M12 (NI) Craigavon Spur

Craigavon Spur
Opened
Route
M12 (NI)
Start point
M1 J11
Ballynacor
End point
2
Carn

There is evidence this section opened in three stages, with temporary termini at Charlestown Road and Seagoe Road, but no opening dates are available for the intermediate stages.

Road scheme and chronology data is courtesy SABRE (where much of it was gathered by member Ross Spur), with additional data from the UK Motorway Archive, the Scottish Roads Archive and the Northern Ireland Roads Site.

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