M69 motorway

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M69 motorway
Length	15.7 miles 25.3 km
Direction	Southwest - Northeast
Start	Coventry
Primary destinations	Nuneaton Hinckley
End	Leicester
Construction dates	1976 - 1977
Motorways joined	M6 motorway M1 motorway

Heading east along the road

The M69 is a motorway in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England connecting Leicester and Coventry. This 15.7 mile (25.3 km) long road is a dual three lane dual carriageway, but carries a relatively low level of traffic. It is used to provide a shorter route from the M6 eastbound and the M1 northbound and vice versa by avoiding Junction 19 on the M1. It was built to relieve the A46 road.^[1]

1 Route
2 Junctions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route

Starting on the northern suburbs of Coventry at junction 2 of the M6 the motorwary crosses the Coventry Canal and then continues north east past Bulkington and west of Wolvey before turning more easterly to run south of Hinckley. It then crosses the Birmingham to Peterborough railway line before ending on the south west edge of Leicester.

[edit] Junctions

M69 motorway
Northbound exits*	Junction	Southbound exits*
Leicester A5460 (A563) Northampton M1	M1 J21 Terminus	Start of motorway
The NORTH, Nottingham M1	M1 J21 Terminus	No exit
No exit	J2	Hinckley B4669
Nuneaton A5 Hinckley B4109	J1	Nuneaton A5 Hinckley B4109
Start of motorway	M6 J2	Coventry (North), Birmingham The SOUTH, Rugby (Kettering A14) M6 Coventry (Central) A4600 Ansty B4065
Coventry (North), Birmingham The SOUTH, Rugby (Kettering A14) M6 Coventry (Central) A4600 Ansty B4065 Non motorway traffic	M6 J2	Road continues as A46 to Coventry (South) and Leamington Spa

Note: M69 runs south-westerly / north-easterly for the entire route.

[edit] See also

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

^ The Motorway Archive - M69

[edit] External links

	Motorways in the United Kingdom
Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898
A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M)

	Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M)	edit

Past: M16 • M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M) Unbuilt: M12 • M13 • M15 • M31 • M64 Future: M4 Toll