Talk:List of motorways in the United Kingdom

message: When and if an article is started on the M26 it should distinguish M26 in Michigan.  --Daniel C. Boyer 18:31, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, which is exactly why we shouldn't link to the M26 article pertaining to the highway in Michigan. Presumably, 12 years ago when Daniel C. Boyer added the comment above, the M-26 (Michigan highway) article was just called M26, and hence a link to it could have been inadvertently placed in this article. But a lot has changed in those 12 years and both articles (M26 motorway and M-26 (Michigan highway)) are now sufficiently disambiguated, so there is no confusion. (PS why on earth did you edit the timestamp of your comment from UTC to BST? Not helpful.) Bazonka (talk) 13:47, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: M26

message: I noticed that a user (Owain) has recently removed the sub headings of 'England & Wales' and 'Scotland' on the grounds that they are "unnecessary section headings. The numbering system is GB-wide". However, I would say it is worth restoring them as they provide useful information. The numbering system may be GB wide, but control of the motorways isn't. Motorways in England are controlled by the Highways Agency, motorways in Scotland are controlled by Traffic Scotland and I am not sure which Welsh body controls the M4 and M48. As each part of the island controls its own motorawys, it is exceedingly useful to have a split list somewhere, and it might as well be here to avoid duplicating the list somewhere else. I would even go a step further and say to split the England and Wales headings into two. Does anyone have any comments on this? Road Wizard 11:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction. Motorways in Scotland are operated by Transport Scotland. Traffic Scotland is the name of their real-time information website. Road Wizard 11:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Surely the information of control of the roads is more suitable on the pages themselves? It it coo complicated to list in a simple way such as this. For example, what happens with the M4 or M6 (when it is finally extended to Glasgow)? What happens with the M62 or M275 which aren't all controlled by the Highways Agency? Categorising this way cannot explain the full situation and adds clutter. Owain (talk) 17:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree - details about who maintains the motorways is more relevant for their individual pages.  Seperating the tables is unnecessary and not as neat. Bazonka (talk) 10:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Removal of Sub-headings 

message: I have converted the list to a set of tables, which should make reading the information easier. I have also included ‘road signs’ with the motorway number on them; at the moment some of these appear blank but this is just an issue with the thumbnails which I’m sure’ll rectify itself soon. Max Naylor 13:21, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it hasn't rectified itself.  I had a go at fixing it but I didn't really know what I was doing so I gave up.  Can anyone else sort this out?  If it can't be done then I guess we'll have to revert to a version without the graphics, because information is being lost.  Bazonka 11:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've now removed the image thumbnails.  It's a shame because these looked good, but several of them didn't work and couldn't be seen.  This meant that motorways without an associated article, e.g. A46(M) couldn't be identified.  Feel free to put them back... but only if you can get them all to work. Bazonka 21:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A while back, I created some SVG images. I'd written the code for bits of it using a text editor, but found that one or two didn't display at all on wikipedia (despite being fine in IE when I created them). Some kind soul fixed them for me, but I couldn't see what had changed to make them work. I think it'll be something subtle in the code perhaps? Richard B 21:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Conversion to tables

message: What do the facsimile signs in this article add to it? --John (talk) 15:27, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a lot.  Some of the images don't work either.  I'd be quite happy for them to be removed. Bazonka (talk) 16:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See what you think. --John (talk) 04:00, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good.  Thanks. Bazonka (talk) 08:16, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Signs" 

message: The M10 article says that the M10 is no longer a motorway, so this article needs to be updated correspondingly.
62.60.106.214 (talk) 15:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Well spotted. Bazonka (talk) 17:41, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  M10 

message: The M80 is complete. See here: 
Why are my changes being reverted? Matt-thepie (talk) 13:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I may be wrong, but I understood that the western part of the motorway was extended from Stepps to Mollinsburn, and that the A80 in between the two M80 sections was being upgraded to motorway standard, but not to become an actual motorway (presumably to enable prohibited vehicles to use it). See . Bazonka (talk) 13:24, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I think you're right - the article I just cited refers to "the new 18 kilometres of motorway", which must mean that the A80 was upgraded to motorway status as well as motorway standard. Sorry about that. Bazonka (talk) 13:43, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah it's all M80... I saw the blue signs being put up in the upgraded online section this summer, whilst stuck at 40mph ;-) Matt-thepie (talk) 14:11, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: M80

message: I'm sorry, but I disagree with your undoing my edit, Bazonka.  Please give your reason why you think it is wrong.
Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 18:57, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You made two changes in your edit: 1) "South Coast" to "south coast" and 2) "Portsmouth" to "New Forest". I don't object at all to your first edit, but the second is totally wrong. I should have been more careful when reverting - sorry about that. I'll put "south coast" back. Bazonka (talk) 19:17, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

text: I suggest you look at a map. Junction 1 at the western end of the M27 is near Cadnam in the New Forest; Junction 12 at the eastern end is in Portsmouth. Therefore it is an error to say that the motorway goes from Cadnam to the New Forest - that would be a very short motorway! Bazonka (talk) 19:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

text: It depends on how precise you want to be. The motorway starts just outside Cadnam, which is about 5 miles west of Southampton. But Cadnam isn't a place that most people will have heard of, whereas Southampton is. I think the current text strikes the right balance: "running from Cadnam, west of Southampton, to Portsmouth". Bazonka (talk) 20:23, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  It is the south coast, not "The South Coast" 

message: Google maps yesterday changed the A46 between Newark and Widmerpool to motorway status. The road is coloured orange and it will not take you that way if you say to avoid motorways. And for those that say google maps doesn't know the difference between a motorway and a dual carriageway, I can tell you it does because between Widmerpool and Leicester (dual carriageway) it will take you that way if you say to avoid motorways and it is coloured in yellow. My question is: isn't this enough evidence to support my claim that this part of the road has been changed to a motorway?--2A02:C7F:C802:4000:5489:546:A979:BBE6 (talk) 20:12, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: If the A46 really has become a motorway, where are all the newspaper articles, or any other publications, to confirm this, and why isn't the road labelled "A46(M)". My guess is that Google Maps have made a mistake. -- Dr Greg  talk  20:50, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Google Maps is absolutely not enough evidence. I have checked local news sites, Highways Agency, and other websites, and there is not a single scrap of evidence to back up your claim. Bazonka (talk) 21:33, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  A46 

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message: This article previously described the A3(M) as "A motorway bypass of the standard A3", and the A3 road article also described it as "a bypass of the A3 road". However, I disagree with this. A bypass is a road that avoids  a built-up area, town, or village. You don't bypass another road. Moreover, a bypass should return to the original route once it's gone past the thing it's bypassing. The A3(M) diverts from the A3 near Horndean, but then takes a different direction and terminates at the A27 near Havant. It never rejoins the A3. You could then take the A27 to rejoin the A3, but that is really stretching the definition of bypass. A much better description is "alternative route" rather than bypass, although in this article I don't see the benefit of adding any such description at all. Bazonka (talk) 07:39, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  A3(M) "bypass" 

message: Uh, is there any truth/reference for the M1 being nicknamed the 'gateway to the North'? The only 'nickname' for a motorway I know is the London Orbital.Turini2 (talk) 15:39, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not. I've removed it. Bazonka (talk) 10:19, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  M1 Gateway to the North 

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message: "Not considered important enough to carry a two-digit number, it was redesignated as M621, as it was planned to link the M62 to the M1."
Is there any evidence it was numbered with that purpose in mind? Bearing in mind that:
* M62 was always intended to have a direct interchange with M1;
* Having M1 the terminate in central Leeds (now M621 J4-7, and eastern approach to junction 3) was a temporary measure, as it was eventually intended to be rerouted onto the never-built Kirkhamgate-Dishforth scheme, and the remaining stub would have been renumbered M110 or M111.
Also, in very early plans, the number initially chosen was A62(M), as it parallels the A62 from Gildersome, - based on that, my view is that the number 621 was chosen to incorporate the '62' element into it, but as there doesn't seem to be any definitive evidence either way, I think it'd be best to remove the speculative elements from that statement altogether. Rhythdybiau (talk) 21:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former M65 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below.  Dekimasuよ! 03:33, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: List of motorways in the United Kingdom →  – This current article is the only real article on motorways in the United Kingdom yet it is officially classed as a list. I believe the title should be changed to bring it into line with Irelands article and the article be reformed to include other aspects of British motorways which do not currently feature in this article (ie info about the history of British motorways as well as info about the signs ect). MOTORAL1987 (talk) 07:54, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Given that there isn't much prose in this article currently and the list would be split out of a good or featured article due to length, I suggest that it would be better to just overwrite the Motorways in the United Kingdom redirect with the prose directly. Note that we do have an extensive article on Road signs in the United Kingdom so the content about it in the new article should only be a summary with a main article link. Thryduulf (talk) 13:14, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I am more than happy to support that and thank you along although I do think the article does need some information adding to it about the history of motorway in the United Kingdom. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 20:34, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: We do have information about the history of motorways on the Roads in the United Kingdom article, and information about modern motorways in the United Kingdom section of the Controlled-access highway article. I agree that those are both fairly obscure places and that the information should be consolidated in a Motorways in the United Kingdom article, but I think that should be kept separate from the List of Motorways article. Failing that, perhaps some additional redirects would help?JayAmber (talk) 05:11, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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thread_title:  Requested move 16 March 2022 

message: Should the M96 Fire Service College training motorway be added to this list? -- SGBailey (talk) 22:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because it's not a real motorway. Bazonka (talk) 14:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, and support the idea that the M96 should be listed.  Of course provide details about it, and say clearly it is not connected to the UK's network of roads/highways etc. Worcestershire1 (talk) 06:26, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

text: I support your idea that the M96 should be listed.  Of course provide details about it, and say clearly it is not connected to the UK's network of roads/highways etc. Worcestershire1 (talk) 06:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: But it isn't a motorway. It's just a bit of old airfield that's pretending to look like one. Bazonka (talk) 09:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it might be 'pretending to look like one';  it is serving a particular useful purpose.  If this is included in the description of the M96 then that is OK. The important point is that the M96 should be listed. 92.9.175.224 (talk) 09:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a list of motorways, not a list of things that kind of look like motorways but aren't. Bazonka (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  M96 

message: It appears that most of the sources on this article mainly come from one source: pathetic.org.uk. I highly doubt that this is a reliable source that can be used on Wikipedia. What do you guys have to say about it? Reev132 (talk) 02:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Nearly one year late, but the source is self-published, tertiary and lacks references to secondary sources of information for the most part. Definitely unreliable. Yasslaywikia (talk) 00:38, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

text: This problem has been resolved in the latest revision. Yasslaywikia (talk) 22:12, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable Sources