M4 motorway
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The M4, originally the London-South Wales Motorway, is the third-longest motorway in the United Kingdom, running from West London to West Wales. The English section to the Severn Bridge was constructe
Prince of Wales Bridge looking towards Wales, 2009
M4 bridge over the River Neath (left) and original A48(M) bridge (right)
Construction in April 1980
Construction in May 1980
M5 motorway
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The M5 is a motorway in England. It runs south-west from the M6 at junction 8, north-west of Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. The M5 runs through Sandwell Valley and its early sections form part of the
M4 motorway
…crossing. At the same time, the original route over the Severn Bridge was redesignated the M48, and the M49 was opened to link the new crossing with the M5 at Avonmouth. The new M49 shortened the route between South Wales and the South West, and reduced traffic at the busy M4/M5 junction at Almondsbury…
Looking south towards junction 20, 2009
M5 near junction 28, Devon
Almondsbury Interchange with the M4, photographed from the southbound carriageway
Construction in Worcestershire on 18 August 1960, at Fiddington, the M5/M50 trumpet junction, looking towards the 981ft Bredon Hill in the east