48-441: [REDACTED] M5 in Tewkesbury [REDACTED] M40 near Warwick [REDACTED] [REDACTED] M6 / M69 near Coventry The A46 is a major A road in England . It starts east of Bath , Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes , Lincolnshire , but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development. Between Leicester and Lincoln
96-588: A break in the road here, and it resumes again at Festival Island where it takes the southern exit on to the three-lane Kenilworth bypass. Along the bypass there are exits for Stoneleigh and the University of Warwick , Kenilworth and Leamington Spa ( A452 ). At the Warwick ( A429 ) exit, the bypass drops down to two lanes, closely followed by an exit for the A4177 and Warwick Parkway railway station . The M40
144-555: A dual two-lane motorway would be built at a cost of around £8 million. The Motorways Archive also records that the carriageways were also built to a lower overall width of 88 feet (27 m) rather than 100 feet (30 m) to reduce the loss of agricultural land. When the decision became necessary to widen the Worcestershire section of M5, it cost £123 million. The 2-mile (3.2 km) dual two-lane section between junctions 16 and 17 built at Filton , near Bristol,
192-667: A gap filled in by the A435, the A46 reappears on its original route in the centre of Cheltenham . It then heads through Brockworth, Stroud , through Nailsworth , to the M4 motorway , where since 2003 access to the roundabout has been controlled by traffic lights. From the M4, the A46 heads to Bath , ending at its junction with the A4 to the east of the city. From here a continuous route to Poole and Southampton
240-583: A level crossing. The road becomes very straight and flat, passing through Middle Rasen Plantation and meets the A1103 from the right. The A631 leaves to the right at a T junction . The road bypasses Dunholme to the south then it passes close to the former RAF Dunholme Lodge . It passes the headquarters for Lincolnshire Police on the left. It meets the A158 (for Skegness ) and the B1182 (former route into Lincoln) at
288-717: A roundabout. The A46 Lincoln Relief Road is coincident with the A15 . The A15 leaves to the right at a roundabout. The road becomes dual carriageway and traverses the Lincoln Cliff . It meets the A57 at the Carholme roundabout and crosses the Lincoln – Gainsborough railway . After bypassing Lincoln, it starts following the route of the old Fosse Way (bar bypasses). The A46 passes the former airfield of RAF Swinderby . The road becomes
336-716: Is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire , England. It is located in the Newark and Sherwood District, 5 miles (8 km) to the north of Newark-on-Trent , on the A46 Fosse Way . Its population is included in the adjacent civil parish of Collingham . Brough stands on the site of the Roman town of Crococalana, which grew around a military fort in the 1st century AD. The town spread along the Roman Fosse Way for about
384-654: Is bypassed to the north as a single carriageway road, crossing the A3400 and meeting the A422 . Between here and Alcester the A46 is coincident with the A422, with the A46 taking priority. Alcester is bypassed to the south of the town. At a roundabout the A435 leaves to the North for Redditch and Birmingham . The A46 takes a dual carriageway route to the south towards Evesham , meeting
432-563: Is passed over west of Longbridge roundabout, as a new bypass now brings the mainline carriageway away from Junction 15, the A46 meets a small roundabout, connecting with the B4463 and a link to Junction 15 for northbound A46 traffic to access the M40 and A429 respectively. The 3-mile (4.8 km) dual carriageway section south of the improved Longbridge island is the only part of the A46 on its original routing between Leicester and Cheltenham. Stratford
480-512: Is possible via the A36 and A350 roads. The 3-mile (4.8 km) £45 million dual-carriageway Batheaston / Swainswick Bypass, opened in summer 1996, contains 1-mile (1.6 km) of the A46. In February 1994, a camp was set up on Solsbury Hill , to protest the Batheaston bypass, however this was ultimately unsuccessful and construction was completed by November 1995. A small section of
528-753: The M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon . Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley . It continues past Bromsgrove (and from Birmingham and Bromsgrove is part of the Birmingham Motorway Box), Droitwich Spa , Worcester , Tewkesbury , Cheltenham , Gloucester , Bristol , Portishead , Clevedon , Weston-super-Mare , Bridgwater , Taunton , Tiverton , Cullompton terminating at junction 31 for Exeter. The M5 quite closely follows
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#1732772848511576-576: The 1970s. In recent years the central sections of the road have been rerouted and renumbered substantially, and there are now two sections where there are gaps of over 10 miles (16 km) where the road does not exist at all. The A46 has also been extended from Laceby to Grimsby and Cleethorpes – the road between Laceby and Grimsby was originally part of the A18 . The major realignments have been Bypasses were also built around Market Rasen , Lincoln and Newark. The A46 starts at Isaac's Hill roundabout with
624-854: The A1098 and the A180 . It meets the A1031 at a roundabout and passes the King George V Stadium on the right. It meets the B1213 from the right, then crosses the A16 Peaks Parkway where it gains primary status. It heads into Grimsby , meeting the A1243 Bargate (former A16). It meets the B1444 where the road becomes a dual carriageway. It meets the A18 at a roundabout. This was the old terminus of
672-652: The A44 (for Oxford ), The final roundabout on the bypass is with the A4184 and the A46 continues to head south. The villages of Sedgeberrow (bypassed) and Beckford are on the route. At the Teddington Hands roundabout, the A435 heads south to Cheltenham , while the A46 heads west. It passes Ashchurch close to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station . This section of the A46 ends on the M5 roundabout at junction 9. After
720-600: The A46 between Painswick and Stroud subsided during the floods on Friday 29 July 2007 and was shut for over 6 months, causing quite an impact on the local area. The road re-opened on 15 February 2008. [REDACTED] Media related to A46 road (England) at Wikimedia Commons M5 motorway (Great Britain) The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West . It runs from junction 8 of
768-716: The A46, and what is now the A46 heading east into Grimsby used to be the A18. The road becomes the single carriageway road once again and runs alongside the north part of the Lincolnshire Wolds . It bypasses Irby upon Humber and enters the East Midlands . It bypasses Swallow to the North. It climbs a hill to meet the B1225, A1173, and A1084 just east of Caistor . The road crosses the Nottingham – Grimsby railway at
816-758: The A607 the route continues in a Westerly direction onto the Leicester Western Bypass . There are grade separated junctions with the A6, A5630 and A50 . This section of the road ends at a junction with the B5380, with the forward route flowing on to the M1 . It originally continued towards Coventry until the opening of the M69 motorway in the 1970s, which replaced the A46 as the main route between Leicester and Coventry, with
864-801: The A6097 and A52 near Bingham . The single carriageway section between Newark and the Widmerpool A606 junction was replaced by a new dual carriageway road which was completed in April 2012. Heading South from the A606 junction, the existing dual carriageway still following the route of the Fosse Way. The road crosses the A6006 North of Six Hills. Syston is bypassed to the West, and at a roundabout with
912-566: The B439 at a roundabout near Bidford on Avon . Almost immediately after the roundabout, the road enters Worcestershire and Wychavon district, then goes back into Warwickshire, before going back into Worcestershire Near Harvington . At the northern end of the Evesham bypass, the A44 joins at a roundabout and becomes coincident with the A46. The next roundabout on the bypass is the B4035, followed by
960-674: The M1) south of Birmingham or the spur from it to Birmingham (now part of the M6), and that the Birmingham to Bristol motorway, now the M5, could be the M38. However, by 1959, the name M5 for the Birmingham to Bristol motorway had been agreed. Rather than take its number from the sector radiating from London, as would be the case for a non-motorway road, it formed (along with the Bristol Channel and
1008-526: The M5 ascends the hillsides above the Gordano Valley , between Portishead , junction 19 and Clevedon , junction 20. Between junction 21, Weston-super-Mare and junction 22, Burnham-on-Sea , the M5 passes by an isolated landmark hill called Brent Knoll and crosses the western end of the Mendip Hills . The Willow Man sculpture is visible from both carriageways, and acts as a landmark just to
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#17327728485111056-522: The M5 is a large four-level stack interchange , named the Almondsbury Interchange , where the M5 meets the M4 . The Avonmouth Bridge , between junctions 18 and 19, is often a bottleneck during heavy traffic periods, due mainly to lane drops at either end of the bridge for the respective junctions, and the sharp angle in the centre of the bridge, which causes larger vehicles to slow considerably. There are split-level carriageways where
1104-427: The M5, from junctions 4 to 8, was widened to provide six lanes in the early 1990s. During this work, the northbound Strensham services were rebuilt further away from the modified M50 junction. Worcestershire County Council, the police and particularly the county surveyor of Worcestershire made repeated representations that a dual three-lane standard motorway was appropriate. The Ministry of Transport insisted that
1152-654: The M6 motorway, was constructed as an elevated dual three-lane motorway over Birmingham Canal (Old Main Line) , Birmingham Canal (New Main Line) , and Titford Pool using concrete pillars. The M5 was also extended southwards, in sections, from 1967 to 1977, through Gloucestershire and Somerset, to Exeter in Devon as a dual three-lane motorway, together with the Strensham services. The section from Huntworth (J24) to Blackbrook, on
1200-422: The M6) the boundary of a new numbering sector for motorways. Junction 1 surrounds a surviving gatehouse from the former Sandwell Hall . The section from junctions 16 and 18 was illuminated in about 1973 as part of a wider policy announced by Minister for Transport Industries, John Peyton , in 1972 to illuminate the 86 miles (138 km) of UK motorway particularly prone to fog. In the late 1980s, junction 4a
1248-553: The boundary of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire for 1 mile (1.6 km). The road enters Nottinghamshire and the road bypasses Brough . The new section of road finishes at the roundabout with the A1133. The A17 joins from the left at a roundabout. The road crosses the A1 . Newark is bypassed to the North and West ending on a roundabout with the B6166. The road continues south-west, meeting
1296-554: The closure of Plymouth City Airport in 2011, and the 2014 breaching of the South Devon Railway sea wall following storms that in turn, cut off Plymouth and Cornwall's rail access. However this would involve a number of reconstruction works including realignment where the current route of the A38 follows tight bends. Improvements to junction 25 at Taunton were approved with an £18 million programme that will include
1344-516: The commercial contract, and some construction subcontractors had entered into liquidation. The short section between junctions 27 and 29 was built between 1967 and 1969, by Devon County Council , as the A38 Cullompton Bypass , with the intention that it should become part of the M5. The termini for this section have since been removed, although part of the southern terminal roundabout is now used as an emergency access. The section
1392-494: The east of Taunton, (J25) was built by A. Monk Ltd, of Padgate , with a contract for £5,721,086 in May 1973 for seven miles. The southbound lane opened on Tuesday 4 November 1975, and the northbound lane opened on Tuesday 25 November 1975. But the motorway section was not legally a motorway for the first few weeks, as it was incomplete. The northbound lane was not fully finished until Easter 1976. Monk Ltd had asked for two extensions to
1440-442: The enlargement of the junction roundabout, the widening of the eastern junction slip road exit, and an additional roundabout southeast of the junction to provide access to a new business park and to a proposed bypass of the hamlet of Henlade . In October 2009, workmen clearing vegetation from the slip road at junction 14 discovered human bones in a black bin bag dumped in the bushes . The police were called soon after, and it
1488-499: The former A46 being downgraded. The A46 reappears at Coventry at junction 2 of the M6 , it follows the boundary between the district of Rugby and the borough of Coventry, always staying inside Warwickshire. At Binley Woods the A428 is crossed at a roundabout. The next roundabout is the signal controlled Tollbar Roundabout, where there are exits for the A45 and Coventry Airport . There is
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1536-628: The interchange full-access and dualling the A4019 east of the junction into Cheltenham. Works will commence in 2023 (subject to permission being granted) and be completed in 2024, according to the Gloucestershire County Council. There have been suggestions that the Government extend the M5 south, to the city of Plymouth , which currently relies on the A38 road. The argument for such an extension has intensified in light of
1584-638: The junction. In 2009, it was announced that the lighting between junctions 30 and 31 would be turned off between midnight and 05:00 to save energy. Proposals were announced in September 2009 for a new Gloucester Services between junctions 11a and 12. A planning application was submitted in December 2009. Stroud District councillors approved the services in August 2010. The Services opened in May 2014 In September 2020, Highways England announced that
1632-413: The motorway. The Cullompton services are signed on the motorway in the northbound direction only. This was implemented to reduce congestion at the low capacity junction, although there is still access available to the services southbound through the junction. Also, the northbound exit slip to the junction was reduced to one lane instead of two to reduce traffic on the small roundabout at the west side of
1680-457: The new traffic generated, & avoid more congestion around both Cheltenham & Gloucester, a new junction, 11A, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of junction 11, was constructed and opened in the mid-1990s. A further feature of this junction was to create a new route from the south west Midlands to London and central southern England via the A417, A419 and the M4 at junction 15. The Avonmouth Bridge
1728-421: The police contacted Ford to help them trace the vehicle. On the evening of Friday 4 November 2011, seven people were killed and a further 51 injured in a major crash involving over 50 vehicles which included cars, vans and large goods vehicles near junction 25 in West Monkton , near Taunton . Several vehicles were burnt out in the fire which developed at the scene as the result of a series of explosions, and
1776-414: The road follows the course of the Roman Fosse Way , but between Bath and Leicester, two cities also linked by the Fosse Way, it follows a more westerly course. The original (1923) route of the A46 was from Bath to Laceby , passing through Cheltenham , Broadway , Stratford-on-Avon , Coventry , Leicester , Newark and Lincoln . Unusually for such a long road, no changes were made to its route until
1824-425: The road surface was seriously damaged, not just by the fire and explosions, but also by fuel spillage. The cause of the crash, which took place in wet foggy conditions close to a firework display , was investigated. One person was charged for breach under health and safety laws and found not guilty. Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Where both
1872-422: The route of the A38 road . The two deviate slightly around Bristol and the area south of Bristol from junctions 16 to the Sedgemoor services north of junction 22. The A38 goes straight through the centre of Bristol and passes by Bristol Airport , while the M5 skirts both, with access to the airport from junctions 18, 19 or 22. The A38 continues south into Devon from junction 31, near Exminster . Junction 15 of
1920-409: The section between junctions 1 and 2 in the West Midlands will be one of four in England to have its speed limit reduced to 60 mph (97 km/h) in a bid to reduce high levels of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide in the particular area. In 2020, it was announced that junction 10 would be undergoing significant roadworks as part of a redevelopment project on the A4019. The works will involve making
1968-433: The south of junction 23, which as of 2021 had degraded and lost its head and arms. The first 26 miles (42 km) of the M5 motorway was constructed as a dual two-lane motorway with Worcestershire County Council acting as engineer. This section – from junction 4 ( Lydiate Ash ) in the north to a trumpet junction with the M50 in the south – opened in July 1962. This original section of
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2016-473: The start and end point of the junction are known, both have been included. Almondsbury Interchange Download coordinates as: M5#1 is a song from the 1994 album Middle Class Revolt by post-punk band The Fall which uses the M5 to describe reverting to a romanticised agricultural past that never really existed. [REDACTED] Geographic data related to M5 motorway at OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: Brough, Nottinghamshire Brough
2064-415: Was also opened in 1962, and was intended to replace the pre-war Filton bypass. Gloucestershire County Council acted as engineer for this section, which was widened to a dual three-lane motorway in 1969. North of junction 4 the M5 was constructed in sections, from 1967 to 1970, together with the Frankley services . Much of the northern section beyond junction 3, from about Oldbury to the junction with
2112-544: Was built as part of the M42 motorway construction project. The route of the M42 was decided as early as 1972 but, owing to planning delays, the short section of the M42 north of Bromsgrove did not open until December 1989. As the M5 traffic increased in the 1980s, junction 11, the main Gloucester and Cheltenham access (via the A40 Golden Valley by-pass) became increasingly congested. At the same time there were plans for large scale business and housing developments at Brockworth, near Gloucester. To relieve junction 11 of some of
2160-519: Was converted to eight lanes (four lanes in each direction) in the early 2000s. Later, in 2005–2006, parts of the M5 between junctions 17 and 20 were widened to 7 lanes (four lanes climbing the hills and three lanes descending the hills); variable message signs were added and parts of the central reservation was converted to a concrete step barrier . During this stage of construction the M5 became Britain's longest contraflow system, spanning 9 miles (14 km) between junctions 19 and 20. The M5 contraflow
2208-418: Was developed to motorway standards, and incorporated into the M5 in 1975. When the initial English motorway system, including the now-M5, was being planned, no numbering system had been agreed. A 1958 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation memo suggested basing motorway numbers on the existing A road numbering scheme , suggesting that "M5" would be either the section of the London-Doncaster motorway (now
2256-424: Was said to be the most complicated ever built in the UK as the motorway is on a split level around the steep hills of the Gordano Valley ; meaning four lanes plus an additional emergency vehicle lane were squeezed into that section. In 2002, extended exits for junction 12 were constructed. The Highways Agency did not anticipate the traffic flows through the junction and the resultant queues soon extended back onto
2304-509: Was soon established that the bones were those of a young female. A few days later, DNA found on the remains confirmed that the body was that of Melanie Hall , a Bath hospital worker who disappeared in June 1996 after a night out in Bath , and who had been declared dead in absentia in 2004. Dental records confirmed that the body was hers, and the police began a formal investigation into her murder. As of 2016 no one has been prosecuted in connection with this case. Some keys were also discovered and
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