M2

M2
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Medway Towns Bypass
From:	Strood (TQ699695)
To:	Brenley Corner (TR040599)
Length:	25.5 miles (41 km)
Former Number(s):	A2(M)
Highways Authorities
Highways Agency
Traditional Counties
Kent
Route outline (key)
M2 Strood - Brenley Corner
Junction List
Junc Eastbound Westbound 1 Start of Motorway A2, A289 2 A228 A228 3 A229 A229 4 A278 A278 Medway services (formerly Farthing Corner) 5 A249 A249 6 A251 A251 7 A2, A299 Start of Motorway

For detailed information about this topic, see CBRD Motorway Database

The M2 is a motorway found in the north of Kent. It forms a by-pass of the Medway Towns.

Route

This is the Medway Viaducts seen from the Merrals Shaw Interchange.

Main Article: M2 route

The M2 is the shortest of all the single digit motorways. It main role is to act as the Medway Towns Bypass. Originally allocated the number A2(M), it gained the M2 number from a newspaper report. The road opened in 1963.

Opening Dates

History

This is the original Medway Bridge just after opening in 1963.

Main Article: M2 history

The M2 has changed from its opening in 1963. This is how the M2 looked upon opening.

The 7 Junctions

Park Pale Interchange

Main Article: Park Pale Interchange

The first junction before the upgrade was infamous for the point where the Motorway was a lower standard than the A-road, in this case the A2. These days, the junction is a trumpet-fork hybrid.

Merrals Shaw Interchange

Main Article: Merrals Shaw Interchange

The second of the junctions to be rebuilt, this one (for the A228) was turned from a parclo to a dumbbell hybrid interchange. It was also rebuilt to commutate HS1.

Bluebell Interchange

Main Article: Bluebell Interchange

The last of the junctions to be majority rebuilt, the Bluebell interchange is the biggest junction to rebuild due to keeping the M2 & the A229 Running at the same time. It is a double roundabout.

Gillingham Interchange

Main Article: Gillingham Interchange

This junction is the point the M2 becomes D2M. It junction 4 and it the A278 for Gillingham and is a standard roundabout.

The Ridgeway

Main Article: The Ridgeway
A fairly low standard junction, this junction's overbridge can be seen for miles around. This junction is used to get on to the A249 Sheppey Way. Also used for the M20

Perry Court Interchange

Main Article: Perry Court Interchange
The penultimate junction of the M2 is the lowest standard on the whole Motorway. It is a S2 Parlo interchange for the A251

Brenley Corner

Main Article: Brenley Corner Interchange

Brenley Corner is the last junction of the M2. It pre dates the M2 as it was the main junction for Whitsable and Herne Bay. As A2 traffic has to turn off here, the straght line become the A299.

Services

Medway Services

Main Article: Medway services

These services are found roughly half way on the Motorway. It is a traditional over-bridge style MSA.

Links

CBRD

• Motorway Database: M2
• M2 Opening Booklet
• Medway Bridge Opening Booklet

Motorway Archive

• M2 page

Motorway Services Online

• Medway Services

You Tube

• A trip over the Medway Bridge

Fotopic Galleries

• M2 Junctions 5 to 7 (Photos taken November 2004)
• Steps Across The Medway: The M2 Medway Bridges
• Medway Services - Jan 08
• M2 Bottom Pond Viaduct - October 2008

	This page was a candidate for Article of the Month August 2009

M2

Junctions Bluebell Interchange  • Brenley Corner Interchange  • Gillingham Interchange  • Merrals Shaw Interchange  • Park Pale Interchange  • Perry Court Interchange  • The Ridgeway  •

Services Medway services  •

Crossings Medway Viaducts  •

Miscellaneous M2 history  • M2 route  •

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Other nearby roads Strood A2  • A2(M) (Strood - Brenley Corner)  • A2017  • A226  • A228  • A289  • B2009  • NCN1  • T34 (Britain)  • Watling Street  • Rochester A2  • A2(M) (Strood - Brenley Corner)  • A229  • B2010 (Rochester - Chatham)  • B2097  • NCN1  • T34 (Britain)  • Watling Street  • Chatham A2  • A2(M) (Strood - Brenley Corner)  • A231  • A2310  • A289  • B2003  • B2010 (Rochester - Chatham)  • B2156 (Medway)  • B2159 (Chatham)  • NCN1  • T34 (Britain)  • Watling Street  • Gillingham A2  • A2(M) (Strood - Brenley Corner)  • A231  • A2310  • A278  • A289  • B2004  • NCN1  • T34 (Britain)  • Watling Street  • Faversham A2  • A2(M) (Strood - Brenley Corner)  • A251  • A299  • B2040  • B2041  • B2045  • B2158 (Faversham)  • NCN1  • T34 (Britain)  •

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