A1 motorway (Vyvland)
The A1 motorway (Vyvlander: Motorweg A1, pronounced /motoɾweʝ äː ʏn/) is the longest motorway in Vyvland, spanning the length of the country between Heersduik in the northeast and Lysemaaf in the south. The motorway passes three of the four largest cities in Vyvland; Vlud, Mafiy and Jesel, in addition to entering the outer suburbs of Lorence, the country's capital, in the Syfdyr metropolitan area. In total, the motorway spans a length of 336 kilometres, which is longer than its closest rival, the A2 motorway, which is 292 km in length. On average, 200,000 vehicles pass along the Vlud ring road section of the A1 each day, making the road by far the busiest in Vyvland.
The A1 was formed as a joining of three pre-existing roads in North and South Vyvland. The section from Heersduik to northern Vlud was known as the A3 in North Vyvland, the section from Vlud southwards to the border the A18 and the entirety of the route in South Vyvland the A1.
The first section of route to be constructed was the old A3 north from Vlud, in 1943. The old design of the road, including its straightness and angular junctons, is evident in this section. Later, the road was extended to Mafiy, and by 1966, it reached Brubas. Extensive road-building projects under Northern Prime Minister Gunfre Smef-Hoyg in the early 1970s extended the A3 to Heersduik’s docks, where it reached a natural terminus outside the city’s ferry port. The old Southern A1 was constructed under Erman Sanker in the 1950s; much of the road was constructed using the labour of prisoners, which in many cases was forced.