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[[Image:Motorway.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The M6 motorway running through Britain's [[Lake District]]]]
[[Image:Motorway.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The M6 motorway running through Britain's [[Lake District]]]]
A '''motorway''' is the British term for a high speed divided highway with limited access points on which only certain forms of motor traffic are permitted, analagous to a US ''freeway'', a German ''Autobahn'', French ''autoroute'', etc<ref>http://www.cbrd.co.uk/roadsfaq/#41</ref>. As of 31 March 2004, the Motorway network in [[England]] totalled 4,818 miles (7,754 km); this figure does not include [[Wales]], [[Scotland]] or [[Northern Ireland]]<ref>http://www.highways.gov.uk/aboutus/1385.aspx</ref>.
A '''motorway''' is the British term for a high speed divided highway with limited access points on which only certain forms of motor traffic are permitted, analagous to a US ''freeway'', a German ''Autobahn'', French ''autoroute'', etc<ref>http://www.cbrd.co.uk/roadsfaq/#41</ref>. As of 31 March 2004, the Motorway network in [[England]] totalled 4,818 miles (7,754 km); this figure does not include [[Wales]], [[Scotland]] or [[Northern Ireland]]<ref>http://www.highways.gov.uk/aboutus/1385.aspx</ref>.
==History==
The first motorway in Great Britain was the M6 [[Preston]] [[by-pass]], opened on 5 December 1958. However, the first substantial length of motorway to open was the M1 from [[London]] to [[Northamptonshire]], on 2 November 1959.
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