M23 motorway

M23 motorway in the UK
Basic data
Operator:	Highways Agency
Overall length:	25.6 km (15.9  mi )
Countries :	England
Aerial view of junction 9
Course of the road Surrey Continue on  Croydon , London Start of the Autobahn (7)  Croydon, London, Redhill (8th)  Heathrow , Sutton , Watford , Dartford , Maidstone , Westerham , Reigate West Sussex (9)  Gatwick (10)  Crawley , East Grinstead (10A)  Crawley B2036 ( HAS London) (11)  Horsham , Crawley Pease Pottage (at the previous junction) End of the highway Continue on  Brighton

The M23 motorway ( English for 'Autobahn M23') is an English motorway. It begins in the south of Hooley in Surrey , where it branches off the A23, and ends in Pease Pottage , south of Crawley , West Sussex , where it merges again with the A23, which is motorway-like to Brighton. A branch runs from Junction 9 to London Gatwick Airport .

The motorway was built between 1972 and 1975, at the same time as the southern section of the M25 Motorway between Godstone and Reigate . It was originally planned to lead the motorway further north into south London . The counting of the connection points still indicates these plans.

Web links

Commons : M23 motorway  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• M23 on cbrd.co.uk