The M271 is a short motorway in southern England, near the city of Southampton. It terminates off the A35 trunk road, passes the M27, and ends at a roundabout with the A3057 road near Romsey. The motorway is dual three-lane for 1 mile, and dual two-lane for its remaining 2 mile length. A motorway (Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... 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 Religion... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... The A35 is a trunk road in England. ... The M27 motorway is a major road in England. ... Map sources for Romsey at grid reference SU3521 Romsey is a small market town 4 miles (6 km) to the north-west of Southampton and 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Winchester in Hampshire, England. ...
Motorway regulations, which state 70 limit unless signs indicate a lower limit, are superior to those giving the limits for single or dual carriageways.
It was originally intended to extend this motorway to the M25 and also go further north but this was never completed and the motorway was detrunked quite recently it was the A41(M) as there was already an M41 in London.
The A41 bypass was indeed a motorway until 1993 (the A41(M)).
The motorway was opened in stages between 1972 and 1983.
It is believed that the reason for the otherwise Motorway-standard A27 from the end of the M27 to the junction with the A3(M) is not part of the M27 is that its hard shoulders are not quite wide enough for Motorway regulations.
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