M10 Motorway (1959 - 2009)
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M10 Motorway (1959 - 2009)
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 29 Apr 2009
On the penultimate day of its operation before being downgraded to an A road, a couple of B&Q trucks head westbound on the M10 towards the M1. The motorway was built in 1959 as a distributor spur to assist in the dispersal of southbound traffic on the M1 into the ordinary road system, without causing a bottleneck at one point. Before the M1 was eventually extended northwards the M45 was designed and built to perform a similar role at the M1's then northern end. The downgrading, plus the redesigning of Junctions 7 and 8 of the M1 during the recently completed widening, will now allow non-motorway traffic to travel between Hemel Hempstead and St Albans along an A grade road. For the BBC News report please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8013941.stm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.737548
Longitude
-0.365077