The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. It runs from the east of Rotherham to Goole and is approximately 26 miles (42 km) long. A section of the road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E13.
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 M18 highlighted in blue Shown with UK motorway network | ||||
 Looking south near Rawcliffe | ||||
| Route information | ||||
Part of  E13 and  E22 | ||||
| Maintained by National Highways | ||||
| Length | 26.5 mi (42.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1967–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1967 Completed: 1979 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South-west end | Thurcroft 53°22′52″N 1°16′43″W / 53.3811°N 1.2785°W | |||
  M1 motorway   A1(M) motorway   M180 motorway   M62 motorway | ||||
| North-east end | Rawcliffe 53°40′57″N 0°58′03″W / 53.6825°N 0.9676°W | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire | |||
| Primary destinations | Doncaster | |||
| Road network | ||||
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Route
editThe M18 runs in a north-east–south-west direction from junction 32 of the M1 motorway to junction 35 of the M62 motorway. It passes east of Rotherham, south-east of Doncaster and Armthorpe, and west of Thorne. It meets the A1(M) at junction 2 (A1(M) junction 35) — known as the Wadworth Interchange — and the M180 motorway at junction 5. Access to Doncaster is provided from junctions 3 (A6182) and 4 (A630)
The middle half of the M18 is a two-lane dual carriageway, and carries relatively low volumes of traffic. However, the M1 to A1(M) section and M180 to M62 section are much busier, with three lanes in each direction, and there is a small three-lane section northbound between junctions 2 and 3. It passes over the Wadworth Viaduct at junction 2. To the north it then crosses the East Coast Main Line, and until its closure and the dismantling of the pit head gear, a large colliery could be seen to the south at Rossington.
History
edit- Junction 1 to junction 2 opened in 1967
- Junction 5 to junction 6 opened in 1972
- Junction 6 to junction 7 opened in 1975
- Junction 4 to junction 5 opened in 1977
- Junction 2 to junction 4 opened in 1979
The M18 was originally to be part of the M1, but it was decided to route the M1 towards Leeds instead of Doncaster, and the routing of what would have been the M1 east of Sheffield became the M18.[1] To provide better access to Doncaster town centre and the new Great Yorkshire Way to Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the section of the M18 between junctions 2 and 3 northbound was upgraded to three lanes, between June 2014 and June 2015.[2]
Junctions
editThis article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (December 2021) |
Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information.[3] The location sequence is a continuation of the M1 location sequence.
| M18 motorway junctions | |||||
| miles | km | Southbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Northbound exits (A carriageway) | Coordinates |
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| 156.8 | 252.4 | The SOUTH, London, Nottingham Sheffield, Leeds M1 |
M1, J32 | Start of motorway | 53°23′51″N 1°16′06″W / 53.3974°N 1.2682°W |
| 158.5 | 255.1 | Rotherham A631 | J1 | Rotherham A631 | 53°25′25″N 1°15′05″W / 53.4237°N 1.2513°W |
| 163.8 | 263.6 | Newark, Leeds A1(M) | J2 | The NORTH, The SOUTH A1(M) | 53°28′46″N 1°08′54″W / 53.4794°N 1.1483°W |
| 165.9 | 267.1 | Doncaster A6182 | J3 | Doncaster A6182 Doncaster Sheffield 
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53°29′19″N 1°06′55″W / 53.4886°N 1.1152°W |
| 171.8 | 276.5 | Doncaster A630 | J4 | Doncaster A630 | 53°32′23″N 1°01′19″W / 53.5397°N 1.0220°W |
| 175.8 | 283.0 | Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Doncaster Sheffield , Humberside M180 Doncaster North services |
J5 Services |
Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Doncaster Sheffield , Humberside M180 Doncaster North Services |
53°35′29″N 0°59′14″W / 53.5914°N 0.9872°W |
| 177.8 | 286.2 | Thorne A614 | J6 | Thorne A614 | 53°37′07″N 0°58′40″W / 53.6186°N 0.9777°W |
| Entering South Yorkshire | Entering East Riding of Yorkshire | ||||
| 182.7 | 294.0 | Start of motorway | J7 | The NORTH (A1(M)), Leeds Hull, York, Goole M62 |
53°40′39″N 0°57′57″W / 53.6776°N 0.9657°W |
Notes
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Motorway Archive. M1/M18. Crick to Doncaster". Iht.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "M18 Junctions 2 to 3 northbound improvement". Highways England. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Highways Agency – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text
External links
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Geographic data related to M18 motorway at OpenStreetMap
