List of motorways in the United Kingdom
M-designated motorways

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

Section Title: M-designated motorways
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Link	Route	Ceremonial Counties (England), Council Areas (Scotland) and Principal Areas (Wales)	Highest junction to junction average daily vehicle flow 2017	Length

mi	km

M1	The eastern north-south motorway linking London (Hendon) to Leeds and continuing north to the A1 near Garforth. The first inter-urban motorway.	Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire	165,209	193.5	311.4

M2	From Strood to Faversham. Bypasses the Medway Towns.	Kent	100,486	25.7	41.4

M3	Main motorway from London to the south coast. Linking Sunbury-on-Thames to Southampton.	Surrey, Hampshire	136,655	58.6	94.3

M4	The southern east-west motorway linking London (Chiswick) to Bristol and on to South Wales, terminating just beyond Pontarddulais.	Greater London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Newport, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire	153,539	189	304

M5	The main motorway through South West England. Linking the M6 at Great Barr (on the Birmingham / West Bromwich / Walsall border) to Exminster near Exeter.	West Midlands, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Somerset, Devon	145,811	162.9	262.2

M6	The main western north-south motorway linking the North West of England with the South. Starts at M1 near Rugby and terminates at the A74(M) at Gretna which continues to Abington, at which it becomes the M74, continuing to Glasgow	Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria	167,297	232.2	373.7

M6 Toll	A toll motorway bypassing a busy stretch of the M6 around the Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas from near Coleshill to Cannock.	West Midlands, Staffordshire	115,557	27	43

M8	Linking Edinburgh to the A8 at Langbank, via Glasgow and Livingston.	Edinburgh, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Renfrewshire	157,063	60.3	97.0

M9	Linking the M8 just west of Edinburgh to Dunblane via Stirling and Falkirk.	Edinburgh, West Lothian, Falkirk, Stirling	67,368	33.0	53.1

M11	Linking London (Woodford) to Cambridge.	Greater London, Essex, Cambridgeshire	121,692	55.0	88.5

M18	Linking the M1 at Rotherham to the M62 near Goole.	South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire	99,120	26.5	42.6

M20	Linking the M25 at Swanley to Folkestone.	Kent	132,701	50.6	81.4

M23	Linking Hooley in Surrey (just north of the M25, and south of Coulsdon) to Crawley.	Surrey, West Sussex	127,242	15.9	25.6

M25	The London orbital motorway, numbered clockwise from Dartford around London to Thurrock. (The Dartford Crossing between Thurrock and Dartford is not classified as a motorway, being the A282.)	Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex	211,059	117	188

M26	A short link between the M25 at Sevenoaks and the M20 before Maidstone.	Kent	80,959	9.9	15.9

M27	The south coast route running from Cadnam, west of Southampton, to Portsmouth.	Hampshire	146,751	25.0	40.2

M32	A spur from the M4 near Winterbourne to central Bristol.	Gloucestershire, Bristol	85,342	4.4	7.1

M40	The southeast-northwest motorway linking Denham, west of London, to the M42 south of Solihull.	Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire	137,583	89.0	143.2

M42	Part of the Birmingham orbital motorway, from the M5 near Bromsgrove, running around the south and east of Birmingham and continuing north towards Measham.	Worcestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire	155,222	40.0	64.4

M45	A short spur linking the A45 south west of Rugby to the M1 south east of Rugby and north of Daventry.	Warwickshire, Northamptonshire	19,327	7.9	12.7

M48	The Severn Bridge, linking the M4 at Olveston (near Thornbury), over the River Severn, to the M4 at Rogiet (near Caldicot).	Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire	22,437	12	19

M49	A short link from the M5 to the M4 west of Bristol.	Bristol, Gloucestershire	22,217	5.0	8.0

M50	Linking the M5 north of Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye.	Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire	31,500	21.6	34.8

M53	Linking Wallasey and Chester.	Merseyside, Cheshire	77,693	18.9	30.4

M54	Linking the M6 north of Wolverhampton to Wellington west of Telford.	Staffordshire, Shropshire	66,973	23.0	37.0

M55	Linking the M6 north of Preston to Blackpool.	Lancashire	82,208	12.2	19.6

M56	Linking Manchester (Gatley) to the A5117 between Ellesmere Port and Chester.	Greater Manchester, Cheshire	164,993	33.3	53.6

M57	The Liverpool bypass running north-west from the M62 near Huyton to Switch Island between Maghull and Aintree.	Merseyside	80,170	10	16

M58	Linking Switch Island (between Maghull and Aintree, northern Liverpool) to Orrell, near Wigan.	Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester	55,551	12	19

M60	The Manchester Outer Ring Road, an orbital motorway, numbered clockwise from Stockport.	Greater Manchester	184,327	36	58

M61	Linking Manchester (Worsley) to Bamber Bridge near Preston.	Greater Manchester, Lancashire	151,801	20.0	32.2

M62	The trans-Pennine link – connecting Liverpool to the A63 between North Cave and Newport, west of Hull. There is a gap in the motorway between Winton and Simister where the road has been reclassified to become the north-western part of the M60 Manchester orbital motorway.	Merseyside, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire	151,779	107	172

M65	Linking Bamber Bridge near Preston to Colne. From J10 to J14, the M65 is not a trunk road and is under the jurisdiction of Lancashire County Council.	Lancashire	71,627	25.8	41.5

M66	Linking Ramsbottom to the M60 at Whitefield.	Lancashire, Greater Manchester	98,206	8.0	12.9

M67	Linking the M60 at Denton, east Manchester, to Hattersley, east of Hyde.	Greater Manchester	55,472	5.0	8.0

M69	Linking Coventry to Leicester.	Warwickshire, Leicestershire	65,153	15.7	25.3

M73	Linking the M74 near Uddingston to the M80, south-west of Cumbernauld.	North Lanarkshire, Glasgow	94,152	7.0	11.3

M74	Linking Glasgow (Pollokshields) to the A74(M) at Abington.	Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire	91,964	40	60

M77	Linking the M8 at Glasgow (Pollokshields) to Fenwick near Kilmarnock.	Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire	91,028	20.0	32.2

M80	Linking the M8 at Glasgow (Riddrie) and the M9 south of Stirling.	Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk, Stirling	103,082	25.0	40.2

M90	Linking M9, west of the Edinburgh, to Perth. Formerly terminated at Inverkeithing (current J1C), but was extended in 2017 with the opening of the Queensferry Crossing.	West Lothian, Fife, Perth and Kinross	66,666	36.0	57.9

M180	Linking the M18 at Thorne to the junction of the A15 (south of the Humber Bridge) and A180 (west of Grimsby).	South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire	48,103	25.0	40.2

M181	A spur from the M180 running to the west of Scunthorpe.	Lincolnshire	18,433	2	3

M271	Spurs from the M27 heading north to the A3057 (south of Romsey), and south to Redbridge, Southampton.	Hampshire	58,378	3.0	4.8

M275	A spur from the M27 on Horsea Island into Portsmouth (Landport). The motorway is not a trunk road and is under the jurisdiction of Portsmouth City Council.	Hampshire	84,538	2.0	3.2

M602	Linking the M62 at Winton to Salford, just west of the centre of Manchester.	Greater Manchester	76,325	4.0	6.4

M606	A spur from the M62 near Cleckheaton into Bradford.	West Yorkshire	72,757	3.0	4.8

M621	Linking the M62 at Gildersome to the M1 near Rothwell. The motorway runs close to the centre of Leeds.	West Yorkshire	104,357	7.7	12.4

M876	Linking the M80 near Denny, north-west of Falkirk, to the A876 near the Kincardine Bridge. A short section of the motorway north of Stenhousemuir is classified as the M9.	Falkirk	46,303	8.0	12.9

M898	A spur from the M8 near Erskine to the A898, the Erskine Bridge approach road.	Renfrewshire	51,264	0.5	0.8

Sentence(s)

In 2017, M25 motorway has an average flow of 211,059.

final_sentence: In 2017, M25 motorway has an average flow of 211,059.