{{UK motorway routebox|
| motorway= M22
| length-mi= 5.6
| length-km= 9
| direction= East - West
| start= M2 - Niblock
| destinations= Randalstown
| end= A6 - Randalstown
| opening-date= 1971
|completion-date=1973
| junctions= 55px
M2 Motorway | euroroute= {{European route number small sign|16}} }} Image:220940_f81d861b.jpg The '''M22''' is Motorway in County_Antrim, Northern_Ireland. It is 5.6 miles (9 Km) long and connects the M2 with the A6. It forms part of the unsigned European_route_E16. ==History== In 1964 the Northern Ireland Government announced plans for an extensive network of motorwaysNorthern Ireland Roads Site - History of Motorway Plans. Part of this was an M22 motorway from the M2 near Antrim to Castledawson. With the increase in civil disorder, known as The_Troubles and the introduction of Direct_rule, the motorway programme was nearly all cancelled and the M22 left as it currently stood in 1975Northern Ireland Roads Site - M22. It was opened in two sectionsCBRD Motorway Database - M22 (Northern Ireland): *Junctions 1 to 2 opened in 1971 *Junctions 2 to 3 opened in 1973 As of 2006 there is a plan to dual the A6 from the M22 to CastledawsonRoad Service of Northern Ireland - A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Scheme Page. ==Route== The motorway starts at the split in the carrigeways on the M2 around 1/2 mile east of junction 1, where the M2 was to head north towards Ballymena. After meeting junction 1, the site of Junction One an international retail outlet, it continues west across Fergusons_Water, the Belfast-Londonderry_railway_line and Mill_Burn as it bypasses the Suburbs of Antrim to the north. Between junctions 2 and 3 it passes between Randalstown and the Randalstown_forest crosses the River Maine and then ends at junction 3. The M22 is a 2 lane Dual_carriageway throughout its length. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M22 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Eastbound exits | Junction | Westbound exits |- align="center" | ''Road continues as '''M2''' to Belfast'' | | ''Start of motorway'' |- align="center" | Ballymena '''A26'''
Antrim '''A26''' | J1
''Dunsilly Roundabout'' | Ballymena '''A26'''
Antrim '''A26''' |- align="center" | Randalstown '''A6''' | J2
''Ballygrooby Roundabout'' | Randalstown '''A6''' |- align="center" | ''Start of Motorway'' |rowspan="2"|J3 | Randalstown '''A6''' |-align="center" | Randalstown '''A6''' | ''Road continues as '''A6''' to ''Derry/Londonderry'' |} ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom ==References==
== External links ==
*CBRD Motorway Database - M22 (Northern Ireland)
*Northern Ireland Roads Site - M22
*The Motorway Archive - M22 (Northern Ireland)
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M2 Motorway | euroroute= {{European route number small sign|16}} }} Image:220940_f81d861b.jpg The '''M22''' is Motorway in County_Antrim, Northern_Ireland. It is 5.6 miles (9 Km) long and connects the M2 with the A6. It forms part of the unsigned European_route_E16. ==History== In 1964 the Northern Ireland Government announced plans for an extensive network of motorwaysNorthern Ireland Roads Site - History of Motorway Plans. Part of this was an M22 motorway from the M2 near Antrim to Castledawson. With the increase in civil disorder, known as The_Troubles and the introduction of Direct_rule, the motorway programme was nearly all cancelled and the M22 left as it currently stood in 1975Northern Ireland Roads Site - M22. It was opened in two sectionsCBRD Motorway Database - M22 (Northern Ireland): *Junctions 1 to 2 opened in 1971 *Junctions 2 to 3 opened in 1973 As of 2006 there is a plan to dual the A6 from the M22 to CastledawsonRoad Service of Northern Ireland - A6 Randalstown to Castledawson Scheme Page. ==Route== The motorway starts at the split in the carrigeways on the M2 around 1/2 mile east of junction 1, where the M2 was to head north towards Ballymena. After meeting junction 1, the site of Junction One an international retail outlet, it continues west across Fergusons_Water, the Belfast-Londonderry_railway_line and Mill_Burn as it bypasses the Suburbs of Antrim to the north. Between junctions 2 and 3 it passes between Randalstown and the Randalstown_forest crosses the River Maine and then ends at junction 3. The M22 is a 2 lane Dual_carriageway throughout its length. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M22 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Eastbound exits | Junction | Westbound exits |- align="center" | ''Road continues as '''M2''' to Belfast'' | | ''Start of motorway'' |- align="center" | Ballymena '''A26'''
Antrim '''A26''' | J1
''Dunsilly Roundabout'' | Ballymena '''A26'''
Antrim '''A26''' |- align="center" | Randalstown '''A6''' | J2
''Ballygrooby Roundabout'' | Randalstown '''A6''' |- align="center" | ''Start of Motorway'' |rowspan="2"|J3 | Randalstown '''A6''' |-align="center" | Randalstown '''A6''' | ''Road continues as '''A6''' to ''Derry/Londonderry'' |} ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom ==References==