M1 motorway at junction 8
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M1 motorway at junction 8
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 3 Apr 2012
Signs on the left mark the new slip road from the A414 to northbound M1, created as part of the 2008/9 reconstruction and widening scheme. Junction 8 has retained a "trumpet" layout which has featured at the junction since its opening in 1959, though the original circular section was south of the junction, its position still discernible both from the OS maps and on the ground. For more on UK motorway junction types, see: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/interchanges/.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.75669
Longitude
-0.416836