List of motorways in the United Kingdom
This is a list of all of the UK's highways . Note that the UK and Northern Ireland have different numbering schemes; see road system in Ireland . There are currently a little over 2,000 miles (3,218 km) of motorway across the UK.
The motorways are indicated by blue signs and a street number (with a prefixed M), such as M1 (without spaces). A roads that have been expanded to form a motorway are marked with a trailing (M), e.g. B. A1 (M). The top speed is 70 miles / h (112 km / h).
The operation of the UK motorways differs by country. In England for almost all highways, the Road Administration Organization Highways Agency (which the British Ministry of Transport is one) is responsible, in Wales , the operation is part of the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government and in Scotland 's Transport Scotland (an Office of the Scottish Government) responsible. In Northern Ireland , operations fall on Northern Ireland Roads Service.
List of highways
Motorways in Great Britain
Motorways in England and Wales
- M1 - the east north-south motorway between London and Leeds and on to the A1
- M2 - from Rochester to Faversham .
- M3 - from London to Southampton
- M4 - from London to South Wales
- M5 - Exeter to Birmingham
- M6 - the north-south west motorway between Rugby and Carlisle
- M6 Toll , a toll motorway north of Walsall and Sutton Coldfield , which relieves a busy section of the M6 near Birmingham and Wolverhampton
- M10 - a feeder from the M1 to St Albans
- M11 - from London to Cambridge
- M18 - between the M1 at Rotherham and the M62 at Goole
- M20 - from London ( Swanley ) to Folkestone
- M23 - from London ( Coulsdon ) to shortly after Crawley
- M25 - the ring road around London
- M26 - a short link between the M25 at Sevenoaks and the M20 at Maidstone
- M27 - the south coast links between Southampton and Portsmouth
- M32 - a feeder from the M4 into Bristol city center
- M40 - from London to Birmingham
- M42 - the north and east of the Birmingham ring road , with a north extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and a west extension to the M5
- M45 - a slip road from the M1 north of Daventry towards Coventry
- M48 - the bridge over the Severn between Thornbury and Newport ; before the second Severn Bridge was built, this was the M4
- M49 - a short link from the M5 to the M4 west of Bristol
- M50 - from the M5 at Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye
- M53 - Chester to Birkenhead
- M54 - from the M6 north of Wolverhampton to Telford
- M55 - from Blackpool to the M6 at Preston
- M56 - Manchester to Chester
- M57 - Liverpool bypass northwest of the M62
- M58 - from Wigan to the northern boroughs of Liverpool
- M60 - the ring road around Manchester
- M61 - Preston to Manchester
- M62 - Liverpool to Kingston-upon-Hull
- M65 - Preston to Colne
- M66 - from Rawtenstall to the M62 near Manchester
- M67 - from the M60 at Denton to Hyde in the Greater Manchester area
- M69 - Leicester to Coventry
- M180 - from the M18 at Thorne to Grimsby and the Humber Bridge
- M181 - feeder from Scunthorpe to the M180
- M271 - Southampton feeder to the M27
- M275 - Portsmouth feeder to the M27
- M602 - Feeder from the M62 to Manchester
- M606 - Feeder from the M62 to Bradford
- M621 - slip road from the M62 to Leeds
- A1 (M) - those sections of the A1 between London and Newcastle upon Tyne that have been expanded into a motorway
- A3 (M) - a short section of the A3 that bypasses Waterlooville and Havant
- A38 (M) - slip from the M6 into Birmingham city center , also known as the Aston Expressway; there is no median, the number of lanes in each direction is adapted to the volume of traffic
- A48 (M) - slip road from M4 to Cardiff
- A57 (M) - northern part of Manchester's inner ring road
- A58 (M) - western part of Leeds inner ring road
- A64 (M) - Eastern part of Leeds inner ring road
- A66 (M) - slip road from A1 (M) to Darlington
- A167 (M) - in the center of Newcastle upon Tyne
- A194 (M) - Feeder from the A1 (M) at Newcastle upon Tyne to the Tyne Tunnel
- A308 (M) - slip road from M4 to Maidenhead
- A329 (M) - from Bracknell to Winnersh (near Reading )
- A404 (M) - between the M4 and Henley-on-Thames
- A601 (M) - slip road from the M6 at Carnforth (Lancashire) to the A6, the southern section is single lane
- A627 (M) - from Rochdale and Oldham to the M62
Highways in Scotland
- M8 - from Edinburgh via Glasgow to Greenock
- M9 - Edinburgh to Stirling
- M73 - from Cumbernauld to the M74
- M74 - Glasgow to Abington
- M77 - from Glasgow to Newton Mearns
- M80 - from Glasgow to Stirling
- M90 - from Forth Road Bridge to Perth
- M876 - short connection between two motorways near Falkirk
- M898 - Feeder to Erskine Bridge
- A74 (M) - from the M74 at Abington to Gretna
- A823 (M) - slip road from the M90 to Dunfermline
Highways in Northern Ireland
- M1 - Belfast to Dungannon
- M2 - Belfast to Antrim , plus another section at Ballymena
- M3 - Belfast to Ballymacarrett
- M5 - Belfast to Newtownabbey
- M12 - feeder from the M1 to Portadown
- M22 - from the M2 at Antrim to Randalstown
Former highways
Downgraded highways
- M41 feeder to Westway in London
- A18 (M) feeder to the M18; the largest part now belongs to the M180, one section was closed
- A40 (M) was the Westway in London (now A40)
- A41 (M) Tring bypass , now A41
- A46 (M) slip road from the M1 to Leicester
- A102 (M) East crossing under Thames in London through the Blackwall Tunnel
- The northern third of the A329 (M) from Winnersh to Reading is now the A3290 because one lane is reserved for buses.
Renamed highways
- M63 was combined with parts of the M62 and M66, M60-around from the beltway Manchester form
- M85 is now part of the M90
- M531 is now the southern part of the M53
- A20 (M) is now part of the M20
- A423 (M) is now the A404 (M)
- A6127 (M) is now the A167 (M)