Route
Junction number
1
Markerpost
11 km
Name
Staples Corner
Terminus
Terminus at end of exit list
Other routes
A406
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
No services
M1 J1 Staples Corner
Layout and signage
Lane configuration
- Lane 1 is gained from the entry sliproad.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
- Lane 1 exits and does not return.
- Lane 2 exits and does not return.
- Lane 3 exits and does not return.
Other events
Start of motorway regulations
National Speed Limit begins
End of motorway regulations
Traffic signals
40mph speed limit begins
What's new
Signs and sensibility
The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
The monster seen from below
What might it have been like to stand in one spot and witness the arrival, and the uncertainty, of plans for an urban motorway in West London?
Have you seen...
Liverpool Inner Motorway
There's almost no evidence of Liverpool's 1960's plans for an inner ring road on the ground - but the motorway that never materialised would have been astonishing. The full details on the route, and the missing part the M62, are here.
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