Motorways are in blue, 'A' Roads in red.
At its northern end, the M5 joins the M6 giving access from all parts of the north, and from the east midlands. For travellers from the north west, going down the M6, a nasty point is at the junction with the M5 north of Birmingham. It is one of the mysteries of life why horrendous jams are often caused at the point where three lanes of traffic from the M6 diverge into five lanes - two for the first part of the M5 and three for the M6. To avoid this, you can turn off at junction 13 to Wolverhampton on the A449, then pick up the A41, it will take you around Wolverhampton and deposit you on the M5 south of the ghastly junction mentioned above. You also miss the jam where the M54 feeds into the M6.