Chronology Maps

1962 1963 1964
Map legend:
Blue = Motorways already open
Red = Motorways opened in this year
Grey = Former motorways

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Completed Route Name Start End
M4 Slough Bypass J5 Langley J7 Huntercombe
M2 Park Pale - Stockbury J1 Three Crutches J5 Stockbury
M5 Filton Bypass J16 Almondsbury Roundabout J17 Cribbs Causeway
M2 Stockbury - Perry Court J5 Stockbury J6 Perry Court
M6 Lymm - Bamber Bridge J20 Lymm J29 Bamber Bridge
M2 Perry Court - Brenley Corner J6 Perry Court J7 Brenley Corner
M6 Hanchurch - Lymm J15 Hanchurch J20 Lymm
M1 (NI) Lisburn - Sprucefield J6 Saintfield Road J7 Sprucefield

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.

1962 1963 1964

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