Lancashire four universities: Lancaster University, the University of Central Lancashire, Edge Hill University and the Lancaster campus of the University of Cumbria. Seven colleges offer higher education courses. The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the M6 motorway which runs from north to south, past Lancaster and Preston. The M55 connects Preston to Blackpool and is 11.5 miles (18.3 km) long. The M65 motorway from Colne, connects Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn to Preston. The M61 from Preston via Chorley and the M66 starting inside the county boundary near Edenfield, provide links between Lancashire and Manchester] and the trans-Pennine M62. The M58 crosses the
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,