 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga yakaziviswa muna 1964, M5 yakarongerwa kutevera nzira yeB90 kuenda kuCarrickfergus. Pasi pezvirongwa zvingadai zvakavawo mugumo wokumaodzanyemba weM6 Motorway isina kuvakwa kuLarne. Chiyero chegadziriro yacho chakaderedzwa kumhando yaro yazvino mukudzokororwa kwekufambisa kwa1969, asi zvakakurudzirwa kuti mutsetse wenzira yakarongwa pakutanga inofanira kuchengetedzwa kubva mukuvandudzwa. Kuzarurirwa motokari musi wa 12 September 1980, M5 ndiyo chete yeNorthern Irelands original motorway schemes kuti ienderere mberi mushure mekuregererwa kwezvirongwa zvose zvemotokari zviripo muna 1975 zvichitevera kuderera kwehurongwa hwevanhu.. M3 yakazovhurwa muna 1995, uye yakanga ine nhamba yakafanana neyokutanga yakarongwa mugwagwa mukuru kumabvazuva kweBelfast, asi yaiva chirongwa chakasiyana zvachose. 