The final section of the M1 was opened to Junction 1 at On its completion, the M1 acted as a fast link road between In 2006, plans were published for the widening of 91 miles (146 km) from Leicester through to Leeds (Junctions 21–42) to four lanes each way. For other uses, see *=Tram systems no longer run. For other M1 motorways, see Looking north towards junction 37 on one of the few stretches that remains 3 lanes, as was originally built.The route of the Dunstable Northern Bypass proposal and route options for the connecting Luton Northern Bypass.M1 widening and variable speed limits, Junctions 6A to 10 (M25 to Luton)M1 dynamic hard shoulder running, Junctions 10 to 13 (Luton to Milton Keynes South)M1 widening and variable speed limits, Junctions 25-28 (Nottingham to Mansfield)M1 widening and variable speed limits, Junctions 6A to 10 (M25 to Luton)M1 dynamic hard shoulder running, Junctions 10 to 13 (Luton to Milton Keynes South)M1 widening and variable speed limits, Junctions 25-28 (Nottingham to Mansfield) The first section of the motorway opened between Junction 5 and Junction 18 . The route heads north via Swords, Drogheda and Dundalk to the Northern Irish border just south of Newry in County Armagh, where it joins the A1 road and further on, the M1 motorwayin Northern Ireland. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6. The lower speed limit is credited to the much higher volumes of traffic on this stretch. Escalating costs across the whole of the Highways Agency programme, including the M1 project, on which costs had risen to £5.1 billion, as well as increasing opposition to major road expansion,Many later developments, including Smart Motorway schemes, have been made to the M1, and these are detailed below. The first section opened (in 1983) was from Whitehall to Coolock Lane followed (in 1985) by the There are toll fees for use of the motorway between junctions 7 and 10, the section which forms the Construction finished in 2007 on a cross-border stretch of A 120 km/h speed limit applies on the vast majority of the M1, the exception being an 80 km/h limit between Junction 1 and Junction 2 at Dublin Airport. From Mapcarta, the free map. Information in parentheses shows the operator(s) In July 1972, the then UK Minister for Transport Industries, An increasing official interest in secondary safety was evident in an announcement in March 1973 that work would begin shortly on erecting "tensioned safety barriers" along the central reservation of a 34-mile (55 km) section of the M1 between Between 1996 and 1999, the M1 section north of the M62 underwent a major reconstruction and extension to take the M1 on a new route to the A1(M) at The M1 was extended south towards London from its original starting point at Junction 5, in three stages. An application has been received from GSJ Maintenance Ltd. for permission to temporarily close the northbound & southbound carriageway of the M1 Motorway between Junction 5 and Junction 7. The A5-M1 Link (Dunstable Northern Bypass) is a two-lane dual carriageway running east from the A5 north of Dunstable joining the M1 at a new Junction 11a south of Chalton.There is a proposal to widen the M1 to dual 4-lane or dual 5-lane between Junctions 21 and 21a and construct a new link road between the M1 and the Following the report of a public inquiry in March 2013, the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 18 July 2013 that work to update the Work began on the 10-mile (16 km) section between the Motorway in central England connecting London and LeedsThis article is about the M1 motorway in England.