Transport in Preston Transport in Preston Preston is a city in Lancashire, around North-west of Manchester. The Preston By-pass was the first part of the M6 Motorway, the longest motorway in the country. It was made a motorway in 1958, being the first motorway in the United Kingdom. It is now the stretch between Junction 29 (A6 and M65, Bamber Bridge) and Junction 1 of the M55 (A6 Preston North), with four intermediate junctions – J30, J31, J31A and J32. The other motorway within the city is the M55 (Preston - Blackpool), and it is also served by the M65 (Preston - East
Motorways in the Republic of Ireland continuous motorway, as well as a number of other projects, increased the total length of the country's motorway network to 916 km (570 miles). Planned new road construction will possibly lead to there being almost 1100 km (700 miles) of motorway by 2035, subject to the availability of funding. Motorways in Ireland have a set of restrictions, which prohibit certain traffic from using the road. The following classes of traffic are not allowed on Irish motorways: Rules for driving on motorways include the following: The general motorway speed limit is 120 km/h (75mph). "For more on motorway specification in general,