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What was the first motorway in england?
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The Preston Bypass, know known as the M6 was the first motorway in the UK. It was constructed by Tarmac Construction Company and opened by the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan on 5th December 1958.
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its on the M62. The M62 is the. highest motorway. in the UK, reaching 1220 feet (372m). where it crosses Saddleworth Moor. It is also perhaps the most renumbered. motorway in Britain
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The M25 (London Orbital Motorway) between junction 12 and 15 carrying on average 180,000 to 200,000, in typical peak periods traffic can reach above 200,000, and on other sections
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The M6 is the longest motorway in England, stretching 226.7 miles from Rugby in the Midlands through the north-west of England to Gretna on the Scottish border.
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The M1 or M6 motorway's traveling North-South.
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