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M45
M45
	M45 highlighted in blue
Route information
	Maintained by National Highways
Length	7.9 mi (12.7 km)
Existed	1959–present
Major junctions
East end	Watford Gap
	; M1 motorway; A45;
West end	Thurlaston
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Rugby, Coventry
Road network
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The M45 is a motorway in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, England and is 7.9 miles (12.7 km) long. It runs between junction 17 of the M1 motorway south east of Rugby and a junction with the A45 road southwest of Rugby. It has one of the lowest traffic volumes of the United Kingdom motorway system.^{[citation needed]}

History

Built in 1959 when the M1 (as part of a link from London to Birmingham) went as far as Junction 18, the M45 was designed to dissipate some of the motorway traffic before the M1 terminated.^[1] Its equivalent at the southern end of the M1 is the former M10, which was downgraded on 1 May 2009 to become part of the A414.

As the signposted route to Birmingham, accompanied by a boom in private motor ownership in the 1960s, the M45 (and its effective continuation, the final 30 miles (48 km) or so along the predominantly dual carriageway A45), formed a key leg of one of the busiest roads in Britain.^[2]

In 1972, the opening of the M6 parallel to the north provided a much faster route through to the West Midlands from London. Most traffic diverted to this route, and since January 1991 additional West Midlands traffic,^[3] whether to the south of that region, or from the south side of London has often used the M40 motorway parallel to the south, leaving the route with only a fraction of its previous traffic.

A limited-access junction (Eastbound exit and Westbound entry) was added in September 1991,^{[citation needed]} around two-thirds of the way along from the M1, south of Dunchurch, the main southern suburban village (to Rugby) nearby. Apart from this, the motorway is very much in its 'as-built' condition and unlike its feeder motorway, the M1 its land use has not expanded, in a county that has three motorways running east–west almost wholly across it, Warwickshire. The choice of routes means that logistics operations are an important part of the economy of Coventry and Rugby.

Junctions

Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information.^[4]

miles	km	Westbound exits (A carriageway)	Junction	Eastbound exits (B carriageway)
M45 motorway junctions
7.7	12.4	Coventry, Rugby, A45 Dunchurch B4429	J1	Start of motorway
6.0	9.7	No access		Daventry A45
		Entering Warwickshire		Entering Northamptonshire
0.1	0.2	Start of motorway	M1, J17	The south, Northampton M1
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 Incomplete access

Notes

^ "The Motorway Archive Scheme Page". Iht.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "M45 at the motorway database". Cbrd.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "M40. Waterstock (J8A) to Umberslade (M42 - J3A)". Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Highways Agency – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text.

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[1] "The Motorway Archive Scheme Page". Iht.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[2] "M45 at the motorway database". Cbrd.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[3] "M40. Waterstock (J8A) to Umberslade (M42 - J3A)". Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

[4] Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Highways Agency – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text.

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-{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
 {{infobox road
-|country=GBR
+| country = GBR
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+| type = M
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+| route = 45
+| maint = [[National Highways]]
-|length_mi=    7.9
+| map = {{maplink-road |from=M45 motorway.map}}
-|  direction=    East – West
+| map_custom = yes
-|terminus_a=        [[Watford Gap]]
+| map_notes = M45 highlighted in blue
-|destinations= [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], [[Coventry]]
+| length_mi = 7.9
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+| direction_a = East
-|established= 1959
+| terminus_a = [[Watford Gap]]
-|junction=    [[File:UK-Motorway-M1.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M1 motorway]]
+| destinations = [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], [[Coventry]]
+| direction_b = West
+| terminus_b = [[Thurlaston, Warwickshire|Thurlaston]]
+| previous_type = M
+| next_type = M
+| previous_route = 42
+| next_route = 48
+| established = 1959
+| junction = *[[File:UK-Motorway-M1.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M1 motorway]]
+*{{jct|country=GBR|A|45}}
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-[[File:M45 Motorway Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 41012.jpg|thumb|right|One of the original Owen Williams bridges]]
+[[File:M45 Motorway Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 41012.jpg|thumb|right|One of the original [[Owen Williams (engineer)|Owen Williams]] bridges]]
-The '''M45''' is a [[motorway]] in [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Warwickshire]], England and is {{convert|7.9|mi|km}} long. It runs from junction 17 of the [[M1 motorway]] south east of [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] and ends with a junction with the [[A45 road]] southwest of Rugby.  It has one of the lowest traffic volumes of the United Kingdom motorway system.
+The '''M45''' is a [[motorway]] in [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Warwickshire]], England and is {{convert|7.9|mi|km}} long. It runs between junction 17 of the [[M1 motorway]] south east of [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]] and a junction with the [[A45 road]] southwest of Rugby.  It has one of the lowest traffic volumes of the United Kingdom motorway system.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
 ==History==
-Built in 1959 when the M1 (as part of a link from London to [[Birmingham]]) went as far as Junction 18, the M45 was designed to dissipate some of the motorway traffic before the M1 terminated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm |title=The Motorway Archive Scheme Page |publisher=Iht.org |date= |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> Its equivalent at the southern end of the M1 is the former [[M10 motorway (Great Britain)|M10]], which was downgraded on 1 May 2009 to become part of the A414.
+Built in 1959 when the M1 (as part of a link from London to [[Birmingham]]) went as far as Junction 18, the M45 was designed to dissipate some of the motorway traffic before the M1 terminated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021104195212/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2002 |title=The Motorway Archive Scheme Page |publisher=Iht.org |access-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref> Its equivalent at the southern end of the M1 is the former [[M10 motorway (Great Britain)|M10]], which was downgraded on 1 May 2009 to become part of the [[A414 road|A414]].
-As the signposted route to Birmingham, accompanied by a boom on private motor ownership in the 1960s, the M45 (and its effective continuation, the final {{convert|30|mi|km}} or so along the predominantly dual carriageway A45), formed a key leg of one of the busiest roads in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m45/ |title=M45 at the motorway database |publisher=Cbrd.co.uk |date= |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>
+As the signposted route to Birmingham, accompanied by a boom in private motor ownership in the 1960s, the M45 (and its effective continuation, the final {{convert|30|mi|km}} or so along the predominantly dual carriageway A45), formed a key leg of one of the busiest roads in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m45/ |title=M45 at the motorway database |publisher=Cbrd.co.uk |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>
-In 1972, the opening of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] parallel to the north provided a much faster route through to the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] from London. Most traffic diverted to this route, and since January 1991<ref>[http://motorwayarchive.ihtservices.co.uk/en/motorways/motorway-listing/m40/m40-waterstock-j8a-to-umberslade-m42--j3a/index.cfm]</ref> additional West Midlands traffic, whether to the south of that region, or from the south side of London has often used the [[M40 motorway]] parallel to the south, leaving the route with only a fraction of its previous traffic.
+In 1972, the opening of the [[M6 motorway|M6]] parallel to the north provided a much faster route through to the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] from London. Most traffic diverted to this route, and since January 1991 additional West Midlands traffic,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://motorwayarchive.ihtservices.co.uk/en/motorways/motorway-listing/m40/m40-waterstock-j8a-to-umberslade-m42--j3a/index.cfm |title=M40. Waterstock (J8A) to Umberslade (M42 - J3A) |access-date=7 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606180530/http://motorwayarchive.ihtservices.co.uk/en/motorways/motorway-listing/m40/m40-waterstock-j8a-to-umberslade-m42--j3a/index.cfm |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> whether to the south of that region, or from the south side of London has often used the [[M40 motorway]] parallel to the south, leaving the route with only a fraction of its previous traffic.
-A limited-access junction (Eastbound exit and Westbound entry) was added in September 1991<ref>{{cite web|author=Steven Jukes |url=http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m45/ |title=Pathetic Motorways – M45 |publisher=Pathetic.org.uk |date= |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> around two-thirds of the way along from the M1, south of [[Dunchurch]], the main southern suburban village (to Rugby) nearby. Apart from this, the motorway is very much in its 'as-built' condition and unlike its feeder motorway, the M1 its land use has not expanded, in a county that has three motorways running east-west almost wholly across it, [[Warwickshire]].  The choice of routes means that logistics operations are an important part of the economy of [[Coventry]] and [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]].
+A limited-access junction (Eastbound exit and Westbound entry) was added in September 1991,{{cn|date=September 2024}} around two-thirds of the way along from the M1, south of [[Dunchurch]], the main southern suburban village (to Rugby) nearby. Apart from this, the motorway is very much in its 'as-built' condition and unlike its feeder motorway, the M1 its land use has not expanded, in a county that has three motorways running east–west almost wholly across it, [[Warwickshire]].  The choice of routes means that logistics operations are an important part of the economy of [[Coventry]] and [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]].
 ==Junctions==
+{{RJL|date=December 2021}}
 Data from [[driver location signs]] are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information.<ref>
-[http://www.trafficengland.com/map.aspx Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map] ''Highways Agency'' – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text.</ref>
+[http://www.trafficengland.com/map.aspx Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210221222/http://www.trafficengland.com/map.aspx |date=10 February 2012 }} ''Highways Agency'' – Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup identifier text.</ref>
-{| style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em; color:black; font-size:95%;" class="wikitable"
+{| style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em; " class="wikitable"
-|-  style="background:#0080d0; text-align:center; color:white; font-size:120%;"
+|-  style="background:#0080d0; text-align:center; color:white; "
 | colspan="5" | '''M45 motorway junctions'''
 |-
 !scope=col|miles
 !scope=col|km
-!scope=col abbr="Westbound"|Northbound exits (A&nbsp;carriageway)
+!scope=col abbr="Westbound"|Westbound exits (A&nbsp;carriageway)
 !scope=col|Junction
-!scope=col abbr="Eastbound"|Southbound exits (B&nbsp;carriageway)
+!scope=col abbr="Eastbound"|Eastbound exits (B&nbsp;carriageway)
 |- style="text-align:center;"
 |7.7
 |12.4
-| [[Coventry]], [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], A45 <br>[[Dunchurch]] [[List of B roads in Great Britain|B4429]]
+| [[Coventry]], [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], A45 <br>[[Dunchurch]] [[B_roads_in_Zone_4_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme#4_digits_(44xx)|B4429]]
 | J1
 | ''Start of motorway''
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 |
 |[[Daventry]] A45
+|- style="text-align:center;"
+|
+|
+|  ''Entering [[Warwickshire]]''
+|
+|  ''Entering [[Northamptonshire]]''
 |- style="text-align:center;"
 |0.1
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 | ''Start of motorway''
 | M1, J17
-| [[Southern England|The South]], [[London]], [[Northampton]], [[Watford Gap services|Watford Gap]] [[M1 motorway|M1]]
+| The south, [[Northampton]] M1
 |-
 |colspan=5|'''Notes'''
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 ==External links==
+{{Commons category-inline}}
 {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
 *[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m45/ Motorway Database – M45]
 *[http://pathetic.org.uk/current/m45/ Pathetic Motorways – M45]
-*[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm The Motorway Archive – M1/M10/M45]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021104195212/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm The Motorway Archive – M1/M10/M45]
 *[http://www.rural-roads.co.uk/m45/m45_1.shtml Rural Roads – M45 article]
 {{UK motorways}}
+{{Motorways and Trunk Roads in England}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:4-0045}}
 [[Category:Motorways in England]]
-[[Category:Transport in Warwickshire]]
+[[Category:Roads in Warwickshire]]
-[[Category:Two-lane motorways]]

v t e Strategic road network in England
South West	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 A4 A30 A36 A38 A40 A46 A303
Area 3 (South)	M3 M4 M27 M271 A3(M) A308(M) A404(M) A3 A27 A31 A34 A303 A404
Area 4 (South East)	M2 M20 M23 A2 A20 A21 A23 A26 A27 A259 A2070
Area 5 (DBFO) (M25 links)	M1 M3 M4 M11 M20 M25 M26 A1(M) A1 A2 A3 A13 A20 A23 A30 A40 A282 A316 A405 A1089 A3113
East	M1 M11 A1(M) A1 A5 A11 A12 A14 A47 A120 A141 A414 A421 A428 A1307
Area 7 (East Midlands)	M1 M6 M45 M69 A1 A5 A6 A14 A38 A42 A43 A45 A46 A50 A52 A453 A516 A5111
Area 9 (West Midlands)	M5 M6 M40 M42 M50 M54 M69 A5 A38 A40 A45 A46 A49 A50 A446 A449 A458 A483 A500 A4510 A5148
North West	M6 M53 M55 M56 M57 M58 M60 M61 M62 M65 M66 M67 M602 A74(M) A627(M) A41 A55 A56 A66 A483 A494 A550 A556 A585 A590 A595 A663 A5036 A5103 A5117
Area 12 (Yorks/Lincs)	M1 M18 M62 M180 M181 M606 M621 A1(M) A1 A57 A61 A63 A64 A160 A162 A180 A616 A628 A1033
Area 14 (North East)	A1(M) A66(M) A194(M) A1 A19 A66 A184 A696
Other DBFO	M1 M40 M62 A1(M) A6 A19 A30 A35 A50 A69 A168 A174 A249 A417 A419 A1053
Toll roads	M6 Toll

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History

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