What are the 3 longest motorways in the UK?

What are the 3 longest motorways in the UK?

What is the safest motorway in the UK?

Screeching tyres and half-crazed looks are all expected, and that's before you realise the devastation that has made you have to pull an emergency stop at 70 mph. Unlike the top risk players like the M6, the East Midlands is home to the safest motorway in the UK – the M42.

What is the busiest junction in the UK?

Gravelly Hill Interchange is the UK's busiest motorway junction and is one of the country's most iconic concrete structures which turned 50 last year. The winding labyrinth of roads along the M6 is also one of the biggest motorway interchanges in Europe and more than 200,000 vehicles travel on it daily.

What is the hardest road to drive in the UK?

Hardknott Pass is considered to be one of the most challenging in the UK. It has earned this consideration due to its series of hairpin bends and the high risk of ice on the road. It is a steep, twisting, single-track road that cuts right through the heart of the Lake District between the Duddon Valley and Eskdale.

Why is there no M10 motorway?

In later years, as the M1 was extended southwards into London and the M25 was built, the M10's original purpose eroded. It was sometimes suggested that the motorway might have been extended to meet the M25 at junction 22, but this was never proposed.

What is the oldest road in England?

The Ridgeway: Avebury to Goring It travels in a northeasterly direction from its start in the World Heritage Site of Avebury. From Avebury to Goring, The Ridgeway is a broad track passing through the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is often quite a distance from villages or towns.

Which English counties have no motorways?

Which UK motorway has the most lanes?

Our widest motorway has 17 lanes of traffic The M61 at Linnyshaw Moss, Greater Manchester, has a whopping 17 lanes of traffic (plus eight full-width hard shoulders) running side by side. Admittedly, they are spread across several parallel carriageways – but they do all form part of the same motorway.

What is the most confusing motorway in the UK?

Hanger Lane Gyratory – West London. Magic Roundabout – Swindon. Gravelly Hill Interchange (Spaghetti Junction) – Birmingham.

What is the oldest motorway in the UK?

Britain's first motorway, the Preston by-pass, opened in 1958. Designed by Lancashire County Council under civil engineer Sir James Drake – regarded as the pioneer of the UK motorway network – it's now part of the M6. The next 10 years saw UK's network expand as hundreds of miles of motorway were built.

Why is there no M7 motorway in UK?

Answer. Answer: A motorway just relates to the A road that it's relieving pressure from. The reason there is no M7 is that the A7, which runs from Carlisle to Edinburgh has no need for a motorway to relieve it.

Which is the busiest road in England?

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London. The 117-mile (188-kilometre) motorway is one of the most important roads in the UK and one of the busiest.

What is the least used road in UK?

The A897 between Helmsdale and Halladale Bridge, near Melvich, runs through several vast areas of wilderness and hamlets such as Kildonan, Kinbrace, Forsinard and Achiemore. Official data gathered by the Department for Transport shows that the road only has 416 cars per year.