In which year was the M1 Motorway opened?
M1 motorway M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6. The motorway is long and was constructed in four phases. Most of the motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968 but the southern end was extended in 1977 and the northern end was extended in 1999. It forms part of the unsigned European route E13.
M1 motorway (Pakistan) M1 motorway (Pakistan) The M1 motorway () or M1, is an east-west motorway in Pakistan, connecting Peshawar to Islamabad–Rawalpindi. The motorway was constructed by President Pervez Musharraf with cost of Rs. 13bn., and was opened from October, 2007. It spans 155 km, with 88 km in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 67 km in Punjab. The M1 connected Motorways of Pakistan to Afghanistan and Central Asia. M-1 Peshawar Islamabad motorway was started during Benazir Bhutto tenure in 1993, the contract was awarded to Turkish company Bayindar. However, the work stopped after her government was dismissed by President Farooq Leghari. Nevertheless, work progress