M2 Motorway

Length: Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links UK_motorway_M2. ... 25 miles 40 km Direction: West - East Start: Strood Primary destinations: Medway Towns Sheerness End: Location within the British Isles. ... This article is about Medway in England. ... Map sources for Sheerness at grid reference TQ919749 Sheerness is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. ... Faversham Opening date: Location within the British Isles Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. ... 1963 Motorways junctioned: None

There are also M2 motorways in Northern Ireland and Australia

The M2 motorway is a motorway in England. It runs approximately twenty-six miles in Kent, acting as a bypass of the section of the A2 road which runs through the Medway Towns, Sittingbourne and Faversham. It is the only "M" motorway (as opposed to an "A-road(M)" motorway such as the A1(M)) not connected to another motorway. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The M2 motorway in Northern Ireland runs a total of 23 miles, forming two sections of the route from Belfast to Ballymena, bypassing Antrim on the way. ... Motorway mark in Europe A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: 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 (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... For the expressway in Switzerland, see A2 (Switzerland). ... This article is about Medway in England. ... Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (12. ... Location within the British Isles Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. ...

Route of the M2

The road starts near the Medway Towns and bypasses them, heading east before bypassing Sittingbourne and Faversham to end at Brenley Corner just outside Faversham. It has 7 junctions, and from these junctions roads can be accessed leading to Maidstone, Ashford, Sheerness and Canterbury. This article is about Medway in England. ... Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (12. ... Location within the British Isles Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. ... Jump to: navigation, search Maidstone is the county town of Kent, in southeast England, about 30 miles from London. ... Location within the British Isles Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. ... Map sources for Sheerness at grid reference TQ919749 Sheerness is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. ... St Peters St, Canterbury, from the West Gate, 1993 Canterbury (Latin: Duroverum) is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England. ...

Along the way is the Medway Bridge between Junctions 2 and 3, where the motorway crosses the River Medway. Currently the only set of service stations on the M2 is the Medway Services (formerly Farthing Corner) between Junctions 4 and 5. The Medway Towns is the name given to a conurbation located to the north of Kent in England: until 1998 it was part of that county (see below). ...

List of Junctions

• Junction 1 - Rochester, Isle of Grain A289, Rochester A2 [No access to A2 westbound]
• Junction 2 - Rochester, West Malling A228
• Junction 3 - Maidstone, Chatham, Rochester A229
• Junction 4 - Gillingham A278
• Junction 5 - Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Sheerness A249
• Junction 6 - Ashford, Faversham A251
• Junction 7 - Canterbury, Channel Tunnel, Dover A2

The M2 ends at J7, however the A299 continues as a motorway-standard dual carriageway to Margate and Ramsgate via Whitstable and Herne Bay. At J1, the A2 dual carriageway connects the M2 to the M25. Map sources for Rochester at grid reference TQ725695 Rochester is a small town in Kent, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. ... For the expressway in Switzerland, see A2 (Switzerland). ... West Malling is a historic village in Kent, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Maidstone is the county town of Kent, in southeast England, about 30 miles from London. ... Location within the British Isles Chatham is an English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway in the county of Kent. ... The A229 is a major road running through the centre of Kent. ... Gillingham is the name of various places in the United Kingdom: Gillingham, Dorset (pronounced with a hard G) Gillingham, Medway (Kent) (pronounced with a soft G) Gillingham, Norfolk This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sittingbourne is an industrial town about eight miles (12. ... Map sources for Sheerness at grid reference TQ919749 Sheerness is a town on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. ... Location within the British Isles Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. ... Location within the British Isles Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale. ... St Peters St, Canterbury, from the West Gate, 1993 Canterbury (Latin: Duroverum) is a cathedral city in the county of Kent in southeast England. ... Channel Tunnel The British terminal at Cheriton, from the Pilgrims Way The Channel Tunnel, (French: le tunnel sous la Manche; once popularly nicknamed the Chunnel in English) is a 50-km-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Cheriton in Kent, United Kingdom, and... Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ... For the expressway in Switzerland, see A2 (Switzerland). ... Location within the British Isles Margate was known as Meregate (in 1254) or Margate (in 1293) is on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England. ... Ramsgate is an English seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in East Kent was one of the great English seaside towns in the 19th century and is a member of the ancient confederation of Cinque ports. ... Whitstable is a town in Kent, England with a population of 30,000. ... See also Herne Bay, New Zealand. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

History

The M2 was constructed in the 1960s, with the Medway bypass being constructed in 1963 and the rest in 1965. It was planned to extend the road to London and Dover, making the M2 the main route between London and the Channel Ports, but this extension never materialised. The 1960s, or The Sexy Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ...

The M2 stayed much the same until the 1990s. Traffic using it decreased when the M20 was completed from London to Folkestone in 1991, and the M2 merely remains a bypass for the Medway Towns. J1 was altered when the A289 Medway Northern Relief Road was built in the late 1990s. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... The M20 motorway is a major road in England. ... Map sources for Folkestone at grid reference TR2236 Folkestone is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The M2 was still busy from J1-4 though, and in 2000 work began on upgrading the 2-lane M2 to 4 lanes. This meant a redesign of J2 and J3, and a second Medway Bridge was built (the existing one now only has the 4-lane eastbound carriageway, the westbound carriageway is on the new bridge). The Channel Tunnel Rail Link also runs on its own bridge right next to it. This work was finished in 2003. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also: List of motorways in the United Kingdom, A complete listing of motorways in the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• CBRD Motorway Database - M2
• UK Roads Portal

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