European route E1

European route E1 is a series of roads in Europe, part of the United Nations International E-road network, running from Larne, Northern Ireland to Seville, Spain. There is a sea crossing between Rosslare Harbour, in Ireland, and Ferrol, but no ferry service. The road also passes through Portugal – past the city of Porto, through the capital, Lisbon, and then south to the Algarve, passing Faro before reaching the Spanish border west of Huelva.

E1
Major junctions
North end	Larne, United Kingdom
Major intersections	E18 at Larne E16 at Belfast E18 at Lisburn E20 at Dublin E30 at Wexford E30 at Rosslare E70 at A Coruña E82 at Porto E80 at Aveiro E80/ E801 at Coimbra E80/ E90 at Lisbon E90 at Setúbal E5/ E803 at Seville
South end	Seville, Spain
Location
Countries	United Kingdom Ireland Spain Portugal
Major cities	Belfast Dublin A Coruña Vigo Porto Lisbon Seville
Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class
← E1 → E3

E1 route summary

(NI)	A8 → A8(M) → M2 → A12 → M1 → A1
	N1 → M1 → M50 → M11 → N11 → M11 → N11 → N25
	AP-9/AP-9F → AP-9 → A-55
	A3 → A20 → A1 → A12 → A2 → A22
	A-49

United Kingdom

Main article: European route E1 in the United Kingdom

Larne (54°51′06″N 05°48′48″W)
(Start of concurrency with E18)

• A8: Larne – Newtownabbey
  • Corr's Corner (54.6925°N 5.9706°W / 54.6925; -5.9706)
• A8(M): Newtownabbey
  • Sandyknowes Roundabout (54.67867°N 5.97909°W / 54.67867; -5.97909)
• M2: Newtownabbey – Belfast
  (Concurrency with E16)
  • York Street (54.60662°N 5.92542°W / 54.60662; -5.92542)
• A12: Belfast
  • Broadway (54.60662°N 5.92542°W / 54.60662; -5.92542)
• M1: Belfast – Lisburn
  • Sprucefield (54.4924°N 6.0619°W / 54.4924; -6.0619)
    (End of concurrency with E18)
• A1: Lisburn – Newry

Killean (54.1251°N 6.3385°W / 54.1251; -6.3385)

As with all E-roads in the United Kingdom, the E1 is not signed. It begins in Larne, County Antrim as the A8. A short section of the A8 at Newtownabbey is under motorway regulations and is signed as the A8(M) motorway. This motorway joins the much longer M2 motorway to Belfast. At Belfast, the road becomes the A12 Westlink, a dual carriageway which links to the M1 motorway. The A1 leaves the motorway near Lisburn and continues south as a dual carriageway. This takes the road over the border into Ireland near Newry.

Ireland

Main article: European route E1 in Ireland

Jonesborough (54.11385°N 6.36495°W / 54.11385; -6.36495)

• N1: Border – Dundalk
  • Ballymascanlan Interchange (54.0363°N 6.3856°W / 54.0363; -6.3856)
• M1: Dundalk – Dublin
  • M1 Turnapin (53.41053°N 6.22652°W / 53.41053; -6.22652)
    (Start of concurrency with E20)
• M50: Dublin
  (End of concurrency with E20: 53°19′06.1″N 6°22′05.6″W)
  • (53.2317°N 6.1323°W / 53.2317; -6.1323)
• M11 / N11: Dublin – Wexford
  • (52.33804°N 6.51525°W / 52.33804; -6.51525)
• N25: Wexford - Rosslare
  (Concurrency with E30)

Rosslare Europort (52°15′20″N 6°20′04″W)

The dual carriageway continues in Ireland as the N1, which from Ballymascanlon in County Louth onwards is under motorway regulations and signed as the M1 motorway. The road follows the M1 south to Dublin, where, in the northern suburbs, it meets Dublin's ring road, the M50 motorway. It follows the M50 through the outer suburbs of Dublin until it meets the short M11 motorway near Shankill. The M11 continues as a dual carriageway, the N11, south of Bray in County Wicklow. This section passes through the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve and is dual carriageway until Coynes Cross, north of Wicklow. It becomes motorway once more until just north of Oylegate in County Wexford. Following this, the remainder of the route in Ireland is single carriageway and passes through a number of villages. The N11 continues to Wexford, where at a junction outside the town it meets the N25 road from Cork. The route follows the N25 to its final destination in Ireland of Rosslare Europort.

All remaining sections of the N11 (and therefore E1) outside of Dublin are due to be replaced by motorways or dual carriageways.

Spain

E1 near Vigo, Spain.

Main article: European route E1 in Spain

Ferrol (43.484444°N 8.232778°W / 43.484444; -8.232778)

•  FE-15 : Ferrol
  • (43.49908°N 8.21257°W / 43.49908; -8.21257)
• AP-9F: Ferrol - AP-9
  • (43.2895°N 8.2829°W / 43.2895; -8.2829)
• AP-9: A Coruña - Vigo
  • (42.2111°N 8.6621°W / 42.2111; -8.6621)
• A-55: Vigo - Tui

Tui (42.048056°N 8.644444°W / 42.048056; -8.644444)

The E1 has two sections in Spain. The northern section is between Ferrol and Tui at the Portuguese border. It follows the motorway AP-9, a.k.a. The Atlantic Axis, which connects the Galician cities of Ferrol, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo, continuing south towards Tui. The E1 follows the motorway A-55 near the city of Tui to the Portuguese border at the river Minho.

Portugal

E1 passing at Ponte do Freixo, Porto.

Main article: European route E1 in Portugal

In Portugal, the route is composed of the following sections, always as an auto-estrada (Portuguese for 'motorway')

• A 3: Valença (border) – Braga – Porto
• A 20: Porto
• A 1: Porto – Coimbra – Lisbon
• IP 1 (Vasco da Gama bridge): Lisbon – Montijo
• A 12: Montijo – Junction with A2
• A 2: Junction with A12 – Albufeira
• A 22: Albufeira – Castro Marim (border)

In the section Aveiro Norte – Lisbon of the A1, the E1 follows the same route as the E80. In that section the E80 signage prevails over the E1 signage, the latter rarely appearing.

Spain

Main article: European route E1 in Spain

• A-49

The second Spanish section is between Ayamonte at the Portuguese border and Seville. It follows the motorway A-49, and passes near the city of Huelva. The border is at the Guadiana river.

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)