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Re: Motorways - who's bagged them all.....

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Of the current motorways:

Driven in full (in one go)
M1, M2, M3, M6 Toll, M11, M20, M23, M26, M27, M32, M40, M45, M48, M49, M53, M54, M57, M69, M271, M275, M606, M621, M6 Toll
A1(M) [1-10], A1(M) [14-17], A1(M) [34-38], A3(M), A38(M), A48(M), A58(M), A64(M), A308(M), A329(M), A404(M).
I also managed to get the M10 before it was downgraded.

Driven in full (not in one go)
M4, M25

Driven in part
M5 (J13-18), M6 (J6-10A, J11-15), M42 (J3A-4, J6-8), M56 (J12-16), M62 (J25-27, J29-32A).
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Re: Motorways - who's bagged them all.....

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I have done Entire Length of the
M1
M2
M3
M4
M5
M6
M8
M20
M23
M25
M26
M27
M32
M40
M42
M48
M49
M55
M57
M60
M62
M74
M80
M90
M271
M275
Then ...
A1(M)
A3(M)
A38(M)
A48(M)
Why not?
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chris486 wrote:
ScottB5411 wrote:I've done them all, driven. I thought I'd never driven the A308 (M) and was going to leave it but I remember having driven it now
You'd have quite a journey if you'd overlooked the A308(M) and wanted to put it right. Have you done all (or near as all) of each motorway?
I was overlooking it on purpose. I've driven every single one. I had Ireland too but there are some new sections now I need to do and living in the USA now isn't going to make it easy to get the new sections in :-)
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WHBM wrote:I don't think I've driven on the M50 for about 35 years. I presume it hasn't changed much.
By an amazing coincidence I drove the length of the M50, both ways, yesterday, moving on from Worcester to a place south of Hereford. Indeed it hasn't changed much. Two lane, no hard shoulder past bridges (including the long Severn viaduct at Tewkesbury). Some of the overbridges had stone-faced abutments, presumably original. It actually had more traffic midday than I expected. It reminded me somewhat of the older Autobahnen in Germany, with these features and decidedly short/right angled junctions. At least the nearby places were not all called Ausfahrt.
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I have done the full length of all of the GB motorways, in fact only just finished the feat with a stretch of the M876 last month.

Only done part of the NI ones though so cannot keep up with Truvelo.
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A428_Owen wrote:I have done the full length of all of the GB motorways, in fact only just finished the feat with a stretch of the M876 last month.

Only done part of the NI ones though so cannot keep up with Truvelo.
Oh yeah ... I've done the whole length of all the NI ones, except M12.

I've also done the whole length of the RoI M1, M2, M4, M11, M18 and M50.

I've done all of the M7 except the last few kms.
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I did have a list which I put in another thread here years ago but can't find it....

I haven't been to Northern Ireland. In Great Britain, I still need to do these (possibly again to be sure!):

M32 ?
M49 ?
M57 ?
M69
M73
M77
M271
M275
M876

A48(M)
A627(M)
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I've done the full length of all the motorways in Ireland (north and ROI) apart from the new section of M11 and the Port Tunnel.
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I'm pretty sure I've done everything in GB and NI but I've done nothing roads-wise in RoI apart from the bus into town from Dublin Airport!

For years now I've been planning to get over to see all the new stuff but something else always seems to crop up to get in the way.
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NI - all full
M1
M2
M3
M5
A8(M)
M12
M22

RoI
M50 full
M1 full
M7 - the sections that were in place in 2003

GB
M6 full
M74/A74(M) - full before the Glasgow extension (2006ish)
M77 full
M9 full
M90 - full before the Forth Road Bridge spur (2006ish), both Perth spurs
M876 full
A823(M) full
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You appear to be missing the M5 between Strensham and Bristol, which happens to pass through some of the most glorious countryside you will see from any British motorway!
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Owain wrote:
You appear to be missing the M5 between Strensham and Bristol, which happens to pass through some of the most glorious countryside you will see from any British motorway!
J11A-15 has always been tangential to me, and the one time I took the A417/9 route* (with Ritchie333 driving back to the Soton area after the 2005 AGM), it was via M50 J3 and the A40 between Gloucester and Ross.

*also tangential to me for most of my life, and when I was in Southampton it was hard to persuade drivers, as a non-driver, to ignore signs for The MIDLANDS and go via the just-as-good route via Swindon and Gloucester to get to the Midlands when seeking the A5 towards Wales.
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M1 - Been on all of it both ways, not at once though.
M10 - Done it both ways end to end when it was open.
M11 - Done it both ways end to end countless times.
M18 - Done it both ways end to end countless times.
M180 - Done it both ways end to end.
M181 - Done it both ways end to end, only once that I can think of though.
M2 - Done it both ways end to end.
M20 - Done it both ways end to end, only once that I can think of though.
M23 - Done it both ways end to end.
M25 - Been on every bit of it countless times. Did a lap of it in a day once (went to pick a mate up from Gatport Airwick and went down one side and up the other.
M26 - Done it both ways end to end.
M27 - Done it both ways end to end a few times.
M271 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day, not all at once though.
M275 - Done all of it both ways a couple of times in a day (doesn't take long though)
M3 - Been on all of it both ways, not at once though.
M32 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day, not all at once though.
M4 - Been on all of it both ways, not at once though.
M40 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day.
M42 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day, countless times. Used to commute most of it for a while.
M45 - Done it both ways end to end, including twice on the same day. Basically any excuse I get.
M48 - Done it both ways end to end, on the same day a few times. Basically any excuse I get.
M49 - Done it both ways end to end, on the same day a few times until I discovered the above.
M50 - Done it both ways end to end, on the same day a few times
M53 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day
M54 - Done it both ways end to end plenty of times, including twice on the same day.
M55 - Done it both ways end to end
M56 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day
M57 - Probably been on all of it both ways on the same day.
M58 - Probably been on all of it both ways on the same day.
M6 - Been on all of it both ways, but not done a length on the same day.
M6 Toll - Done it both ways end to end on the same day as a passenger. I'm too tight to go on by choice though.
M60 - Done 1.5 times round in one go one way... cause even I get lost sometimes. Probably been on every bit of it the other way as well.
M602 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day
M606 - Done it both ways end to end, including on the same day
M61 - Definitely NB, not sure about SB.
M62 - Been on all of it. Done EB in a day, not sure about WB
M621 - Done it all both ways, didn't need to, but I wanted to tick it off. Been on all of it both ways legitimately.
M65 - Don't think I've been EB on the spur to the west of the M6, done the rest both ways though in the same day.
M66 - Been on all of it both ways in the same day.
M67 - Been on all of it both ways in the same day.
M69 - Used to commute the length of it both ways most days.
M73 - Done it all both ways.
M74/A74(M) - Done it all both ways on the same day.
M77 - Done it all both ways on the same day. SB twice on the same day.
M8 - Done it both ways in one day, one way as a passenger though.
M80 - All of it, but one way only (towards Stirling).
M876 - Not at all
M898 - One way only
M9 - Both ways end to end, not on the same day though, possibly not even in the same year.
M90 - Both ways end to end, not on the same day though, possibly not even in the same year.
A1(M) - All of both bits both ways. All of the SB in a day (Catterick to Barnet)
A167(M) - All of it both ways in a day.
A194(M) - All of it both ways in a day.
A3(M) - All of it both ways in a day.
A329(M) - All of it, not done SB in one go though.
A38(M) - Both ways, so very many times.
A404(M) - All of it both ways in a day.
A48(M) - All of it, both ways, not on the same day though.
A57(M) - All of it both ways in a day.
A58(M) - Probably into the city only.
A601(M) - All of it, both ways, in about 15 minutes.
A6144(M) - All of it, both ways, several times in a day more than once.
A627(M) - Probably been on all of it going every way.
A635(M) - Probably been on all of it, both ways on the same day.
A64(M) - Probably been on all of it.
A66(M) - Probably been on all of it both ways.
A666(M) - Probably been on all of it both ways.
A823(M) - M876 - Not at all

NI

M1 - All of it both ways in a day.
M12 - All of it both ways in a day.
M2 - All of it both ways, both bits.
M22 - All of it both ways in a day.
M3 - All of it both ways in a day.
M5 - All of it both ways in a day.
A8(M) - All of it both ways in a day.

Not a bad score.
Been everywhere... can't remember any of it

Was fun though :laugh:
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BeenEverywhere wrote:Not a bad score.
Not bad at all - but, at the risk of looking like I'm obsessed with the M5, you also appear to be missing it!
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Good spot!

Yep, been end to end a few times, not both ways in a day though, only as far south as the m50 and back again.
Been everywhere... can't remember any of it

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A308(M) also missing. By accident?
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BeenEverywhere wrote:Good spot!

Yep, been end to end a few times, not both ways in a day though, only as far south as the m50 and back again.
Dammit! I thought I had you there!!
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Nope
Chris Bertram wrote:A308(M) also missing. By accident?
But he has. I've been on the roundabout at the start of it, and I think I've actually been on the one at the other end, but I don't think why I'd I've actually been on it.
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BeenEverywhere wrote:Nope
Chris Bertram wrote:A308(M) also missing. By accident?
But he has. I've been on the roundabout at the start of it, and I think I've actually been on the one at the other end, but I don't think why I'd I've actually been on it.
The usual reason is to get from Maidenhead to the M4. Though that's not my normal reason - I'd be heading from Birmingham to Woking!
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