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  CBRD - Motorway Database
Each motorway has a Construction Timeline showing the opening dates for each section of its route.
This information is sourced from data collected by Peter Hewitt and Tony Priest for the Motorway Archive project.
A detailed history of the UK's motorway network, written by those who designed and built it.
www.cbrd.co.uk /motorway   (219 words)

  
  Motorway
Motorways are 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.
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/mo/Motorway.htm   (1895 words)

  
 Don`t Blame Motorway Service Stations
Firs of all, beginning with the fact that motorways are not only highways with miles of desert asphalt areas only, they are commonly used for ring roads around cities or bypasses of built-up areas (examples of ring-road motorways the M25 around London, M6 Toll, bypassing Birmingham and Wolverhampton, which opened the M4 and M48, etc).
Nearly all motorway service stations were considered poor for pedestrian safety in the car parks and although the range of food on offer was considered good, the quality was not.
Motorway service stations take such a high fee because they have to pay for the building and maintenance of entry and exit slip roads and often bridges and roundabouts on the main road network too.
travel.greatholidaysandhotels.com /dontblamemotorwayservicestations.html   (624 words)

  
 Qwika - similar:M27_motorway
M10 motorway Length 2.8 miles4.5 km Direction West – East Start Hemel Hempstead Primary destinations None End St Albans Construction dates 1959 - entire motorway Motorways joined M1 motorway M10 south of St Albans The M10 is a short (4.5km) section of motorway opened in 1959 to the south of St Albans, England.
M48 motorway Length 12 miles19 km Direction East - West Start Alveston, England Primary destinations Severn BeachChepstowMagorCaldicot End Magor, Wales Construction dates 1966 - entire motorway Motorways joined 21 and 23 - M4 motorway The M48 is a small motorway in England and Wales that includes the original Severn Bridge.
M67 motorway Length 5 miles8 km Direction West - East Start Denton Primary destinations None End Warhill Construction dates 1978 - 1981 Motorways joined 1 - M60 motorway The M67 is a short motorway in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, forming an A57 bypass for the towns of Denton and Hyde.
www.qwika.com /rels/M27_motorway   (1210 words)

  
 M48 motorway
The M48 is a motorway in Gloucestershire, England and Monmouthshire, Wales.
The M48 is anomalously numbered, as it is entirely to the west of the M5 motorway and its number should really therefore begin with 5
This motorway was renumbered as the M48 and it now shares the traffic between England and Wales at this point.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_M48_motorway   (389 words)

  
 M48 motorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The M48 motorway is a small motorway that was formerly part of the M4.
Junction 1 of the M48 links Alveston and Severn View services to the bridge, while Juncton 2 serves Chepstow.
The motorway then merges back with the M4 near Magor.
www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=M48_motorway   (106 words)

  
 CBRD - Motorway Database - M48
The M48 is basically what used to be the M4 across the first Severn Bridge.
The M48 does have two of its own junctions though, one in England for the A403, and one in Wales for Chepstow.
When the various parts of the M48 were built, listed in chronological order.
www.cbrd.co.uk /motorway/m48   (299 words)

  
 The Motorway Archive. M4/M48. The River Severn crossings
The Motorway Archive celebrates the engineering achievement involved in the conception, planning, design and construction of this transport network by thousands of dedicated professionals.
The Archive itself is a collection of as many of the documents and artefacts, which were associated with the development, as it has been possible to find.
This is the story of the crossings which connected Wales and England by motorway.
www.iht.org /motorway/m4severn.htm   (444 words)

  
 Transport in Wales
Following construction of the new crossing the original motorway bridge, which crossed the river further upstream at Chepstow, was re-numbered the M48 motorway.
An additional motorway of 15 miles length is planned to bypass a congested section of the M4 around Newport, where much of the highway is substandard and difficult to widen further.
Another scheme is to extend the motorway to Cardiff International Airport as well as to serve the new military development at RAF St. Athan.
www.jgames.co.uk /title/Transport_in_Wales   (1416 words)

  
 M4 motorway - Welshpedia
The M4 motorway is a motorway in the UK, which links London and Wales via Bristol.
Junction 42: A483 Swansea and ferry, A48 Briton Ferry.
Junction 24: M50 motorway The Midlands, A48/B4237 Newport, A449 Monmouth.
www.welshpedia.co.uk /wiki/wales/index.php?title=M4_motorway   (560 words)

  
 M48 motorway . Enpsychlopedia
The M48 is anomalously numbered, as it is entirely to the west of the M5 motorway and its number should really therefore begin with 5CBRD Motorway Database - M48.
It was opened as part of the M4 in 1966The Motorway Archive - Severn Crossing Dates.
After opening the route became increasingly busy and in 1984The Motorway Archive - Second Severn Crossing a report was commissioned into a Second Severn crossing.
www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/M48_motorway   (437 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It lies on the M5 motorway, which crosses the Avon by the Avonmouth Bridge.
The M49 motorway runs between the M5 near Avonmouth and the M4 motorway at the Second Severn Crossing.
The old Severn Bridge and the M48 motorway are linked to Avonmouth by the A403.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Avonmouth   (125 words)

  
 M4 motorway information - Search.com
The M4 motorway is a motorway in England and Wales linking London and west Wales via Bristol.
As a result, it is possible in both directions to travel almost 2 miles (3 km) in the same direction having both joined and subsequently left the motorway at "junction 41".
The M4 crosses the River Severn via a toll bridge, the second of only two on the UK motorway network — the first was the original Severn Bridge (the original route of the M4, now the M48).
www.search.com /reference/M4_motorway   (894 words)

  
 Severn Bridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
From 1966 to 1996, the bridge carried the M4 motorway.
On completion of the Second Severn Crossing the motorway from Aust on the English side to Rogiet was renamed the M48
Though it has been debated whether or not the musician, who had a well-documented history of self-harm, took his own life, his car was found several days later in a motorway service station near the Severn Bridge, which has since its construction acquired notoriety for being a suicide spot.
www.worlditems.info /en/Severn_Bridge.htm   (1449 words)

  
 M4 motorway at AllExperts
The M4 motorway is a motorway in England and Wales linking London and west Wales via Bristol.
The M4 crosses the River Severn via a toll bridge, the second of only two on the UK motorway network — the first was the original Severn Bridge (the original route of the M4, now the M48).
(The London Orbital M25 motorway requires the use of the toll-collecting Dartford Crossing to complete a circuit, but the crossing itself is downgraded to an "A" road to allow use by local traffic).
en.allexperts.com /e/m/m/m4_motorway.htm   (942 words)

  
 M48 motorway Information
The M48 is a small motorway in Great Britain that includes the original Severn Bridge.
Junction 1 of the M48 links the A403 and Severn View services at Aust as well as the B4461 to Alveston to the bridge, while Junction 2 serves Chepstow and the Wye Valley via the A466.
The motorway then merges back with the M4 near Magor, Monmouthshire.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/M48_motorway   (280 words)

  
 BioMed Central | Full text | Topographic determinants of foot and mouth disease transmission in the UK 2001 epidemic
For example, during the epidemic it was suggested that the M6 Motorway, running north-south through Cumbria – and therefore through the centre of the Cumbrian epidemic – may have acted as a barrier to FMDV transmission between farms adjacent to it (Fig.
The database distinguishes between Motorways, A roads, B roads and minor roads; it does not include private roads, tracks and some minor roads and cul-de-sacs of less than 200 m.
We assume that Motorway and trunk road speeds are 112 kph, A, B and minor road speeds are 72 kph, and farmhouse to road junction speed is 16 kph [13].
www.biomedcentral.com /1746-6148/2/3   (4530 words)

  
 Caldicot Town Council Website Home Page
Caldicot is situated in the south-east corner of South Wales in the County of Monmouthshire, roughly halfway between the towns of Chepstow and Newport on the B4245 road.
The northern boundary is the M48 Motorway with an access point at Chepstow gentian 2.
Caldicot is also situated between to major cites Cardiff the Capitol of Wales appox 24 miles to the west and Bristol a major English city appox 24 miles to the east.
www.caldicot.com /towncouncil/transport.htm   (228 words)

  
 National Roll 1999
During the pursuit of a stolen vehicle on the M48 motorway near Bristol, the officer deployed a 'Stinger' spike strip in front of the vehicle to stop it but it swerved towards him as he stood on the motorway hard shoulder and he was struck and killed.
A memorial stone was erected by the Police Memorial Trust near the scene on the M48 motorway service area at Severn View.
Killed in a road accident, while observer in a police patrol car on routine patrol in the early hours, when it was involved in a head on collision with a taxi at Clydach village near Swansea.
www.policememorial.org.uk /NationalRoll/1999/National_Roll_1999.htm   (465 words)

  
 Travelodge (Travel Lodge) Hotels
Located between junction 18 and 19 of the M6 motorway northbound, the Travelodge at Knutsford M6 provides contemporary quality accommodation and an ideal base for exploring the Cheshire countryside.
Located on the M48, close to the Severn Bridge, the Travelodge at Severn View provides contemporary quality accommodation and an ideal base for exploring Bristol and the surrounding area.
Located by junction 25 of the M5 motorway, this Travelodge provides contemporary quality accommodation and an ideal base for exploring the surrounding attractions and countryside.
www.aboutbritain.com /TravelodgeHotels.asp   (2387 words)

  
 CBRD - Motorway Database - M4
Easily one of the most varied motorways in Britain, from urban chaos in west London and Heathrow Airport, out through the rolling hills of Gloucestershire, across the Severn Estuary and through industrial South Wales.
Recently, the Second Severn Crossing was built and the M4 moved there, creating a new motorway, the M48, across the old bridge.
Because of these multiple motorway connections, along with the M32 Bristol Spur, the M4 holds the UK record with five consecutive motorway interchanges.
www.cbrd.co.uk /motorway/m4   (302 words)

  
 B&B in Avonmouth Avon accommodation - bed and breakfast accommodation around Avonmouth, B&B in Avon UK
Avonmouth is the location of a large port, which replaced the port of Bristol.
The town lies on the M5 motorway and It is linked to the M48 motorway by the A403
For bed and breakfast accommodation in other areas nearby see Bed and breakfast in Burnham on Sea and Bed and breakfast in Weston Super Mare.
www.kayukay.co.uk /avonmouthbandb.html   (235 words)

  
 Armada House - Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
(This motorway reduces to an urban dual carriageway after approximately 2 - 3 miles and becomes the A4032).
M48 join the M4 at junction 21 and continue to junction 19.
M5 leave the motorway at junction 18 and head towards Bristol on the A4.
www.armadahouse.com /location/directions.htm   (637 words)

  
 SABRE - Photo Gallery - SABRE Photo Gallery - Strip Map (Future)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
J23 is a clone of M4 J2 as I can get all the movements needed for the M48 and not interrupet the the flow of the Motorway.
The M48 then goes on the oringail M4 route with renumbered Juctions.
The Scottish Motorway Network (West) is now connected at last to the English Motorway network thus the British Motorway network is whole at last 52 years after the M6 first opened by-passing Preston.
www.uk-roads.org.uk /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=199   (719 words)

  
 Travelodge - Granada Service Area | Bristol | WCities Destination Guide
You'd perhaps be better to stay elsewhere if you're looking for character, although it can be a bargain - you pay per room, not per person, so for a family of four staying in one of its family rooms, it works out as very reasonable.
This branch is right on the M48, as part of the services (a petrol station and a Burger King is on site).
Very handy for those doing a lot of driving and needing quick access to all the major motorways.
www.wcities.com /en/record/32,223505/41/record.html   (170 words)

  
 The Motorway Archive. Home page
Visualisation and Policy - brief summaries of an assembly of individual essays by authors eminent in particular fields related to motorways, which paint the administrative and Political background to the Motorway system prior to and during its development.
Information is also provided as to where the full archive, for that particular scheme, can be found.
You may use the drop-down menus to select a UK Region or sub-Region, or to select an individual motorway scheme.
www.iht.org /motorway/page1.htm   (260 words)

  
 The 7 Bridge on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
The Second Severn Crossing is a motorway crossing over the estuary of the River Severn between England and Wales, inaugurated on 5 June 1996 to augment the traffic capacity of the original Severn Bridge built in 1966.
Its location is further to the south than the old bridge and being more in line with the landward sides of the M4 motorway, is a shorter journey when travelling from England to South Wales.
The junctions at each end are designed for most traffic to use this crossing – to use the old Severn crossing one has to leave the M4 and join the M48 motorway either at Aust or near Magor.
www.flickr.com /photos/paulbence/290575054   (621 words)

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