correction if anyone has official information.
Sections of Dual-Carriageway in Northern Ireland
This is a list of sections dual-carriageways in Northern Ireland. It has not been updated since around 2008 so is out of date in some sections. I intend to slowly update the information below or replace it with information on the route numbers above.
| A1 Sprucefield to Beech Hill |
| A1 at Tinker Hill, near Newry |
| A2 Londonderry to Maydown |
| A2 Hazelbank to Station Road, Newtownabbey |
| A2 Greenisland to Carrickfergus |
| A2 Sydenham Bypass / Holywood Bypass |
| A2 Ballyrobert to Bangor |
| A2 Bangor Ring Road |
| A2 Newry to Warrenpoint |
| A3/A27 Lake Road/Mandeville Road, Craigavon |
| A4 Dungannon Bypass |
| A6 Toome Bypass |
| A8 Ballyedward to Larne harbour |
| A8 Corr's Corner to Coleman's Corner |
| A11 Inner Ring, Belfast |
| A12 Westlink, Belfast (M1 to M2/M3 link) |
| A20 Dundonald to Newtownards |
| A21 Bangor to Newtownards |
| A21 Comber to Newtownards |
| A26 Antrim to Ballymena |
| A26 Ballymena to Glarryford |
| A26 Ballymoney to Coleraine |
| A26 Wattstown, Coleraine |
| A26 Larne Road Link, Ballymena |
| A29 Sandelford Bridge, Coleraine |
| A29 Cookstown to Moneymore |
| A55 Monagh Bypass, Belfast |
| A55 Outer Ring Belfast, Knocknagoney to Belvoir |
| A101 Sprucefield, near Lisburn |
| A512 Old Golf Course Road, Dunmurry |
| A514 Crescent Link, Derry |
| A515 Foyle Bridge, Londonderry |
| A515 Skeoge Link, Londonderry |
| B95 at Rathbeg, Antrim |
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