M26 motorway facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lua error in Module:Infobox_road/map at line 15: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | ||||
The M26 as it joins the M25. The A21 is crossing above on the bridge.
|
||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 9.9 mi (15.9 km) | |||
| Existed | 1980–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Chevening | |||
 M25 motorway Junction 5  M20 motorway Junction 3 |
||||
| East end | Addington | |||
| Location | ||||
| Primary destinations: |
Sevenoaks | |||
| Road network | ||||
|
||||
→The M26 is a short motorway in Kent, England. It links the M25 with the M20 for clockwise traffic near Sevenoaks. It is about 10 miles (16 km) long.
Junctions
| M26 motorway junctions | |||||
| miles | km | Westbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Eastbound exits (A carriageway) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Gatwick Airport M23 Heathrow Airport M4 Redhill A25 |
M25 J5 | Start of motorway Dartford Crossing, London (S.E.) M25. Sevenoaks, Hastings A21 |
51°17′29″N 0°08′34″E / 51.29145°N 0.14282°E |
| 8.6 9.3 |
13.9 15.0 |
Wrotham, Borough Green A20 Sevenoaks (A25) Paddock Wood (B2016) |
J2a | Borough Green A25 Gravesend, Wrotham (A227) |
51°18′07″N 0°20′06″E / 51.30207°N 0.33508°E |
| 10.3 | 16.6 | Start of motorway | M20 J3 | Road continues as M20 towards Maidstone | 51°18′26″N 0°21′32″E / 51.30733°N 0.35877°E |
Notes
|
|||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Images for kids
-
M26 looking east at junction 5. The A21 from Sevenoaks is crossing on the bridge in the foreground.
-
Map of Ringway 4 showing M26 as part of a single route with the M25
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
M26 motorway Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.