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

UK motorway network

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)

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