Draft:UK Land Bridge

The UK Land Bridge is a transport route that connects Ireland with Continental Europe through the United Kingdom and extends from Dublin to Calais.

History
The UK Land Bridge has provided an open trade route for roll on roll off (RoRo) goods from the UK to Ireland and Ireland to the European mainland since 1992 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, with this being expended in 2007 with the signing of the Lisbon Treaty.

Route
The Route begins in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland and crosses serval point within the United Kingdom including Chester, Crewe, Newcastle, Birmingham, Coventry, Northampton, Milton Keyes, St Albans, Chatham, Maidstone and Folkestone where goods traffic will use the Channel Tunnel to Calais.

In 2018 the Irish Marine Development Office estimated that there were around 150,000 truck crossings between the Republic of Ireland and the EU carrying trade estimate to be around €18.2bn.