Is the A282 part of M25?

To the east of London the two ends of the M25 are joined to complete a loop by the non-motorway A282 Dartford Crossing of the River Thames between Thurrock and Dartford. The crossing consists of twin two-lane tunnels and the four-lane QE2 (Queen Elizabeth II) bridge, with a main span of 450 metres (1,480 ft).



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Despite all the hype, the M25 isn't even a full circle. The Dartford Crossing (comprising the Dartford Tunnels and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge) over the Thames in the east and its approach roads are designated A282, because the first Tunnel was built in the 1960s as a local connection.

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Plans developed into a single ring motorway, now just called the M25, and work began in 1975. It passes through five counties: Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex and was built in a series of sections.

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Junction 2: (Start of Motorway) Gravesend, A2. Junction 3: Swanley, M20. Junction 4: Orpington, Bromley. Junction 5: Sevenoaks, M26.

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How the M25 got its name. The same principle explains the M25, which at its oldest point (the section crossing Surrey) follows the path of the older A25. These roads are all in the South East, which forms Zone 2 of the country's motorway system. This explains why they all contain 2 somewhere in their name.

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Firstly, I had to plan the route. All I knew was that it would make sense to start and finish at the Dartford Crossing, although at the time I didn't realise that pedestrians couldn't walk across the bridge. The M25 motorway circles London but because it is a motorway, you can't actually walk on the M25 itself.

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The Dartford Crossing itself is on the road labelled A282. If you wish to avoid taking the crossing, travelling southbound, you must exit the motorway at Junction 30, taking the A13 west into London central or A13 east towards Stanford-le-Hope and Southend-on-Sea.

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Junctions and services The M25 has been criticised for having too many junctions; 14 of them serve only local roads. In 2016, Edmund King, president of the Automobile Association, attributed congestion on the M25 to excessive junctions.

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