East Coast Motorway

East Coast Motorway
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From:	M11 junction 9 (TL496427)
To:	Thirsk / Sunderland (NZ398502)
Via:	Newmarket, Littleport, Long Sutton, Wragby, Market Rasen, Humber Bridge, York
Length:	227 miles (365.3 km)
Meets:	M11, A14, A47, A17, A16, M180, A63, A64, A19
Traditional Counties
Cambridgeshire • Durham • Lincolnshire • Norfolk • Suffolk • Yorkshire
Route outline (key)
East Coast Motorway M11 J9 — Sunderland
Junction List
Junc Northbound Southbound M11 J9 Start of Motorway M11 M11 J9a A1301, B184 A1301, B184 – A505, A1307 A505, A1307 – A1304 A1304 – No Exit A14 – A14 No Exit – A142, A1123 A142, A1123 – A1101, (A10) A1101, (A10) – A1122 A1122 – A47 A47 – A17, A1101 A17, A1101 – A17, A151 A17, A151 – A16 A16 – A1121 A1121 – A153, A155 A153, A155 – A157, A158 A157, A158 – A46, A631 A46, A631 M180 J5 M180, A180, (A18) M180, A180, (A18) – A1077 A1077 Toll Humber Bridge - A63, A1105 A63, A1105 – (B1230) (B1230) – A614 A614 – A1079 A1079 – A64 A64 – A19 A19 – ? ? - A168, A170 A168, A170 - A172, A684 A172, A684 – A19 A19 – (A67) (A67) – A66 A66 – A19 A19 – ? ?

The East Coast Motorway was a completely unofficial proposal from the early 90s to try and gain marginal constituencies for an upcoming election to vote for the proposers and also a way of trying to make some use of the Humber Bridge.

Using the A11 between M11 junction 9a and the A14 Newmarket bypass, sharing pavement with that road for about a mile and a half, the plan was to strike north to Soham, Littleport (passing Ely some way to the east) and pass SW of Downham Market, NE of Wisbech to Long Sutton and Holbeach. From Holbeach it would head to the west of Boston and Horncastle, passing near to the A153/A155 junction and A157/A158 junction, before reaching Market Rasen. From there it would head to M180 junction 5, and then take the A15 route across the Humber Bridge. On the north side of the Humber, it would pass between Beverley and Market Weighton before turning much more westwards, clipping York and meeting the A64 near to the Hopgrove Roundabout. From there it would head north along the A19 corridor, before taking it over at Thirsk and continuing up it (other than a bypass of the Teesside section) before ending at Sunderland.

The route was never more than a line on a map, doing some join the dots between existing roads. Much of the route passes away from large places (especially between Boston and the Humber Bridge) and would be unlikely to gain much traffic. Junction locations were only planned as far up as Hartlepool.

East Coast Motorway

Junctions Barnetby Top • Barton on Humber • Fourwentways • Hopgrove Roundabout • M11 J9 • Nine Mile Hill • Stump Cross Interchange •

Other nearby roads Newmarket A11 • A1303 • A1304 • A14 • A142 • A45 • B1061 • B1063 • B1103 • B1506 • E112 (Old System) • E24 • E28 • Icknield Way • T2 (Britain) • T45 (Britain) • Boston A1137 • A1138 • A154 (Lincolnshire) • A16 • A52 • B1182 (Boston) • B1183 • B1391 • B1397 • NCN1 • T23 (Britain) • Humber Bridge A1077 • A1105 • A15 • A164 • A63 • E20 • NCN1 • York A1036 • A1079 • A1176 • A1237 • A166 • A19 • A59 • A64 • A66 • B1222 • B1224 • B1225 (York) • B1226 (York) • B1227 • B1228 • B1363 • Dere Street • Ermine Street • T68 (Britain) • T69 (Britain) • T70 (Britain) • Teesside A1042 (Teesside) • A1044 • A1185 • A171 • A172 • A173 • A174 • A176 (Thornaby on Tees - Middlesbrough) • A177 • A180 (Durham Coast Road) • A19 • A66 • A67 • B1264 • B1265 • B1269 • B1273 (Darlington - Egglescliffe) • E104 (Old System) • NCN1 • T24 (Britain) • T68 (Britain) •

Motorways in Great Britain Current Motorways: M1 · M2 · M3 · M4 · M5 · M6 · M6 Toll · M8 · M9 · M11 · M18 · M20 · M23 · M25 · M26 · M27 · M32 · M40 · M42 · M45 · M48 · M49 · M50 · M53 · M54 · M55 · M56 · M57 · M58 · M60 · M61 · M62 · M65 · M66 · M67 · M69 · M73 · M74 · M77 · M80 · M90 · M180 · M181 · M271 · M275 · M602 · M606 · M621 · M876 · M898 A1(M) · A3(M) · A14(M) · A38(M) · A48(M) · A57(M) · A58(M) · A64(M) · A66(M) · A74(M) · A92(M) · A167(M) · A168(M) · A194(M) · A195(M) · A308(M) · A329(M) · A404(M) · A601(M) · A627(M) · A635(M) · A666(M) · A823(M) · A1058(M) · Motorway Spurs Former Motorways: M10 · M15 · M16 · M30 · M41 · M52 · M62 · M63 · M64 · M65 · M68 · M85 · M111 · M270 · M274 · M531 · M600 · A2(M) · A4(M) · A5(M) · A8(M) · A11(M) · A18(M) · A20(M) · A23(M) · A36(M) · A40(M) · A40(M) · A41(M) · A46(M) · A48(M) · A48(M) · A65(M) · A102(M) · A102(M) · A423(M) · A446(M) · A604(M) · A638(M) · A696(M) · A1231(M) · A6127(M) · A6138(M) · A6144(M) Unbuilt Motorways: M4 Toll · M12 · M13 · M17 · M19 · M31 · M58 · M59 · M60 · M64 · M81 · M82 · M83 · M100 · M272 · M273 · M601 · M650 · A2(M) · A6(M) · A6(M) · A59(M) · A61(M) · A556(M) · A695(M) · Unnumbered Motorways Fictional Motorways: M91 · M96 · M101 · M399

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