page_title: M1 motorway
hierarchical_section_title: M1 motorway
caption_attribution_description: English: Motorway M1 in Yorkshire south of Leeds.Français&#160;: L'Autoroute M1 dans le Yorkshire au sud de Leeds.
context_page_description: The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6.
  The motorway is 193 miles long and was constructed in four phases. Most of the motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968. The southern end was extended in 1977 and the northern end was extended in 1999. It forms part of the unsigned European route E13.
context_section_description: The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6.
  The motorway is 193 miles (311 km) long and was constructed in four phases. Most of the motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968. The southern end was extended in 1977 and the northern end was extended in 1999. It forms part of the unsigned European route E13.
caption: Looking north towards junction 37 on one of the few stretches that remains 3 lanes, as was originally built.
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