Route
Junction number
15
Markerpost
153 km
Name
Longbridge Island
Terminus
Not a terminus
Other routes
A46, A429, B4463
Authority
Restricted turns
Full access
Services
No services
M40 J15 Longbridge Island
Layout and signage
|
Warwick A429 Stratford Coventry A46 |
B4463 A46 A429 |
|
A46 A429 |
Warwick A429 Stratford Coventry A46 |
Lane configuration
- Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
- Lane 1 continues, with option to exit.
- Lane 2 continues ahead.
- Lane 3 continues ahead.
What's new
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?
The road that made no sense
It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
Have you seen...
Harry Yeadon
A civil engineer, working principally in the North West of England, responsible for many of the area's motorways.
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