E05
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The E05 forms the western-most major route in Europe. In Britain it links West Scotland with the North West, West Midlands and the South Coast.
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Route
The official route of the E05 within the United Kingdom is Greenock - Glasgow - Gretna - Carlisle - Penrith - Preston - Warrington - Birmingham - Newbury - Southampton. It uses the A8, M8, M73, M74, A74(M), M6, M42, M40, A34, M3, M27 and M271 on this course.
Scotland
Greenock-Birkenshaw
see main articles A8, M8 and M73
Birkenshaw-Grenta
see main articles M74 and A74(M) At Abington Interchange the route changes number to A74(M)
England
Gretna-Umberslade
see main articles M6, M6 Toll, M42
Umberslade-Winchester
At Umberslade Interchange, we head south on the M40, passing Warwick, Leamington Spa and Banbury. At Wendlebury Interchange, we TOTSO, taking the A34 south past Oxford (on it's ring road, meeting the E30/M4 at Chieveley Interchange. We pass Newbury on it's controversial bypass and skirt Winchester on it's bypass, meeting the M3 at Winnall Interchange
Winchester-Southampton
see main articles M3, M27, M271
At Winnall Interchange near Winchester, we join the M3 heading southwards, passing through the controversial Twyford Down cutting as we pass the city.
At the end of the M3, Chilworth Interchange, we TOTSO and take the M27 West to skirt around Southampton. At the next junction, Rownhams Interchange, we TOTSO again, taking the M271 to the Redbridge Roundabout, outside Southampton Docks, where we the A33 and A35.
There used to be a ferry from Southampton to Le Havre - this now goes from Portsmouth, but the E05 doesn't change route.
Outside the British Isles
The official route of the E05 outside the United Kingdom is Le Havre - Paris - Orléans - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux - San Sebastián - Burgos - Madrid - Cordóba - Sevilla - Cádiz - Algeciras.
France
From Le Havre, the E05 takes the A131 and A13 to Paris, the Periferique around Paris, the A6B and A10, passing Orleans, Tours and Poitiers en-route to Bordeaux, the A630 around Bordeaux and the A63 and N10 to the border with Spain.
Spain
Primary Destinations
Greenock • Erskine Bridge • Paisley • Glasgow • Carlisle • Penrith • Lancaster • Preston • Wigan • Warrington • Stoke-on-Trent • Stafford • Cannock • Brownhills • Lichfield • Birmingham • Solihull • Warwick • Royal Leamington Spa • Banbury • Oxford • Newbury • Winchester • Southampton
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