M5 Sowton and Killerton Sections

Name
Sowton and Killerton Sections
Opened
Current route
Start point
Junction number at start: 28
Collumpton
End point
Junction number at end: 30
Sandygate
Original route

The length from J28 to Exeter Road was originally the A38 Collumpton Bypass and was upgraded to motorway as part of this scheme.

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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