Star.pngStar.pngStar.pngStar grey.pngStar grey.png

M42

From Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
M42
Location Map ( geo)
Cameraicon.png View gallery (164)
From:  Catshill (SO952726)
To:  Appleby Magna (SK306204)
Via:  Solihull, Tamworth
Distance:  40 miles (64.4 km)
Meets:  M5, M6, M6 Toll, M40, A42
Primary Destinations
Highway Authorities

National Highways

Traditional Counties

Leicestershire • Warwickshire • Worcestershire

Route outline (key)
M42 Lydiate Ash Link
M42 Catshill – Appleby Magna
M42 Appleby Magna – Nottingham
Junction List
Junc Southbound Northbound
M5 J4A M5 Start of road
1 A38, B4096 No exit
2 A441 A441
3 A435 A435
3A M40 M40
4 A34, A3400 A34, A3400
5 A41, A4141 A41, A4141
6 A45 A45
7 No exit M6 West
7A No exit M6 East
7B M6 Toll, (M6) No exit
8 No exit No exit
8A M6 M6 Toll
9 A446, A4097 A446, A4097
10 A5 A5
11 Start of road A42, A444, B5493
12 A511 A511
13 M64 M64
14 A6 A6
15 No exit A52
16 M1 M1
17 Proposed start of road A609, A6002
Globe.png
For detailed information about this topic, see Roads.org.uk Motorway Database

Southern and eastern sections of the Birmingham Box, along with the Birmingham-Nottingham Motorway, which falls short of the M1 by several miles, and limps there via the A42. Originally aiming at the A609/A6002 junction, this northern alignment was changed to a more southerly one that became the A42 to save money in the mid-70s.

The M42 includes a multiplex with the M6 Toll, one of only three multiplexes between two motorways in Great Britain.

Active Traffic Management Trial

The M42 was the first motorway in the UK to to trial Active Traffic Management, between junctions 3a and 7, where gantries are used to introduce variable speed limits onto the motorway, and allow the hard shoulder to be used as a running lane during congested periods. The legislation permitting this came into force in July 2005.

Main Article: Smart Motorway

Junctions

Catshill Interchange

Catshill Interchange.png

Main Article: Catshill Interchange

The Catshill Interchange is a junction between the M5 and M42. For the M42, it forms the western terminus. The junction was originally a south-facing fork, only allowing access northbound M5 traffic to the M42, and forcing M42 traffic to take the M5 southbound. This design was because the M42 was originally planned to split into two further east, with the Lydiate Ash Link providing the missing movements.

Umberslade Interchange

Main Article: Umberslade Interchange

The Umberslade Interchange is a triangular junction between M42 and M40 towards London. Priority is given between M40 and M42 westbound, with traffic wishing to remain on the M42 having to turn off. This junction would also have been the northern terminus of the unbuilt Strensham - Solihull Motorway.

Services

Hopwood Park services

Hopwood Park, motorway services - Geograph - 1407360.jpg

Main Article: Hopwood Park services

Hopwood Park is a single-site MSA located at M42 junction 2. It is operated by Welcome Break.

Tamworth services

Tamworth Services - Geograph - 552783.jpg

Main Article: Tamworth services

Tamworth is a single-site MSA located at M42 junction 10, and is also accessible and signed along A5. It is operated by Moto.

Opening Dates

For detailed information about this section, see CBRD Motorway Database: M42 Timeline

History

Originally the M42 ran south of the M6 at Coleshill to the A34. Junctions were numbered south to north:

Lydiate Ash Link

Globe.png
For detailed information about this topic, see Pathetic Motorways

This was a different approach to north-facing slips to the M5. Rather than having them at Catshill Interchange, a longer link would cut the corner off. Plans to built this link lasted until the M5 was widened in the late 80s, when north-facing slips were added at Catshill.

Unbuilt Nottingham Extension

Globe.png
For detailed information about this topic, see Pathetic Motorways



The M42 was originally intended to run all the way to Nottingham, turning north at Junction 11, then bypassing Ashby and Melbourne to the west, crossing the A52 near Risley and ending on the M1 near Nottingham. Due to a budget cut, the dual-carriageway A42 was constructed instead, which meets the M1 much further south at Castle Donington.

Links

Roads.org.uk

Roads UK

Pathetic Motorways



M42
Junctions
Services
Roads
Places
Miscellaneous
Related Pictures
View gallery (164)
M42 Umberslade gantry.jpgM42 Near Junction 10 - Coppermine - 14627.jpg- Coppermine - 3941.JPGM42 Junctions 5 and 6 ATM set for NSL on Lanes 1 to 3 - Coppermine - 19013.JPGM5 J4 Lydiate Ash Link.png
Other nearby roads
Birmingham
A34 • A38 • A38(M) • A41 • A42 (Reading - Birmingham) • A45 • A47 • A435 • A441 • A452 • A453 • A455 (Birmingham - Stafford) • A456 • A457 • A458 • A4027 • A4028 • A4029 • A4030 • A4040 • A4097 • A4123 • A4166 • A4167 • A4400 • A4540 • A4723 • A5127 • B38 (Selly Oak) • B384 • B3800 • B4025 • B4043 • B4096 • B4100 (Birmingham) • B4114 • B4118 (Birmingham) • B4120 • B4121 • B4122 (Birmingham) • B4123 • B4124 • B4125 • B4126 • B4127 • B4128 • B4128 (Suffolk Street, Birmingham) • B4129 • B4129 (Birmingham City Centre) • B4130 • B4131 • B4132 • B4133 • B4134 • B4135 • B4136 • B4137 • B4140 • B4141 (Birmingham) • B4142 • B4143 (Birmingham) • B4144 • B4145 • B4146 • B4147 • B4148 • B4167 • B4182 • B4217 • B4284 • B4498 • B4514 • B4515 • B4516 • B4531 • B4532 • B4533 • B4552 • B4730 • E05 • E24 • E28 (Birmingham - Ipswich) • E33 (London - Glasgow) • E116 (Old System) • Holyhead Road • Longest Lane • M5 • M6 • M40 • M600 • Northern and Western Motorway • Ryknild Street • T13 (Britain) • T14 (Britain) • T15 (Britain) • T16 (Britain) • T35 (Britain) • T53 (Britain)
Solihull
Tamworth
A5 • A51 • A423 • A453 • A513 • A4091 • A5003 • B4119 (Wishaw - Tamworth) • B5000 • B5001 • B5080 • B5313 • B5349 • B5399 • B5404 • B5440 • B5493 • T48 (Britain) • T53 (Britain) • Watling Street
Bromsgrove
Redditch
Motorways in Great Britain
Current MotorwaysM1 • 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) • A8(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) • A1077(M)
Motorway Spurs • (M4 Heathrow Spur • M25 T5 Spur • Walton Summit M'way)
Former MotorwaysM10 • M15 • M16 • M30 • M41 • M52 • M62 • M63 • M64 • M65 • M68 • M85 • M110 • M111 • M270 • M274 • M531 • M600
A2(M) • A4(M) • A5(M) • A8(M) • A11(M) • A18(M) • A20(M) • A21(M) • A23(M) • A36(M) • A40(M) (Central London) • A40(M) (Buckinghamshire) • A41(M) • A46(M) • A48(M) (Morriston) • A48(M) (Port Talbot) • A65(M) • A102(M) (North) • A102(M) (South) • A423(M) • A446(M) • A604(M) • A638(M) • A696(M) • A1231(M) • A6127(M) • A6138(M) • A6144(M)
Unbuilt MotorwaysM4 Toll • M12 (Woodford - Brentford) • M12 (Woodford - Maplin) • M12 (Brentwood - -Chelmsford) • M13 • M17 • M19 • M31 • M58 • M59 • M60 • M62 RR • M64 • M81 • M82 • M83 • M100 • M272 • M601 • M650
A2(M) • A6(M) (West) • A6(M) (East) • A14(M) • A48(M) • A59(M) • A61(M) • A556(M) • A695(M)
A Ring • Bilston Link • Belmont Link • B-W M'way • CME Bypass • CMW • Central Spine • Chippenham Spur • Coventry N-S M'way • Cublington Airport M'way • Denham Spur • Derby Urban M'way • Droitwich-Leicester M'way • East Coast M'way • EXR • East Kilbride M'way • E-W Underground M'way • Eastern M'way • Euroroute • Friars Goose Xing • Furness Link • Glasgow IRR • GM Western Relief Road • Hamilton-Cumbernauld M'way • Hook Road • Johnstone M'way • Kendal Link • Liverpool Inner M'way • LOX M'way • Malvern Radial • Manchester IRR • Morecambe Link • NE Urban M'way • NXR • N&W M'way • Paisley-Hamilton M'way • POLO • Princess P'way M'way • Reading Urban M'way • Ringway 2 • Sheffield Spur • S Bristol Spur • SCRPDR • SXR • Stirling Corner Link • Strensham-Solihill M'way • Strensham-Solihill M'way • TGAAR • Townhill Link • Trafford Park M'way • Warndon Radial • Watford Urban M'Way • Western Orbital • Weston Spur


SABRE - The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts
Discuss - Digest - Discover - Help