A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 24 mi (39 km) |
Existed: | 1962 – present |
History: | Constructed 1962–1986 |
Major junctions | |
From: | South Mimms |
J1 → M25 motorway |
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To: | Stotfold |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth |
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A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 13 mi (21 km) |
Existed: | 1998 – present |
Major junctions | |
From: | Alconbury |
To: | Orton Southgate |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Peterborough |
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A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 15.2 mi (24.5 km) |
Existed: | 1961 – present |
Major junctions | |
From: | Blyth |
J35 → M18 motorway |
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To: | Red House, near Skellow |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Doncaster, Wakefield, Rotherham, Barnsley |
Road network | |
A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 51 mi (82 km) |
Existed: | 1995 – present |
History: | Constructed 1995–2012 |
Major junctions | |
From: | Darrington |
J41 → M62 motorway J43 → M1 motorway |
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To: | Leeming Bar |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Wetherby, Knaresborough, Ripon |
Road network | |
A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 12 mi (19 km) |
History: | Constructed 2014– |
Major junctions | |
From: | Leeming Bar |
To: | Barton |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Catterick, Scotch Corner |
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A1(M) motorway | |
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Route information | |
Part of E15 | |
Length: | 35.6 mi (57.3 km) |
Existed: | 1965 – present |
History: | Constructed 1965–70 |
Major junctions | |
From: | Barton |
J57 → A66(M) motorway J65 → A194(M) motorway |
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To: | Birtley |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Darlington, Newton Aycliffe, Durham, Houghton le Spring, Chester-le-Street, Washington |
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A1(M) is the designation given to a series of five separate motorway sections in England. Each section is an upgrade to a section of the A1, a major North-South road, which connects London, the capital of England, with Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The first section, the Doncaster Bypass, opened in 1961 and is one of the oldest sections of motorway in Britain. Construction of a new section of A1(M) is currently underway between Leeming and Barton, with an anticipated opening in 2017. When complete it will link the Barton to Washington section with the Darrington to Leeming Bar section, forming the longest A1(M) section overall and reducing the number from five to four.
Most of the English section of the A1 is a series of alternating sections of dual carriageway and motorway. From Newcastle upon Tyne to Edinburgh it is a trunk road with alternating sections of dual and single carriageway. The table below summaries the road as motorways and non-motorways sections,
The motorway sections are discussed below.
This section opened in stages: