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Encyclopedia > M180 motorway

The M180 motorway is a major road in England. The motorway runs east from M18 motorway near Thorne to the junction of the A15 and A180 roads near Humberside Airport. Its twenty-five mile long route passes Scunthorpe and Brigg, as it carries vehicles to the ports of Immingham and Grimsby, on the east coast. The motorway bypass around Brigg was discussed for many years, but the Flixborough explosion gave it more importance, and was built three years later in 1977, as the second section of the motorway. The initial, and somewhat diminutive section of the motorway was the short-lived A18(M) also known as the Tudworth Link, which connected the roundabout junction with the M18 to the A18/A614. The easterly A18(M) sliproad is still used, though the original roundabout at junction 1, has now been replaced by a bridge close to Tudworth Hall Farm. The last section to be built was the Trent viaduct which opened in October 1979 by Kenneth Clarke. It was 43 weeks late because of strikes and bad weather. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... A motorway (in United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some other Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... The M18 motorway is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. ... Thorne is a town in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Lincolnshire. ... The A15 is a major road in England. ... Humberside Airport is situated in North Lincolnshire, England, 10 miles west of Grimsby and 15 miles south of Kingston Upon Hull, England. ... Location within the British Isles Scunthorpe is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ... Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to Flixborough (near Scunthorpe), North Lincolnshire, on 1 June 1974. ... The A614 is a section of road running north from junction 34 of the A1 at Blyth, south of Doncaster, up to Hatfield, South Yorkshire where it meets the A18. ... The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. ... Kenneth Clarke The Right Honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke QC (born July 2, 1940) is a leading Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ...


Three lanes wide for most of its duration (aside from a short two lane section past Scunthorpe), it is pretty much straight and flat. Location within the British Isles Scunthorpe is the administrative centre of the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. ...


The M180 has its own spur - the M181. It is somewhat ironic that while the M180 has to make do with a roundabout junction with the M18, its spur has a large, freeflowing trumpet interchange! Due its resounding emptiness, even on busy days, people who own cars with a high top speed have lovingly chosen the M180 for their own private speed demonstration track. At the start of the M180 - the Doncaster North services, owned by Moto, may be the best part for many drivers. Drinking plenty of coffee here will keep your car pointing in the right direction along the motorway. The M181 motorway links the town of Scunthorpe, England to the M180 motorway. ... A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ... The M18 motorway is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. ... In the field of road transport, a road junction is a place where two or more roads either meet or cross. ... Moto Hospitality is a company which operates motorway service stations in the UK. It is owned by the Compass Group. ...


It was extended in the 1980s, but as the all purpose A180 - a two lane dual carriageway which continued on to Grimsby and Cleethorpes. The £18m six mile section from Brigg to Ulceby was opened in March 1983, and the £21m seven mile section from Ulceby to Grimsby in late 1983. The road surface of this section is particularly noisy. The lack of observable landscape features, the flat and straight dimensions of the road, and the hypnotic effect of the concrete surface have helped to make it difficult for some drivers to stay awake whilst at the wheel when tired, or have had not enough sleep. Many of the fatalities on the road have been attributed to drivers being asleep at the wheel. Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of Cleethorpes Cleethorpes, UK, Beach and Pier Cleethorpes is a town in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated at the mouth of the river Humber. ... Hypnotic can be used to describe the state of hypnosis. ... A girl sleeping Sleep is the regular state of natural unconsciousness observed in all mammals and birds. ...


Famous Patrons of the M180

Gary Hart - nodded off on the M62 after driving the entire length of the M180, causing the Selby rail crash, and killing ten people. ... The M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. ... The Selby rail crash was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of February 28, 2001. ...


External Links

  • CBRD
  • A180 is quietened down.
  • UK Motorway Archive.
Motorways of Great Britain
Boundaries M1 - M2 - M3 - M4 - M5 - M6 - M8 - M9
1-zone M10 - M11 - M18 - M180 - M181
2-zone M20 - M23 - M25 - M26 - M27 - M271 - M275
3-zone M32
4-zone M40 - M42 - M45 - M48 - M49
5-zone M50 - M53 - M54 - M55 - M56 - M57 - M58
6-zone M60 - M61 - M62 - M65 - M66 - M67 - M69 - M602 - M621
7-zone M73 - M74 - M77
8-zone M80 - M876 - M898
9-zone M90
Toll Motorways
M6 Toll
A-roads with motorway restrictions
A1(M) - A3(M) - A38(M) - A48(M) - A57(M) - A58(M) - A64(M) - A66(M) - A167(M) -
A194(M) - A308(M) - A329(M) - A404(M) - A601(M) - A627(M) - A823(M) - A6144(M)
List of motorways in the United Kingdom

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M180 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (525 words)
The motorway bypass around Brigg was discussed for many years, but the Flixborough explosion gave it more importance, and was built three years later in 1977, as the second section of the motorway.
The initial, and somewhat diminutive section of the motorway was the short-lived A18(M) also known as the Tudworth Link, which connected the roundabout junction with the M18 to the A18/A614.
At the start of the M180 - the Doncaster North services, owned by Moto, may be the best part for many drivers.
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