M48 motorway

M48
The Severn Bridge (M48)
Route information
Maintained by Highways England and the South Wales Trunk Road Agency
Length12 mi (19 km)
Existed1966–present
Major junctions
East endAwkley
Major intersections
J21 → M4 motorway

J23 → M4 motorway
West endUndy
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Primary
destinations		Chepstow
Road network
  • Roads in the United Kingdom
← M45M49 →

The M48 is a motorway in the United Kingdom. It links Gloucestershire, England with Monmouthshire, Wales over the Severn Bridge. The motorway is 12 miles (19 km) long.[1][2]

Junctions

M48 motorway
mile km Eastbound exits (B carriageway) Junction Westbound exits (A carriageway)
117.6 189.3 London, Bristol M4 M4 J21
Terminus 		Chepstow, Services M48
Start of motorway
120.5 193.9 Avonmouth A403, Services J1
Services 		Avonmouth A403, Services
121.1
122.8 		194.9
197.6 		Severn Bridge
Entry into England
Wye Bridge 		River Severn
Border
River Wye 		Severn Bridge
Entry into Wales
Wye Bridge
123.2
123.4 		198.2
198.6 		Chepstow A466 (A48)
Cas – gwent 		J2 Chepstow A466 (A48)
Cas – gwent
130.2 209.6 Start of motorway
Chepstow, Services M48
Cas – gwent, Gwasanaethau 		Terminus
M4 J23 		Newport, Cardiff M4
Casnewydd, Caerdydd
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

References

  1. ↑ "Motorway Database – M48". CBRD. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  2. ↑ Steven Jukes. "Pathetic Motorways". Pathetic.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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