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M45 motorway
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Route information
Length 7.9 mi (12.7 km)
Existed 1959–present
Major junctions
From Watford Gap
  UK-Motorway-M1.svg
M1 motorway
To Thurlaston
Location
Primary
destinations:		 Rugby, Coventry
Road network
  • Roads in the United Kingdom
← M42 M48 →

The M45 is a motorway in the West Midlands, England. It links the M1 with the A45 south of Rugby. The A45 then goes on into Coventry, Solihull, and Birmingham. The motorway is about 8 miles (13 km) long. It is not very busy, mostly because many people use the M6 instead.

Junctions

M45 motorway junctions
miles km Northbound exits (A carriageway) Junction Southbound exits (B carriageway)
7.7 12.4 Coventry, Rugby, A45
Dunchurch B4429		 J1 Start of motorway
6.0 9.7 No access Daventry A45
0.1 0.2 Start of motorway M1, J17 The south, Northampton M1
Notes
  • Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are obtained from driver location signs/location marker posts. Where a junction spans several hundred metres and the data is available, both the start and finish values for the junction are shown.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


Images for kids

  • M45 Motorway near Barby - geograph.org.uk - 31743

    A bridge carrying disused Great Central Railway is in the distance.

  • M45 Motorway Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 41012

    One of the original Owen Williams bridges

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