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  The Motorway Archive. A38(M). The Aston Expressway
The Motorway Archive celebrates the engineering achievement involved in the conception, planning, design and construction of this transport network by thousands of dedicated professionals.
For many years it was used as dual three lanes with a buffer lane but in recent years tidal flow has operated during the commuter periods on a four and two basis whilst always maintaining the clear buffer lane.
Initially, it was concluded that the new junction between the Expressway (A38M) and the Middle Ring Road (A45) would require three levels with a roundabout at the intermediate level.
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  Motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motorways may also be regarded as highways designed to carry a large volume of traffic where a normal road would not suffice or would be unsafe, usually between cities.
The most basic motorway junction is a two-lane flyover with four slip-roads, two on each side of the motorway to exit or enter.
As a result, the motorway technically begins as soon as the escape route has diverged from it; for example at a grade-separated junction, the motorway starts at the junction with the exiting slip road, and the opposite slip road is also part of the motorway for this and the following reason.
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 M25 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is an orbital motorway that encircles London, and is approximately 117 miles (188 km) in circumference.
The motorway is currently being widened to ten lanes between junctions 12 and 14, and twelve lanes between junctions 14 and 15, which is due to be completed by the end of 2005.
While this is more a structural than a logical issue, at junction 5 near Sevenoaks continuing around the M25 requires the driver to follow the slip roads, as the main routes continue as either the M26 to the east (on to the M20) or the A21 towards the south coast.
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 M6 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England.
It is often claimed to be the busiest motorway in the country, although the M25 may also lay claim to this dubious distinction, depending on the measurement used.
The first section of the motorway, and indeed the first motorway in the country, the Preston by-pass, was opened by the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on December 5, 1958.
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 List of motorways in the United Kingdom. Who is List of motorways in the United Kingdom? What is List of motorways in ...
M1, the eastern north-south motorway linking London and Leeds and continuing north to the A1.
M42, The southern and eastern part of the Birmingham orbital motorway extending north towards Ashby-de-la-Zouch and west to the M5.
A38(M), a spur from the M6 to central Birmingham, also known as the Aston Expressway.
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 A38 road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The section from Plymouth to Exeter is designated as the "Devon Expressway", and serves as a southward extension of the M5 motorway.
The section in Birmingham (called the Aston Expressway) from the city centre through Aston to the junction with the M6 motorway (at Spaghetti Junction) is of motorway standard and is designated the A38 (M).
It is a tidal flow road, in that more lanes are available travelling into the city during the morning rush hour, and more travelling out of the city during the evening rush hour.
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 Motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The construction and surfacing of motorways is generally of a higher standard than conventional roads, and maintenance is carried out more frequently; in particular, motorways drain water very quickly to reduce hydroplaning (road vehicle)hydroplaning/.
In the UK it is a requirement that all motorways have emergency telephonetelephones at regular (usually one-mile) intervals which connect directly to the police/.
For example, the A48(M) motorway outside Cardiff begins after the last exit to St Mellons, since by staying on the dual carriageway you cannot get anywhere other than the M4 motorwayM4 eastbound; however, the A48(M) is a motorway-grade highway.
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 EZGeography - Motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A motorway (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification.
As a result, the motorway technically begins as soon as the escape route has diverged from it; e.g.
at a grade-separated junction, the motorway starts at the junction with the exiting slip road, and the opposite slip road is also part of the motorway for this and the following reason.
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 A38(M) motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The A38(M) is a short, elevated motorway in Birmingham, England, opedned on May 24, 1972.
The A38(M) runs from the Inner Ring Road through Aston, cutting through the grounds of Aston Hall, to the junction with the M6 motorway at Spaghetti Junction.
The motorway is unusual (probably unique) in that it is crossed by a vinegar pipeline, carrying the condiment from one part of the HP Sauce factory to the other.
www.totalbike.com /wiki/A38(M)_motorway   (167 words)

  
 M54 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M54 motorway is a major road in England also known as the Telford motorway.
The motorway runs nineteen miles west from its junction with the M6 motorway just south of Cannock, past Wolverhampton and through Telford, to end on the A5, which heads into North Wales via Shrewsbury and Oswestry.
The motorway began life as the Wellington bypass.
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 Motorways
These are motorways like any other and motorway regulations apply to them, but they are part of a route that is only partly a motorway and it is easier for motorists to follow the same number, albeit with the suffix '(M)'.
Motorway numbers are used for other roads in exceptional cases, for short gaps in motorways.
The 1974 motorway numbers were assigned to many roads which were later apparently deemed not appropriate for the motorway network or not up to motorway standard.
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 BBC Birmingham - Travel - M6 roadworks
The Highways Agency are responsible for all motorways and major trunk roads in England.
The first motorway to be built was the reston Bypass (now part of the M6) in December 1958.
A38M to M6 southbound - 20 weeks for resurfacing about 200 metres sounds a bit rich to me. The road is already chevroned in what was 2 lanes is now one, surely they could open up one lane for the roadworks with a 20mph limit rather than close the entire carriageway.
www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/travel/2004/07/m6_roadworks/m6_roadworks_commentspage.shtml   (2041 words)

  
 M6 motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England, United Kingdom.
The first section of the motorway, and indeed the first motorway in the country, near Preston, was opened by then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on December 5,1958.
Near completion (February 2003) is the M6 Toll, Britain's first toll- paying motorway, which will run around the east and northern sides of Birmingham in addition to the current M6, intended to alleviate congestion at the latter's busiest point.
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The M5 is a motorway in the United Kingdom.
The M5 motorway was later extended, in the late 1960s / early 1970s, northwards from Junction 4 and Frankley service area was built.
Beyond that is the split in height between the Northbound and Southbound carriageways, as the motorway climbs the sides of the hills above the Gordano valley, between Portishead and Clevedon.
www.4lawschool.com /index.php?title=M5_motorway_(England)   (608 words)

  
 A38(M) (Aston Expressway)
The southern end of the motorway flows directly on from the Birmingham Inner Ring Road through an underpass at Dartmouth Circus (a junction with the A4540 Middle Ring Road).
From here the motorway is elevated, and you can see Villa Park (Aston Villa FC) and IMI on your left (right if travelling southbound).
If you choose the last of these, the motorway carries on for a short distance, but the central divide reappears, you are down to 2 lanes each way, and the motorway ends by running onto the single-carriageway A-road.
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 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
* A627(M) motorway A627(M), connects Rochdale and Oldham to the M62 motorway M62 * A823(M) motorway A823(M) is a short spur from the M90 motorway M90 to Dunfermline.
Motorways which have been renamed * The M63 was merged with parts of the M62 motorway M62 and M66 motorway M66 to form the new M60 Manchester orbital motorway * The M85 is now M90 motorway M90 J10-11.
A short motorway in Northern Ireland in Belfast that continues east for 1 mile from the M2 (Northern Ireland) motorway.
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 List of motorways in the United Kingdom - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
M6 Toll, a toll motorway to the north of Walsall and Sutton Coldfield, bypassing a busy stretch of the M6 around the Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas.
A1(M), the parts of the A1 road between London and Newcastle-upon-Tyne that have been upgraded to motorway.
The M63 was merged with parts of the M62 and M66 to form the new M60 Manchester orbital motorway
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 M66 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M66 motorway is a short motorway in England.
It starts near Rawtenstall in Lancashire, and goes south to meet the M62 and M60 just north of Manchester.
Junction 1 of the motorway serves Ramsbottom, junction 2 is between Bury on the west and Heywood on the east.
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 A38 road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The current route just north of Plymouth, the 'Plympton bypass', was the location for the first stage of the Tour de France held in England, in 1974 prior to its opening to traffic.
The section in Birmingham called the Aston Expressway, from the north-eastern side of the Inner Ring Road through Aston to the junction with the M6 motorway at Spaghetti Junction, is a motorway and is designated the A38(M).
From Birmingham the road bypasses Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Burton-upon-Trent and Derby (using part of the outer ring road) before passing near to Alfreton, then crossing the M1 and ending in Mansfield.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/A38   (349 words)

  
 CBRD - Motorway Database - A38(M)
Motorways are crossed, over and under, by all manner of things - roads, railways, footbridges, water and gas mains, electricity lines and so on.
Where the road is in a deep cutting, the motorway bisects a factory compound owned by HP, they of the brown table sauce fame.
Leaving Birmingham, the A38(M) begins life in this underpass as a good old fashioned urban motorway, in a dingy concrete trench with some steep slopes along the way.
www.cbrd.co.uk /motorway/a38m   (418 words)

  
 M2 motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The M2 motorway is a motorway in England.
It is the only "M" motorway (as opposed to an "A-road(M)" motorway such as the A1(M)) not connected to another motorway.
Along the way is the Medway Bridge between Junctions 2 and 3, where the motorway crosses the River Medway.
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 UK Roads: Lost Motorways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Central Motorway East is a fanstastic two-tier urban expressway.
I don't like motorway junctions with unclassified roads, but as this is essentially an urban motorway it's at least understandable.
The junction was remodelled from a free-flowing pair of slip roads to a roundabout and slips.
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 Articles - A38(M) motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The A38(M) is a short motorway in Birmingham, England, opened on May 24, 1972.
The A38(M) runs from the A4540 Inner Ring Road through Aston, cutting through the grounds of Aston Hall, to the junction with the M6 motorway at Spaghetti Junction.
The motorway is unusual in that it is crossed by a gantry which used to house a vinegar pipeline, carrying the condiment from one part of the HP Sauce factory to the other.
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 The SABRE Roads Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Why the A48(M) merits separate motorway status but the spur from junction 41 of the M4 doesn't I don't know - they were both temporary termini of the mainline.
The east bound exit slip is scarily short, until you realise that although you lose motorway status almost straight away, the exiting traffic has priority over all other traffic until you get the other side of the M4.
I personally think that the Ax(M) designation is useful for short stretches of motorway which are isolated from the main network but are part of another route, such rural motorway bypasses on trunk/primary routes (A41(M) for example) and short stretches of urban motorway (eg.
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 no9tr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Some large motorway intersections that are not full motorway junctions can be used when they have a roundabout.
Some A-roads have motorway status (A1 is A1(M) close top London, the A38 is A38(M) for a while.
The difference between a motorway and express road is displayed with a different number ('M' for motowarway, 'A' for express road or main road) for each type.
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 CBRD - Motorway Database - A194(M)
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When the A1(M) motorway from Darlington opened, it came with this little spur towards South Shields, the A194(M).
It's the only motorway to have been renumbered and changed back later to its original designation.
www.cbrd.co.uk /motorway/a194m   (261 words)

  
 Locate Birmingham - Road
Birmingham is at the heart of the motorway network with links to the M5, M6 and M42, which connect to the M1, M40 and M69.
The A38(M) Aston Expressway provides motorway access direct to the edge of the city centre.
Construction of the M6 Toll, Britain's first toll motorway, has been completed and was opened in December 2003.
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 FanZone - Away fans info. - Birmingham University (Univ) - Sportshall,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The University is on the left of the A38 Bristol Road approximately eight miles from the motorway.
From the M40, it is easier to turn south on the M42 and leave at Junction 1, heading north on the A38 Bristol Road.
The University is approximately eight miles from the motorway.
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