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M50 Motorway (england)




  Length-mi 21
  Length-km 34
  Direction East - West
  Start Strensham
  Destinations None
  End Ross-on-Wye
  Opening-date 1960
  Completion-date 1962
  Junctions <br> M5 Motorway


The M50 motorway in England & Wales runs for twenty-one miles westward from the M5 Motorway just north of Tewkesbury , to meet the A40 Road and A449 Road at Ross-on-Wye . It was built between 1960 and 1962 , and is one of the few British motorways not to have been widened, retaining its original layout of only two lanes in each direction.

Junctions

(M5 Junction 8) The motorway starts at a roundabout which is Junction 8 on the

Junction 1 Junction 1 is a Parclo . The M50 meets with the A38 , the second longest A-road in the United Kingdom.

Junction 2 After crossing the River Severn , Junction 2 arrives. The M50 meets with the A417 at this junction, which has an almost 90 degree exit ramp.

Junction 3 Junction 3 is the interchange of the B4421 and the M50. All of the Slip Road s at this junction are at 90 degree angles, which is a hazard for high speed driving.

Junction 4 The M50 ends here, at a Roundabout with the A449.


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