M20 motorway
M20 | ||||
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Looking east near Aylesford, 2006 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Part of E15 | ||||
| Maintained by Highways England | ||||
| Length | 50.6 mi (81.4 km) | |||
| Existed | 1971–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1960 (as A20(M)) Renumbered: 1971 Completed: 1991 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Swanley | |||
| J1 → M25 motorway J3 → M26 motorway | ||||
| East end | Folkestone | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Kent | |||
| Primary destinations | London Maidstone Ashford Channel Tunnel Folkestone | |||
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The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England. It connects Folkestone and Dover to the M25 and London. The motorway is important linking London with the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone as well as the ferry port at Dover. [1][2]
Junctions
| M20 motorway | |||
| mile (km) | Westbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Eastbound exits (A carriageway) |
| Road continues as A20 to London | J1 | The North, Dartford Crossing A2, Stansted Airport (M11), The West, Sevenoaks (A21), Reigate (A217), Gatwick Airport (M23), Heathrow Airport (M4) M25 Swanley B2173 | |
| 17.8 (28.7) | The North, Stansted Airport (M11), The West M25 Swanley B2173 |
Start of motorway | |
| 26.2 (42.2) 26.3 (42.4) |
No access | J2 | Paddock Wood, Wrotham A20 Gravesend, Tonbridge A227 |
| 28.1 (45.3) 28.5 (45.8) |
The West, Sevenoaks (A25) Gatwick (M23) Heathrow (M4, M25) M26 |
J3 | No access |
| 30.9 (49.7) 31.3 (50.3) |
West Malling, Rochester, Tonbridge A228 | J4 | West Malling, Rochester, New Hythe A228 |
| 33.6 (54.1) 34.1 (54.8) |
Aylesford A20 | J5 | Maidstone, Aylesford A20 |
| 35.4 (56.9) | Maidstone, Chatham A229 | J6 | Maidstone, Chatham A229 |
| 36.8 (59.2) 37.2 (59.8) |
Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Sheerness A249 | J7 | Maidstone, Sheerness A249 |
| 40.2 (64.7) 40.5 (65.1) |
Maidstone (East) A20 | J8 | Lenham A20 |
| 53.6 (86.3) 54.1 (87.0) |
Ashford A20 Tenterden, Canterbury A28 Faversham A251 |
J9 | Ashford A20 Faversham A251 |
| 56.2 (90.5) 56.5 (91.0) |
No access | J10 | Ashford A292 |
| Ashford A292 Hastings A2070 |
J10a | Hastings A2070 | |
| 63.1 (101.5) 63.5 (102.2) |
Canterbury B2068 Hythe (A261) |
J11 | Canterbury B2068 Hythe (A261) |
| 65.7 (105.8) | No access | J11a | Channel Tunnel |
| 66.8 (107.5) 67.0 (107.8) |
Cheriton, Channel Tunnel A20 | J12 | Cheriton, Channel Tunnel A20 |
| 68.0 (109.4) 68.1 (109.6) |
Start of motorway | J13 | Folkestone A20 |
| Folkestone A20 | Road continues as A20 to Dover | ||
References
- ↑ "The Motorway Archive – M20 Dates". Iht.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ↑ "CBRD » Error 404: Document Not Found". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2016.