The old and new A1 roads at Buskhill
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The old and new A1 roads at Buskhill
Image: © Dean Molyneaux Taken: 5 Apr 2010
To the left is the improved A1 Belfast-Dublin dual carriageway as it passes through the townland of Buskhill. This section was completed on 21 November 2006. To the right was the southbound carriageway of the old A1 - first dualled in 1972 in quite a cheap fashion. The southbound carriageway was effectively an improvement of the old pre-1972 single carriageway road (i.e. with a number of curves and dips) - the northbound carriageway was built a field's with to the west and ran a much smoother course.
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Image Location
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54.260901
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