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M18
M18
Route information
	Part of E13
Length	26.5 mi (42.6 km)
Existed	1967–present
History	Constructed 1967–1979
Major junctions
From	Thurcroft; 53°22′52″N 1°16′43″W / 53.3811°N 1.2785°W
	; M1 motorway; ; A1(M) motorway; ; M180 motorway; ; M62 motorway
To	Rawcliffe; 53°40′57″N 0°58′03″W / 53.6825°N 0.9676°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Rotherham, Doncaster
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

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The M18 is a motorway in Yorkshire, England. It runs from the east of Sheffield and Rotherham to Goole and is approximately 26 miles (42 km) 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 to junction 35 of the M62 motorway. It passes east of Rotherham, southeast of Doncaster 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 at junction 5.

Much of the M18 is a two lane dual carriageway, and carries relatively low volumes of traffic. However, the section linking the M1 and A1(M) is much busier and has three lanes in each direction. It then passes over the Wadworth Viaduct. To the north it then crosses the East Coast Main Line, and a until its closure and the dismanteling of the pit head gear, a large colliery could be seen to the south at Rossington.

Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS)

The Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme is a new road scheme^[1] which will run from the M18 at Junction 3 to Robin Hood Airport, improving access to the Airport from the motorway network. FARRRS is due to open in early 2014.

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 Leeds instead of Doncaster, and the routing of what would have been the M1 east of Sheffield became the M18.^[2]

Junctions

Data^[3] from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. The location sequence is a continuation of the M1 location sequence.

miles	km	Southbound exits (B Carriageway)	Junction	Northbound exits (A Carriageway)	Coordinates
M18 motorway junctions
156.8	252.4	The South, Nottingham, Sheffield, Rotherham M1	M1, J32	Start of motorway	53°23′51″N 1°16′06″W / 53.39740°N 1.26823°W / 53.39740; -1.26823 (M18, Start of motorway)
158.5	255.1	Rotherham, Bramley, Hellaby A631	J1	Rotherham, Bramley, Hellaby A631	53°25′25″N 1°15′05″W / 53.42365°N 1.25133°W / 53.42365; -1.25133 (M18, Junction 1)
158.5	263.6	The North, The South, Blyth A1(M)	J2	The North, The South, Doncaster A1(M)	53°28′46″N 1°08′54″W / 53.47941°N 1.14833°W / 53.47941; -1.14833 (M18, Junction 2)
165.9	267.1	Doncaster A6182	J3	Doncaster A6182	53°29′19″N 1°06′55″W / 53.48861°N 1.11520°W / 53.48861; -1.11520 (M18, Junction 3)
171.8	276.5	Doncaster A630	J4	Hatfield, Thorne A630	53°32′23″N 1°01′19″W / 53.53970°N 1.02199°W / 53.53970; -1.02199 (M18, Junction 4)
175.8	283.0	Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Humberside M180 Doncaster North services	J5 Services	Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Humberside M180 Doncaster North Services	53°35′29″N 0°59′14″W / 53.59144°N 0.98722°W / 53.59144; -0.98722 (M18, Junction 5)
177.8	286.2	Hatfield, Thorne A614	J6	Selby, Thorne A614	53°37′07″N 0°58′40″W / 53.61863°N 0.97770°W / 53.61863; -0.97770 (M18, Junction 6)
		Start of motorway	J7	Hull, Goole, Leeds, Manchester M62	53°40′39″N 0°57′56″W / 53.67759°N 0.96568°W / 53.67759; -0.96568 (M18, Junction 7)
Notes Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are obtained from driver location signs/location marker posts. Miles are also shown for information, but are not displayed on the motorway. 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.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Images/FARRRS%20leaflet%20web%20version_tcm2-83357.pdf
^ "The Motorway Archive. M1/M18. Crick to Doncaster". Iht.org. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^ Traffic England Live Traffic Condiiton Map Highways Agency - Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text

External links

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Download coordinates as:

53°30′18″N 1°03′13″W / 53.5050°N 1.0536°W / 53.5050; -1.0536 (M18, approximate mid-point)

[1] ttp://www.doncaster.gov.uk/Images/FARRRS%20leaflet%20web%20version_tcm2-83357.pdf

[2] "The Motorway Archive. M1/M18. Crick to Doncaster". Iht.org. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[3] Traffic England Live Traffic Condiiton Map Highways Agency - Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text

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-| '''mile'''
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-| Southbound exits (B Carriageway)
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 |252.4
 | [[Southern England|The South]], [[Nottingham]], Sheffield, Rotherham [[M1 motorway|<span style="color:white; background:blue">'''M1'''</span>]]
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 | Rotherham, [[Bramley, Rotherham|Bramley]], [[Hellaby]] [[A631 road|<span style="color:gold; background:green">'''A631'''</span>]]
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 |- style="text-align:center;"
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 |263.6
 | The North, The South, [[Blyth, Nottinghamshire|Blyth]] [[A1(M) motorway (Great Britain)|<span style="color:white; background:blue">'''A1(M)'''</span>]]
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 |- style="text-align:center;"
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 |267.1
 | Doncaster [[A6182 road|<span style="color:gold; background:green">'''A6182'''</span>]]
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 |276.5
 | Doncaster [[A630 road|<span style="color:gold; background:green">'''A630'''</span>]]
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 |- style="text-align:center;"
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 |283.0
 | [[Scunthorpe]], [[Grimsby]], [[Humberside Airport|Humberside]] {{rail-interchange|air}} [[M180 motorway|<span style="color:white; background:blue">'''M180'''</span>]]<br>''[[Doncaster North services]]''
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 |- style="text-align:center;"
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 |286.2
 | Hatfield, Thorne [[A614 road|<span style="color:black; background:white">'''A614'''</span>]]
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 | Hull, Goole, [[Leeds]], [[Manchester]] [[M62 motorway|<span style="color:white; background:blue">'''M62'''</span>]]
 | <small>{{coord|53.67759|N|0.96568|W|dim:4000_region:GB|display=inline|name=M18, Junction 7}}</small>
-|}
+|-
+|colspan=6|'''Notes'''
+*Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are obtained from [[driver location signs]]/location marker posts. Miles are also shown for information, but are not displayed on the motorway. 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.
+|-
+{{legendRJL|country=GBR|col1=}}
 ==See also==