M48 motorway - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
M48 | ||||
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![]() The Severn Bridge (M48) | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Highways England and the South Wales Trunk Road Agency | ||||
Length | 12 mi (19 km) | |||
Existed | 1966–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
East end | Awkley | |||
![]() ![]() J21 → M4 motorway ![]() ![]() J23 → M4 motorway | ||||
West end | Undy | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Primary destinations | Chepstow | |||
Road network | ||||
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The M48 is a motorway in the United Kingdom. It links Gloucestershire, England with Monmouthshire, Wales over the Severn Bridge. The motorway is 12 miles (19 km) long.[1][2]
Junctions
[change | change source]M48 motorway | |||||
mile | km | Eastbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Westbound exits (A carriageway) | |
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117.6 | 189.3 | London, Bristol M4 | M4 J21 Terminus | Chepstow, Services M48 Start of motorway | |
120.5 | 193.9 | Avonmouth A403, Services | J1 Services | Avonmouth A403, Services | |
121.1 122.8 | 194.9 197.6 | Severn Bridge Entry into England Wye Bridge | River Severn Border River Wye | Severn Bridge Entry into Wales Wye Bridge | |
123.2 123.4 | 198.2 198.6 | Chepstow A466 (A48) Cas – gwent | J2 | Chepstow A466 (A48) Cas – gwent | |
130.2 | 209.6 | Start of motorway Chepstow, Services M48 Cas – gwent, Gwasanaethau | Terminus M4 J23 | Newport, Cardiff M4 Casnewydd, Caerdydd | |
Notes
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Motorway Database – M48". CBRD. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ↑ Steven Jukes. "Pathetic Motorways". Pathetic.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2012.