The M18 is a

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. It runs from the east of

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and is approximately long. A section of the road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E13.

Route

The M18 runs in a north-east–south-west direction from junction 32 of the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) motorway, A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the count ...

to junction 35 of the

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. It passes east of

, south-east of

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and Armthorpe, and west of Thorne. It meets the A1(M) at junction 2 (A1(M) junction 35) — known as the Wadworth Interchange — and the

M180 motorway The M180 is a motorway in eastern England, starting at junction 5 on the M18 motorway in Hatfield, within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and terminating at Barnetby, Lincolnshire, some from the port of Immingha ...

at junction 5. Access to Doncaster is provided from junctions 3 (

A6182 The A6182 is a dual carriageway in Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, Doncaster that runs west and north from the former Doncaster Sheffield Airport to junction 3 of the M18 motorway (Great Britain), M18 and then on to Hyde Park, an inner subu ...

) and 4 ( A630) The middle half of the M18 is a two-lane dual carriageway, and carries relatively low volumes of traffic. However, the M1 to A1(M) section and M180 to M62 section are much busier, with three lanes in each direction, and there is a small three-lane section northbound between junctions 2 and 3. It passes over the Wadworth Viaduct at junction 2. To the north it then crosses the

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, and until its closure and the dismantling of the pit head gear, a large colliery could be seen to the south at Rossington.

History

* Junction 1 to junction 2 opened in 1967 * Junction 5 to junction 6 opened in 1972 * Junction 6 to junction 7 opened in 1975 * Junction 4 to junction 5 opened in 1977 * Junction 2 to junction 4 opened in 1979 The M18 was originally to be part of the M1, but it was decided to route the M1 towards

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instead of

, and the routing of what would have been the M1 east of

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

became the M18. To provide better access to Doncaster town centre and the new Great Yorkshire Way to Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the section of the M18 between junctions 2 and 3 northbound was upgraded to three lanes, between June 2014 and June 2015.

Junctions

Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information.Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map
''Highways Agency'' – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text The location sequence is a continuation of the M1 location sequence. {, style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em; " class="wikitable" , - style="background:#0080d0; text-align:center; color:white;" , colspan="6" , M18 motorway junctions , - !scope=col, miles !scope=col, km !scope=col abbr="Southbound", Southbound exits (B carriageway) !scope=col, Junction !scope=col abbr="Northbound", Northbound exits (A carriageway) !scope=col, Coordinates , - align="center" , 156.8 , 252.4 , The SOUTH,

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M1 , M1, J32 , ''Start of motorway'' , , - style="text-align:center;" , 158.5 , 255.1 , Rotherham A631 , J1 , Rotherham A631 , , - style="text-align:center;" , 163.8 , 263.6 , Newark,

A1(M) , J2 , The NORTH, The SOUTH A1(M) , , - style="text-align:center;" , 165.9 , 267.1 ,

A6182 , J3 , Doncaster A6182
Doncaster Sheffield , , - style="text-align:center;" , 171.8 , 276.5 , Doncaster A630 , J4 , Doncaster A630 , , - style="text-align:center;" , 175.8 , 283.0 ,

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Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town in Lincolnshire, England with a population of 86,138 (as of 2021). It is located near the mouth on the south bank of the Humber that flows to the North Sea. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes dir ...

, Doncaster Sheffield , Humberside M180
'' Doncaster North services'' , J5
''Services'' , Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Doncaster Sheffield , Humberside M180
''Doncaster North Services'' , , - style="text-align:center;" , 177.8 , 286.2 , Thorne A614 , J6 , Thorne A614 , , - style="text-align:center;" , , , ''Entering

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'' , , ''Entering

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'' , , - style="text-align:center;" , 182.7 , 294.0 , ''Start of motorway'' , J7 , The NORTH (A1(M)),

Hull,

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M62 , , - , colspan=6, Notes * Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are obtained from driver location signs/location marker posts. Where a junction spans several hundred metres and the data is available, both the start and finish values for the junction are shown. * Coordinate data from ACME Mapper. , -

References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database – M18

Hotels and restaurants along the motorway.

{{DEFAULTSORT:1-0018 Motorways in England Roads in Yorkshire Roads in Doncaster

Route

History

Junctions

See also

References

External links