2007-01-26 21:05:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
What about the German Autobahnen? The first German Autobahn was completed in 1931 between Cologne and Bonn, 30 years before any UK motorways.
2007-01-26 21:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
M6 The first section of the motorway, and indeed the first motorway in the country, the Preston by-pass, was opened by the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on December 5, 1958. In subsequent years the motorway was extended piecemeal in both directions and is now 230 miles (370 km) long.
2007-01-27 05:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by john k 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The M1 is Britain's first full-length motorway (it followed the Preston bypass, arguably the first motorway, though this was not to be built any further for a long time). It is also one of the most important, setting off the M6 (Britain's longest and busiest) and linking the north with the south. It does everything but make the tea. It first opened in December 1959 from St Albans to Rugby.
For a 50s and 60s motorway it holds together remarkably well. It was constructed for around 13,000 to 14,000 vehicles per day. This capacity was reached the day it opened! Today it carries 130,000 to 140,000 per day on a virtually unmodified road (though the section south of the M10 was once two lanes and was upgraded to three in the 1970s). Originally it had a soft grass verge instead of a hard shoulder and an open reservation with no barriers.
2007-01-27 05:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by Lemon 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The first motorway to be opened in the UK was the 8¼ mile long M6 Preston By-pass. It was opened on the 5th December 1958 by the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. A granite plinth marking the occasion was erected at the Samlesbury interchange.
2007-01-27 05:10:58 · answer #4 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
M6 Preston by-pass,opened December 1958
2007-01-27 08:26:16 · answer #5 · answered by Daisy Roots 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first motorway was on the now M6. It was the Preston By-pass (J29 to J32)
2007-01-27 05:14:04 · answer #6 · answered by brettly boy 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
M6 Preston Bypass. It was called the M6 as it replaced a section of the A6.
2007-01-27 10:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
preston bypass now part of the m6
2007-01-27 05:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
M 1 gauranteed
2007-01-27 05:10:22 · answer #9 · answered by boy boy 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
M1 Birmingham area
2007-01-27 05:11:33 · answer #10 · answered by Ding Dong 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋