Leeds to Bristol
M1 The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway.
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The average daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 vehicles per day.
The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959.
20 million tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavated to make way for the M1.
The southern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at a cost of £16.5 million.
13,000 vehicles were estimated to use the M1 on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of just over 88,000.
72 miles of the southern section of the road was built in just 19 months. This works out on average at one mile every eight days, costing £16.5 million
The cost of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today would approximately be £1.5 billion). In the early days there was no speed limit, no central reservation, no crash barriers and no motorway lighting.
The heaviest traffic flow is between junction 7-10.
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