What does M stand for in UK roads?

Motorways always have two carriageways with a central reservation. There are no footpaths or cycle lanes on the motorway. The hard shoulder on the left-hand side is for emergencies. Motorway signs are blue with white text. There's an 'M' prefix or suffix in the route name, e.g. M6 or A1 (M).



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There is no M7 because there has never been a need to replace the A7 with a motorway. There was an idea in the 1990s to build a new toll road linking Edinburgh and the A74 (M), along the lines of the A702, and the idea was floated that this could take the M7 number.

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When the M1 was upgraded to four lanes between the M25 and Luton, the M10 was killed off. Collector-distributor roads were built alongside the M1, and the A414 was routed on what was the M10, up the parallel carriageways alongside the M1 and off to join the next section of A414 at junction 8.

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The A7 (Carlisle to Edinburgh) goes through more mountainous land. A motorway is not needed in the region, so it is not built. The A7 has been deemed an appropriate route for traffic that is needed to go from Carlisle to Edinburgh.

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At 231 miles (370km), the M6 is the UK's longest motorway. It runs from Catthorpe (junction 19 on the M1) to the Scottish Border. The M62 is the highest motorway in the UK. It reaches 1,220ft (372m) near the Pennine Way footbridge.

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In the United States, there are more than 30,000 deaths due to motor vehicle collisions every single year. In Britain, on the other hand, fewer than 2,000 people lose their lives in motor vehicle crashes annually. This significant discrepancy in death rates can be explained, in part, by differences in population.

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