Chronology Maps
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| Completed | Route | Name | Start | End | Original number | Other numbers | Downgraded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A58(M) | Leeds Inner Ring Road Stage III | Wellington Road | Westgate | ||||
| M23 | Gatwick Airport Link | J9 Gatwick | J9A Airport Way | ||||
| M56 | Sharston Bypass Stage II | J2 Sharston | J3 Princess Parkway | ||||
| M1 | Staples Corner - Fiveways | J1 Staples Corner | J2 Fiveways | ||||
| M8 | Monkland Motorway Stage 1 | J12 Cumbernauld Road | J15 Townhead | ||||
| M32 | Eastville - St Agnes | J2 Eastville | J3 Lower Ashley Road | ||||
| M11 | South Harlow - Bishop's Stortford | J7 Hastingwood | J8 Birchanger Green | ||||
| M55 | Blackpool Spur | J1 Broughton | J4 Marton | ||||
| M56 | Lymm - Preston Brook | J9 Lymm | J11 Preston Brook | ||||
| A41 | Tring Bypass | Tring Hill | London Road | A41(M) | |||
| M66 | Bury Easterly Bypass South | M60 J18 Simister | J2 Heap Bridge | ||||
| A167(M) | Central Motorway East | Tyne Bridge | Town Moor | A1(M) | A6127(M) | ||
| M27 | Cadnam - Ower | J1 Cadnam | J2 Ower | ||||
| M2 (NI) | Sandyknowes - Templepatrick | J4 Sandyknowes | J5 Templepatrick | ||||
| M27 | Windhover - Park Gate | J8 Windhover | J9 Park Gate | ||||
| M62 | Pollington - Goole | Pollington | J36 Goole | ||||
| M18 | Thorne - M62 | J6 Waterside | J7 Langham | ||||
| M5 | Sowton and Killerton Sections | J28 Collumpton | J30 Sandygate | A38 | |||
| M5 | Huntworth - Blackbrook | J24 Huntworth | J25 Blackbrook | ||||
| M8 | Bishopton Bypass Stage 2 | J30 Craigton | J31 West Ferry | ||||
| M54 | Wellington Bypass | Priorslee | J7 Cluddley | ||||
| M27 | Ower - Chilworth | J2 Ower | J4 Chilworth | ||||
| M271 | Southampton Dock Spur and Nursing Link | Romsey Road | Redbridge | ||||
| M53 | Ellesmere Port Motorway | J5 Hooton | J10 Stanlow Halt | M531 | |||
| M62 | Liverpool (The Rocket) - Tarbock | J4 The Rocket | J6 Tarbock |
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