M2 motorway (Great Britain)
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| Length: | 25.7 mi (41.4 km) |
| Existed: | 1963 – present |
| History: | Constructed 1963–65 |
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| From: | Shorne |
| To: | Boughton Street |
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Primary destinations: |
Strood, Chatham, Rochester, Rainham, Sittingbourne, Faversham |
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The M2 is a motorway in Kent, England. It is 25.7 miles (41.4 km) long and acts as a bypass of the section of the A2 road which runs through the Medway Towns, Sittingbourne and Faversham.
The M2 starts to the west of Strood at Three Crutches, diverging southeastwards from the A2 road that heads eastwards from London. It begins at Junction 1 with four lanes and descends towards the Medway Valley to the south of Rochester. On the west bank of the River Medway Junction 2, for the A228 towards Rochester and West Malling, is a complex junction where the exit roundabouts had to be built around the HS1 track and still maintain, by footbridge and tunnel, a public footpath. The Road then crosses the Medway Valley on two Medway viaducts, passing over the Medway Valley Line and Chatham Main Line prior to crossing the river. On the east bank of the River is the village of Borstal.
The M2 then diverges from the High Speed 1 route and climbs up the north side of Nashenden Valley to Blue Bell Hill and on to the North Downs on a split-level carriageway where it meets Junction 3 (for Chatham & Maidstone) at Walderslade. Here the road narrows to three lanes, and runs northeast across Cossington Fields, Westfield Sole, Lidsing, and Bredhurst towards Junction 4 (for Gillingham), where the road becomes two lanes for the remainder of its length.
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