M10 motorway

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M10 motorway
Length	2.8 miles 4.5 km
Direction	West – East
Start	Hemel Hempstead
Primary destinations	None
End	St Albans
Construction dates	1959 - entire motorway
Motorways joined	M1 motorway

M10 south of St Albans

The M10 is a motorway in Hertfordshire. It is around 3 miles (4.5 km) long. It runs from the M1 motorway at Junction 7 to the A414 North Orbital road at Park Street roundabout.

1 History
2 Future Plans
3 Junctions
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The road opened in 1959. This section was designed and constructed as part of the St Albans bypass (along with the M1 junctions 5–10a) ^[1]. It was a spur built to distribute the traffic heading south on the M1^[2] onto the A5 (now A5183) and, as an alternative, via the North Orbital Road and the A6 to the A1 Barnet Bypass. The main route from the M1 to the A1 in London was though, via the A41 Watford bypass to Berrygrove. Two distributors were required because the capacity of the A roads was much less than that of the motorway, and the traffic therefore needed to be split up to avoid congestion at each end which would have rendered the motorway useless. The M45 is the equivalent road at the northern end of the 1959 section of M1.

[edit] Future Plans

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It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the road's construction and/or completion approaches and more information becomes available.

With the widening of the M1 between the M25 and Luton, the M10 is due to be downgraded to an A road, with collector distributor lanes linking directly to the next junction (no.8) for Hemel Hempstead. As traffic can now get to junction 8 of the M1 without actually joining it, there is no need to keep the M10 as a motorway. The M10 will become part of the A414^[3], though restrictions will still apply. Whilst it has been suggested that the designation M10 is being retained for the A1(M) if this is ever completed as a through route, this has not been confirmed^[4].

[edit] Junctions

M10 Motorway
Westbound exits	Junction	Eastbound exits
The NORTH M1	M1 J7	Start of motorway
Start of motorway	J1	Hatfield A414 St Albans, Radlett A5183 Bricket Wood A405

[edit] See also

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

[edit] External links

	Motorways in the United Kingdom
Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898
A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M)

	Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M)	edit

Past: M16 • M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M) Unbuilt: M12 • M13 • M15 • M31 • M64 Future: M4 Toll