M11 motorway - wikipedia M11 motorway This article is about the M11 in England. For the M11 in Ireland, see N11 road ( Ireland ). M11 Route information Length : 55.0 mi ( 88.5 km ) Existed : 1975 -- present History : Completed 1975 -- 1980 Major junctions South end : South Woodford M25 motorway North end : Girton Location Primary destinations : Loughton, Harlow, Stansted, Bishop 's Stortford, Cambridge, London Road network Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones The M11 motorway is a 52 - mile ( 88.5 km ) motorway that runs north from the North Circular Road ( A406 ) in South Woodford in northeast London to the A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as early as 1915, various plans were considered throughout the 1960s, with final construction being undertaken between 1975 and 1980. The motorway was opened in stages, with the first stage ( between Junctions 7 and 8 ) opening in June 1975, and the completed motorway becoming fully operational in February 1980. Running from South Woodford to Girton, the motorway provides direct access to Harlow, a large new town, as well as the city of Cambridge and since 2002, the motorway has greatly improved access to London Stansted Airport, the fourth busiest airport in the United Kingdom. Contents 1 Route 2 History 2.1 Planning 2.2 Additions 2.3 Subsequent abortive / suspended proposals 2.3. 1 Junction 5 2.3. 2 Junctions 6 to 8 2.4 Construction 3 Services 4 Operation 5 Proposed developments 5.1 M11 and A120 Interchange -- Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access 6 Incidents 6.1 Plane crash 6.2 Snow storm 7 Junctions 8 In popular culture 9 See also 10 Notes and references 11 External links Route The M11 starts in South Woodford in northeast London at Junction 4, with the North Circular ( A406 ), it then heads NNE, passing east of Loughton and Theydon Bois as well as Epping Forest, meeting the M25 motorway at Junction 6, and then veering approximately north, passing to the east of Harlow. The M11 gives access to Bishop 's Stortford and the motorway 's only service station via Junction 8. This is followed immediately by the recently constructed Junction 8A, which provides a free - flow link to the improved A120 that links to Stansted Airport. The M11 then traverses part of Cambridgeshire, meeting a spur for the A11 at Junction 9, and then finally ends at Junction 14, the busy Girton Interchange, with the road continuing through the junction and becoming the A14, which continues the route on to Huntingdon and the north. The motorway starts with two lanes southbound and three northbound ; then, north of Woodford Bridge, both directions have three lanes, a layout that continues up to Junction 8A, except for a brief two - lane section at Junction 6, beneath the M25. From Junction 8 the motorway has two lanes in both directions all the way to Junction 14 where the motorway terminates. The motorway is illuminated at the southern terminus near Junction 4, at Junction 6 ( the M25 interchange ), and also at the approach to Junction 8 / 8A ( Stansted Airport / Bishop 's Stortford ), and then at the northern terminus at Junction 14, for the A14. All four of these sections use modern high pressure sodium ( SON ) lighting. The older, yellow, low - pressure sodium ( SOX ) lighting originally used at junctions 4 and 6 was replaced in 2005. The numbering of the M11 junctions is unusual, as 1 -- 3 are neither used nor shared with another road ( see ' History ' section ). This means that southbound drivers reaching the end of the M11 have to use the A12 & A11 to reach central London. History Planning The M11 north of Cambridge Plans for an ' Eastern Avenue ' in London had been proposed as early as 1915, and the Eastern Avenue Extension was causing local concern in Leyton and Hackney during the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was opposed by a number of groups, including the Hackney Society and local residents as represented by their member of parliament in 1962. By 1966, the Ministry of Transport was planning a longer road and for it to be partly motorway. The first version had a mid-south section, to follow a River Lea route, starting at Angel southwest of Dalston, heading northeast then north, taking land by the river in Walthamstow, Chingford and Waltham Cross, and meeting the built road alignment of today north of Harlow. The road from South Woodford to Islington would have been designated as the M12. The route was in planning stages with several options, with differences between the plans preferred by the Greater London Council and the Ministry of Transport -- a different version called for this ' Eastern Avenue ' to run more east -- west alongside the Regent 's Canal and the north side of Victoria Park, Hackney Wick, where it would have connected to the North Cross and East Cross Routes at the northeast corner of an inner ringway identified by the London Ringways plan. There were three proposed routes from the inner to outer ringway ( North Circular ) at the base of the current M11 and it is unclear which one was favoured. Under one scheme, south of South Woodford a connection would have been made with the western end of a proposed `` M12 '' towards Colchester. These proposals also made the case for an M15 motorway for the Ringway 2, a major upgrade of the North Circular Road to typical motorway standard. When the southern end of the current M11 ended here, space was provided between the two carriageways to enable an offshoot of ' the M12 ' to merge from the southwest : junctions 1, 2 and 3 were reserved for this additional inner London section. Part of the unbuilt route of a southern section of the M11 is seen from a sliproad from the North Circular to the M11 which travels over a bridge over bare land. It was announced in March 1975 that from Junction 8 ( Bishops Stortford / Stansted exit ) to the northern terminus, ( thus including the Cambridge western bypass ) would not be `` constructed to M1 standard ''. This was another way of stating that, following a change in government policy, this section would comprise two rather than three lanes in each direction. Additions The M11 Link Road, or more formally ' A12 Hackney to M11 link road ' ( in fact leading to the North Circular ) was constructed during the 1990s from Hackney Wick by Victoria Park to the Redbridge Roundabout -- the Wanstead interchange of the North Circular -- and was opened in 1999. The route of this road, which followed a similar route to one of the initial proposals resulted in the protracted M11 link road protest between 1993 and 1995, one of a spate of major UK road protests under the Major ministry. Subsequent abortive / suspended proposals Junction 5 An official plan to add north - facing connections at Junction 5 in Debden, Loughton was abandoned in 1998. Junctions 6 to 8 M11 Junction 6 to 8 widening A map showing the 2009 proposal for widening of the M11 and surrounding road proposals Location Essex Proposer Highways Agency Status suspended Type road Cost estimate £ 698 million ( 2007 ) Geometry KML The Highways Agency tabled proposals to upgrade the M11, between junction 6 and 8, from three lanes plus hard shoulder to four each way with an estimated cost of £ 698 million given in 2007. A number of public consultations were made throughout 2007 and although efforts were made to limit environmental damage the scheme would cause disruption and loss of habitat to three designated ecological areas and a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) at Gernon Bushes. Maps of the proposal and previously discounted options were published by the Highways Agency. Plans were abandoned in March 2009 when the Secretary of State for Transport announced that no changes would be made to this section of motorway before 2021. Construction The motorway was opened in stages. The stretch between Junctions 7 and 8 opened in 1975, and that between Junctions 4 and 7 in 1977. The stretch from Junctions 8 to 9 opened in 1979 ; that between Junctions 9 and 14 in 1980 ; and the full length becoming fully operational in February 1980. Budgets were tight during the 1970s when the road was built, so the road surface was of unsurfaced concrete between Junction 14 and a point approximately 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) to the south of Junction 7. South of this stretch, where the road runs on soft ground close to the River Roding, concrete was considered unsuitable owing to the looseness of the subsoil and the consequent risk of random cracking, so the surface here was of tarmac from the start. Services The motorway 's first, and only, service station, Birchanger Green Services at Junction 8, opened in 1996. The services also serve the A120, a major high - speed dual - carriageway road, running from Junction 8A to the eastern fringe of Braintree, it continues on to Colchester as a busy single - carriageway road. There had been plans for a service station on the motorway as long ago as 1969, named Chigwell, between that village and Loughton, which led to the construction of spur roads and a restricted lorry park ; during the London Olympics 2012 these were used as a works unit. The plans for a service station at this site were officially dropped in 1980. Operation From the late 1990s onward, the concrete surface that had greatly degraded was progressively replaced with standard layers of tarmac, and drainage improvements were implemented at the same time. This work was completed in June 2008. Junction 8A for the A120 road and Stansted Airport opened in December 2002. Proposed developments By way of complementary plans for proposed expansion of Stansted Airport, the Highways Agency collaborated with BAA on improvements to transport access to the airport including two proposals for the M11, one of which has been deemed unnecessary, Junctions 6 -- 8, see above and the other of which, including spur road and junction additions may be approved by the government if Stansted expansion takes place. M11 and A120 interchange -- Stansted Generation 2 Airport access Stansted Generation 2 Airport access A map showing the proposed road development at the entry to Stansted Airport. Location Essex Proposer Highways Agency Status suspended Type Road Cost estimate £ 131 million A joint scheme involving works on junctions on the M11 and A120. This scheme was part of an aborted plan to add a second runway to Stansted Airport. It proposed changes to junction 8 of the M11 with the creation of junction 8B, linked to and situated just north of junction 8 / 8A and the creation of a new junction on the A120, to provide additional rapid access to the expanded airport. The scheme was given an estimated cost of £ 131 million in May 2008. Throughout 2007 a number of public consultations and exhibitions were held. Findings from these showed that although the public had several concerns regarding environmental impact 57 % of attendees agreed the scheme would be necessary if the Stansted Airport expansion proceeded. Following the public consultation, the Preferred Route was published on 5 March 2008 and the Draft Orders on 27 March 2008. A pre-public inquiry meeting took place on 10 November 2008 with a public inquiry due in April 2009. However, this was delayed until further notice following BAA 's appeal against the March 2009 ruling of the Competition Commission and the proposal lapsed when the application for a second runway was withdrawn by BAA in 2010. Incidents Plane crash In June 2002, a brake failure on an Aero L - 39 Albatross landing at the Imperial War Museum 's Duxford Aerodrome caused the plane to run off the end of the runway and down the embankment on to the motorway. The trainee pilot was killed when he ejected from ground level but the instructor survived the accident and no vehicles on the motorway were involved. The main runway at Duxford had been shortened in 1977 from 6,000 feet ( 1,800 m ) to 4,800 feet ( 1,500 m ) when the motorway was built. More recently even though Duxford already met all licensing requirements, the declared length was reduced to 4,010 feet ( 1,220 m ) to increase safety further than existing measures. Snow storm In January 2003 thousands of motorists became stranded on `` White Friday '' for up to 20 hours between junctions 7 and 9 during a snowstorm. Junctions Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. M11 motorway junctions mile km Southbound exits ( B carriageway ) Junction Northbound exits ( A carriageway ) 7.5 12.1 North Circular A406 ( West ) ( A10, A1 ), West End The City, Docklands, Blackwall Tunnel ( A12, A13 ), A406 South J4 Start of motorway 51 ° 35 ′ 52 '' N 0 ° 02 ′ 38 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.59776 ° N 0.04377 ° E ﻿ / 51.59776 ; 0.04377 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 4 - start of motorway ) 11.4 18.4 No access J5 Debden, Loughton A1168 51 ° 38 ′ 25 '' N 0 ° 05 ′ 03 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.64039 ° N 0.08420 ° E ﻿ / 51.64039 ; 0.08420 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 5 ) 14.7 23.6 Watford, Oxford, Heathrow Airport, ( M1 ), M40, M4 M25 ( W ) Gatwick Airport, Dartford Crossing, M23, M20 M25 ( E ) J6 Watford, Oxford, Heathrow Airport, ( M1 ), M40, M4 M25 ( W ) Gatwick Airport, Dartford Crossing, M23, M20 M25 ( E ) 51 ° 40 ′ 46 '' N 0 ° 07 ′ 30 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.67942 ° N 0.12497 ° E ﻿ / 51.67942 ; 0.12497 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 6 ) 19.1 30.7 Chelmsford, Harlow A414 J7 Harlow A414 51 ° 44 ′ 35 '' N 0 ° 08 ′ 16 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.74319 ° N 0.13767 ° E ﻿ / 51.74319 ; 0.13767 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 7 ) 28.9 46.5 Bishop 's Stortford, Services, Colchester, Stansted A120 J8 Services Bishop 's Stortford, Services A120 ( W ) 51 ° 52 ′ 18 '' N 0 ° 11 ′ 57 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.87166 ° N 0.19923 ° E ﻿ / 51.87166 ; 0.19923 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 8 ) 29.2 47.0 No access J8A Stansted, Colchester A120 ( E ) 51 ° 52 ′ 08 '' N 0 ° 11 ′ 50 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 51.86885 ° N 0.19722 ° E ﻿ / 51.86885 ; 0.19722 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 8a ) 43.3 69.7 No access J9 Newmarket, Norwich A11 52 ° 03 ′ 31 '' N 0 ° 11 ′ 21 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.05872 ° N 0.18909 ° E ﻿ / 52.05872 ; 0.18909 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 9 ) J9A Saffron Walden, Cambridge South, Haverhill A1301 52 ° 04 ′ 33 '' N 0 ° 11 ′ 35 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.07587 ° N 0.19312 ° E ﻿ / 52.07587 ; 0.19312 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 9a ) 45.9 73.9 Saffron Walden, Duxford, Haverhill, Suffolk A505 J10 Royston, Duxford A505 52 ° 05 ′ 55 '' N 0 ° 08 ′ 17 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.09857 ° N 0.13806 ° E ﻿ / 52.09857 ; 0.13806 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 10 ) 50.8 81.7 Royston A10 Cambridge A1309 J11 Harston A10 Cambridge A1309 52 ° 09 ′ 37 '' N 0 ° 06 ′ 12 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.16019 ° N 0.10343 ° E ﻿ / 52.16019 ; 0.10343 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 11 ) 53.4 85.9 Cambridge, Sandy A603 J12 Cambridge, Sandy A603 52 ° 11 ′ 22 '' N 0 ° 04 ′ 28 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.18940 ° N 0.07433 ° E ﻿ / 52.18940 ; 0.07433 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 12 ) 55.1 88.6 No access J13 Cambridge, Bedford A1303 52 ° 12 ′ 42 '' N 0 ° 04 ′ 39 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.21176 ° N 0.07763 ° E ﻿ / 52.21176 ; 0.07763 ﻿ ( M11, Junction 13 ) 56.2 90.4 St Neots A428 J14 Newmarket A14 Ely ( A10 ) 52 ° 13 ′ 50 '' N 0 ° 04 ′ 15 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.23064 ° N 0.07072 ° E ﻿ / 52.23064 ; 0.07072 ﻿ ( M11, J14 ) Start of motorway, Non-motorway traffic : Cambridge, Newmarket A14 Road continues north as A14 towards Huntingdon and The Midlands 52 ° 14 ′ 26 '' N 0 ° 03 ′ 29 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 52.24042 ° N 0.05811 ° E ﻿ / 52.24042 ; 0.05811 ﻿ ( M11, Start of motorway ) In popular culture Life in the Fast Lane : The No M11 Story ( 1995 ) is a documentary film that recounts the inside story of the No M11 Campaign, recounting 15 months of direct action against one of the most controversial schemes in the history of British road - building. See also List of motorways in the United Kingdom Notes and references Notes Jump up ^ An expressway inner circular, referred to as the London Motorway Box Jump up ^ as the A12 which then continues to the east to Chelmsford and Colchester Jump up ^ Constructed to the south of the not - yet built M25 interchange by W. & C. French Engineering, and to its north by Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd of Harrogate References Jump up ^ `` Leyton -- Introduction ''. British History. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ `` History ''. Hackney Society. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ `` Eastern Avenue Extension ''. Hansard. Retrieved 28 December 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Histories -- Ringways -- Northern Radials -- M11 ''. CBRD. Retrieved 28 December 2009. ^ Jump up to : `` Motorweek : Three lanes to two ''. Motor. 22 March 1975. p. 25. Jump up ^ `` nce ''. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ `` Taking Road Safety To The Extreme ''. 15 August 1998. Retrieved 2 February 2008. Jump up ^ `` M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements Original Proposal ''. Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements ''. Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements Spring 2007 Consultation '' ( PDF ). Highways Agency. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Road and rail capacity ( East of England ) ''. Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 2009 - 05 - 11. Jump up ^ `` The Motorway Archive ''. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` M11 ''. CBRD. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` M11 chronology map ''. CBRD. Retrieved 29 June 2009. Jump up ^ Good Stuff IT Services. `` Birchanger Green Services M11 Information and Facilities Motorway Services ''. Motorwayservices.info. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Jump up ^ http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Chigwell_services Jump up ^ `` Unbuilt Services ''. Motorway Services Online. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` plane talk February / March 2007 '' ( PDF ). BAA. Retrieved 7 November 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access from M11 and A120 '' ( PDF ). Highways Agency. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Appraisal Summary Table : Airport Access Roads '' ( PDF ). Highways Agency. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Stansted G2 Inquiry Pre-Inqury Meeting ''. Planning Inspectorate. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Stansted G2 Inquiry ''. Planning Inspectorate. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Stansted G2 Publice Inquiry '' ( PDF ). Planning Inspectorate. Retrieved 29 June 2009. Jump up ^. `` M11 and A120 Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access ''. Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2008. Jump up ^ `` Motorway reopened after jet crash ''. BBC News. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` Duxford Airfield ''. Duxford.iwm.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Jump up ^ `` Accident Report '' ( PDF ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011. Jump up ^ BBC -- Thousands trapped in snow storm, 31 January 2003 Jump up ^ Driver Location Signs ( map ) Highway Authority 2009 External links Map all coordinates using OSM Map all coordinates using Google Export all coordinates as KML Export all coordinates as GPX Map all microformatted coordinates Place data as RDF Route map : Google KML file ( edit help ) Display on Google Maps Template : Attached KML / M11 motorway KML is from Wikidata CBRD Motorway Database -- M-11.RU The Motorway Archive -- M11.ru Motorways in the United Kingdom Great Britain M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M6 Toll M8 M9 M11 M18 M20 M23 M25 M26 M27 M32 M40 M42 M45 M48 M49 M50 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57 M58 M60 M61 M62 M65 M66 M67 M69 M73 M74 M77 M80 M90 M180 M181 M271 M275 M602 M606 M621 M876 M898 A1 ( M ) A3 ( M ) A8 ( M ) A38 ( M ) A48 ( M ) A57 ( M ) A58 ( M ) A64 ( M ) A66 ( M ) A74 ( M ) A167 ( M ) A194 ( M ) A308 ( M ) A329 ( M ) A404 ( M ) A601 ( M ) A627 ( M ) A823 ( M ) Northern Ireland M1 M2 M3 M5 M12 M22 A8 ( M ) Former M10 M41 M63 A18 ( M ) A40 ( M ) A41 ( M ) A102 ( M ) A6144 ( M ) Unbuilt M12 M15 M16 M31 M64 Proposed M4 relief road Junctions Almondsbury Catthorpe Gravelly Hill Handy Cross Longbridge Switch Island Thorpe Thurcroft Related articles Highways England Preston By - pass Smart motorway Commons Roads in London Roads Motorways M1 M4 M11 Ring roads London Ringways South Circular Road North Circular Road London Inner Ring Road M25 London Orbital Major roads A1 A10 A11 A12 A127 A13 A2 A20 A23 A3 A316 A4 A40 A41 A5 Other London congestion charge Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M11_motorway&oldid=783515787 '' Categories : Motorways in England Roads in Cambridgeshire Transport in Uttlesford Transport in the London Borough of Redbridge Transport in Epping Forest Motorways in London Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from May 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Use British English from May 2014 Use dmy dates from December 2011 Infobox road maps for Wikidata migration Lists of coordinates Geographic coordinate lists Articles with Geo Articles using KML from Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Nederlands Simple English Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 2 June 2017, at 20 : 21. 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Question: what junction is the m11 off the m25
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