M1 motorway at junction 6
Introduction
The photograph on this page of M1 motorway at junction 6 by Peter Whatley as part of the Geograph project.
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M1 motorway at junction 6
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 3 Apr 2012
Junction 6 is an example of one of the very early styles of motorway access with extremely tightly curved slip roads. The sign tries to warn of the severity. In the early days of motorways, the curvature was not of great consequence: few cars could attain 60mph reliably. For similar reasons there was originally no speed limit on motorways. Most junctions built to this design have been rebuilt, but some survive, most notably the M50's infamous junction 3 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2044290. For comment on this style of junction, see: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/badjunctions/1-405/.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.705229
Longitude
-0.381873