List of Temporary Termini in England
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Below is a list of temporary terminus junctions located in England. Do not list junctions intended as temporary that are now permanent (such as M23 J7).
Image | Number | Junction Name | Joined Onto | Location | County | Built | Used until | Location Map | Notes |
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A1(M) | A1 | Stanborough | Hertfordshire | 1973 | 1986 | 0.8 mile south of J5, about 148 yards north of the new A1 bridge crossing the then A6129 Stanborough Road (later B197). Just a continuation onto A1 and a temporary northbound exit from A1 which connected to B197 Great North Road. | |||
A1(M) | A1 | Micklefield | Yorkshire | 1999 | 2005 | Spontaneous motorway. Roads.org.uk Photo Gallery | |||
A1(M) | A1 | Walshford | Yorkshire | 1995 | 2005 | ||||
A12 | A12 | Copdock (Ipswich) - London Road | Suffolk | 1982 | 1984 | Western end of Ipswich Southern Bypass had a roundabout with London Road, pending opening of Copdock Bypass and Copdock Interchange. | |||
A14 | A14 | Cranford St. John | Northamptonshire | 1990 | 1991 | Western end of the Kettering to Thrapston section. Was pending the completion of the Kettering Southern Bypass | |||
M54 | A5 | Central Telford | Shropshire | 1975 | 1983 | Originally planned to be a permanent junction, but Forge Interchange was built instead. Junction closed when M54 extended to east. | |||
A30 | A38 | Exeter Bypass, south of Alphington | Devon | 1975 | 1977 | Exeter Southern Bypass eastern end before the connection to M5. Roundabout on OS October 1975 Dartmoor map. | |||
A30 | A30 | Cummery (Exeter) | Devon | 1976 | 1978 | End of Exeter Southern Bypass section. Roundabout on OS 1977 Dartmoor map. | |||
A30 | Woodleigh Junction | A30 | East of Cheriton Bishop | Devon | 1978 | 1979 | Part of the Cummery (Exeter) to Whiddon Down section | ||
A38 | B3176 | Westcott | Devon | 1968 | 1975 | Conversion of the southern section of Cullompton Bypass to motorway opened on 16 October 1975. Now used as access road for emergency traffic. | |||
A4023 | Marfield Lane | B4497 | Redditch | Worcestershire | 1972 | Shown as an at grade roundabout on the 1974 OS 1:50000 map. Removed when Coventry Highway was extended westwards by 1979. | |||
A329(M) | A321 | Berkshire | 1973 | 1974 | Junction was basically a t junction. Removed when extension was opened to Coppid Beech | ||||
M1 | Page Street | A1 | Middlesex | 1967 | 1977 | southbound sliproad lasted longer. Still complete and accessible by foot. | |||
M18 | A1146 | Hatfield | Yorkshire | 1972 | 1977 | A1146 northbound through traffic used Old Thorne Road and then the narrow Crook Tree Lane bridge, which is still accessible today. | |||
M20 | A20 | West Kingsdown | Kent | 1977 | 1981 | Swanley - West Kingsdown opened on 6 August 1977 per The Gazette. OS 1:50000 of 1978 (revised 1977) showed a T junction. It closed when the M20 was extended south-eastwards to Addington, 13 February 1981 per the Gazette. | |||
M40 | A40 | Holtspur | Buckinghamshire | 1969 | 1971 | ||||
M40 | A40 | Oxfordshire | 1974 | 1991 | now under junction 8. Spontaneous motorway end eastbound. | ||||
M5 | Piffs Elm Interchange | A4019 | M5 J10 | Gloucestershire | 1970 | 1971 | Temporary extra slip rds to allow W<->N freeflow after M5 opened from north on 16 June 1970. M5 extended southwards on 6 April 1971. | ||
M5 | A38 | Thurloxton (Moon Lane) | Somerset | 1975 | 1975 | J24 Huntworth to a widened Moon Lane opened on 2 July 1975 to provide an earlier bypass for North Petherton. The section southwards opened on 4 November 1975. | |||
M6 | Hackthorpe | A6 | Great Strickland | Westmorland | 1968 | 1969 | roundabout, orig S end of Penrith bypass, replaced by Thrimby | ||
M6 | Thrimby | A6 | Little Strickland | Westmorland | 1969 | 1970 | two temp slip rds forming a GS fork with A6 as "main" route | ||
M62 | A645 | Pollington | Yorkshire | 1974 | 1975 | 50m west of Green Lane (possibly Field Lane) north of Pollington. Opened 8 November 1974. Closed on eastwards extension opening on 30 September 1975. Dates per The Gazette. |