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The '''M42''' is a motorway in the [[Midlands]] of England. It runs from the [[M5 motorway]] at [[Bromsgrove]], Worcestershire to Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, from which is continues as the all-purpose '''A42''' to the [[M1 motorway|M1]], near [[East Midlands Airport]].

The '''M42''' is a motorway in the [[Midlands]] of England. It runs from the [[M5 motorway]] at [[Bromsgrove]], Worcestershire to Appleby Magna, Leicestershire, from which is continues as the all-purpose '''A42''' to the [[M1 motorway|M1]], near [[East Midlands Airport]].

The motorway is 40 miles long (with the combined length of it and the A42 being 55 miles) and, linking the M1 and M5 motorways, it forms part of the link between [[Northern England|the North]] and [[East Midlands]] of England and the [[West Country]]. In [[Warwickshire]], the M42 forms a box around the [[Birmingham]] built-up area, running to the east of the city, and includes a multiplex with the M6 Toll.

Constructed between 1976 and 1989, the motorway is 40 miles long (with the combined length of it and the A42 being 55 miles) and, linking the M1 and M5 motorways, it forms part of the link between [[Northern England|the North]] and [[East Midlands]] of England and the [[West Country]]. In [[Warwickshire]], the M42 forms a box around the [[Birmingham]] built-up area, running to the east of the city, and includes a multiplex with the M6 Toll (which was opened in 2003). The M42 serves Birmingham Airport. The northern terminus of the [[M40 motorway|M40]], which links Birmingham to the London built-up area, is also on the M42.

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