A404(M) Maidenhead Bypass

Name
Maidenhead Bypass
Opened
Current route
Start point
Junction number at start: M4 J8/9
Holyport
End point
Junction number at end: 9B
The Thicket
Original route
Other numbers held

Part of a larger scheme, the rest of which remains M4.

Road scheme and chronology data is courtesy SABRE (where much of it was gathered by member Ross Spur), with additional data from the UK Motorway Archive, the Scottish Roads Archive and the Northern Ireland Roads Site.

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