Distance between motorway junctions...
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Curious as to the answer to this...
Recently a major brainfade/lapse of concentration meant I missed my junction and had to travel about 10 miles to the next one in order to turn around and come back. It was rather annoying and it made me wonder...
...what is the longest distance between junctions on any UK motorway? And has anyone here ever missed one of these junctions forcing them to come back?!
Recently a major brainfade/lapse of concentration meant I missed my junction and had to travel about 10 miles to the next one in order to turn around and come back. It was rather annoying and it made me wonder...
...what is the longest distance between junctions on any UK motorway? And has anyone here ever missed one of these junctions forcing them to come back?!
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The M26 is not much of a motorway - some people have even called it a glorified sliproad, since all it does is cut the corner for traffic going between the M25 southern section and M20. It does, however, have its own little exit, numbered 2A to fit in with the M20's junction numbering.
The longest distance between motorway exit points in Britain is found - partly - on the M26. Travelling west, after junction 2A, there are signs warning traffic that there is no exit for 18 miles. There is a junction and a service area in this distance, but at neither have you any option but to continue forwards onto the M25. The next exit is M25 J6.
Kent County Council continues to lobby for the installation of a new junction between the M26 and the A225 to improve access to Sevenoaks, which presently has astoundingly bad access to the motorway network despite being pushed up against the M25 and M26. The alternative option is a set of new sliproads at M25 J5 to allow traffic to travel between the M26 and A21, but neither option is being pursued with much enthusiasm by Highways England.
The M26 is not much of a motorway - some people have even called it a glorified sliproad, since all it does is cut the corner for traffic going between the M25 southern section and M20. It does, however, have its own little exit, numbered 2A to fit in with the M20's junction numbering.
The longest distance between motorway exit points in Britain is found - partly - on the M26. Travelling west, after junction 2A, there are signs warning traffic that there is no exit for 18 miles. There is a junction and a service area in this distance, but at neither have you any option but to continue forwards onto the M25. The next exit is M25 J6.
Kent County Council continues to lobby for the installation of a new junction between the M26 and the A225 to improve access to Sevenoaks, which presently has astoundingly bad access to the motorway network despite being pushed up against the M25 and M26. The alternative option is a set of new sliproads at M25 J5 to allow traffic to travel between the M26 and A21, but neither option is being pursued with much enthusiasm by Highways England.
kedukaskew said:
I often travel from M4 J17 to 16 (Chippenham to Swindon) and assumed it was one of the longer ones. Just looked it up and surprised to learn it's only 12 miles.
It feels far longer than it is. Godawful piece of road with featureless landscape, I regularly lost track of time and where the hell I actually was when I used to commute it.mike9009 said:
I made the mistake of going South on the M1 from J15 (Northampton). 30 minutes later I was back to where I started. It surprised me at about 12.5miles to the next junction!
Won't make that mistake again! Doh.
Mike
I done the same but the other way around, back in the day in my Nova. Was knackered and really late at night, added 45min to my drive home!Won't make that mistake again! Doh.
Mike
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