{{UK motorway routebox|
| motorway= M42
| length-mi= 55
| length-km= 88
| direction= Southwest - Northeast
| start= Bromsgrove
| destinations= Redditch
Solihull
Birmingham
Tamworth | end= Appleby_Magna | opening-date= 1976 | completion-date= 1989 | junctions= 45px
M5_motorway
3A - 50px
M40_motorway
7/7A/8 45px
M6_motorway
9 - 65px
M6_Toll }} {{European route number sign|05}} :''For other uses of the term '''M42''', please see M42.'' The '''M42 motorway''' is a major road in England. The Motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way. The section between the M40 and M6 road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E05. After Tamworth the road is downgraded to Dual-carriageway status as the A42_road. The junctions on this section, 12-14, are numbered as a continuation of the motorway. The section of the M42 between junctions 7A and 9 was re-built as part of the M6_Toll works and now forms the link between the M6 and the southern end of the toll road. Along with sections of the M5 and M6, the southern sections of the M42 form an orbital motorway around Birmingham. Much like the M25 around London, there are areas where this orbital system does not work well. One such point is junction 3A, the link between the M42 and the M40, where traffic is often heavy in the Rush_hour. Junction 6 for Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) can also be problem area when major events such as Crufts are taking place at the NEC. When the M42 was going through the planning stages in 1977 there was great opposition to the development by the residents of Bromsgrove. Ironically, much of the town's population now depends on this motorway (and the M5) for their Commuting needs. Obviously many of the people attracted to the town from the 1980s onwards have come because of the motorway links. The motorway is frequently used to test new technologies. The Highways_Agency is currently implementing an Active Traffic Management (ATM) system between junction 3a and 7 of the M42. This is a new pilot motorway scheme which combines a number of new technologies with some tried and tested motorway traffic management techniques. The scheme includes mandatory variable speed limits, as on the M25, enhanced driver information signs and a new congestion and incident management system. This system allows operators to open and close any lane to traffic in order to help manage congestion or an incident. This includes using the Hard_shoulder as a running lane between junctions under controlled conditions. The road also used innovative road surfaces, which were not adopted elsewhere because of the noise created. The latest scheme to be tested on a long gently climbing stretch is one in which eastbound HGVs are not allowed to overtake during daytime hours. This scheme was implemented because the route is often congested on account of the motorway having only four lanes (two lanes in each direction) as it leaves the West Midlands. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M42 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |- align="center" | To/From the M5 for The South West & North East | Junction 4A M5 | To/From the M5 for The South West & North East |- align="center" | | J1 | A38 for Bromsgrove |- align="center" | A441 for Birmingham (South), Redditch and Hopwood_Park_services | J2 | A441 for Birmingham (South), Redditch and Hopwood_Park_services |- align="center" | A435 for Birmingham (South), Redditch & Evesham | J3 | A435 for Birmingham (South), Redditch & Evesham |- align="center" | M40 for London, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon | J3A | M40 for London, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon |- align="center" | A3400 & A34 for Shirley & Henley-in-Arden | J4 | A3400 & A34 for Shirley & Henley-in-Arden |- align="center" | A41 for Solihull | J5 | A41 for Solihull |- align="center" | A45 for Birmingham (South East), The National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC), Birmingham International Airport & Coventry (South & West) | J6 | A45 for Birmingham (South East), The National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC), Birmingham International Airport & Coventry (South & West) |- align="center" | M6 for The North West & Birmingham (East, North & Central) | J7 | |- align="center" | M6 for London, Coventry & M1 | J7A | |- align="center" | | J7B | M6_Toll for London, Coventry & M6 |- align="center" | | J8 | M6 for Birmingham (East, North, West & Central) |- align="center" | M6 Toll for Lichfield & The North West | J8A | |- align="center" | A446 for Coventry (North & East), Lichfield, Brownhills & A4097 for Sutton_Coldfield | J9 | A446 for Coventry (North & East), Lichfield, Brownhills & A4097 for Sutton_Coldfield |- align="center" | A5 for Tamworth, Tamworth_services & Nuneaton | J10 | A5 for Tamworth, Tamworth_services & Nuneaton |- align="center" | A444 for Burton_upon_Trent | J11 | A444 for Burton_upon_Trent |- align="center" | | A42 | |} Continues as A42 to/from The North, Nottingham_East_Midlands_Airport & M1 ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom *Category:M42_Motorway_service_stations ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M42 * The Motorway Archive - M42 {{Template:UK motorways}} 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 Sv:M42_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)
Solihull
Birmingham
Tamworth | end= Appleby_Magna | opening-date= 1976 | completion-date= 1989 | junctions= 45px
M5_motorway
3A - 50px
M40_motorway
7/7A/8 45px
M6_motorway
9 - 65px
M6_Toll }} {{European route number sign|05}} :''For other uses of the term '''M42''', please see M42.'' The '''M42 motorway''' is a major road in England. The Motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way. The section between the M40 and M6 road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E05. After Tamworth the road is downgraded to Dual-carriageway status as the A42_road. The junctions on this section, 12-14, are numbered as a continuation of the motorway. The section of the M42 between junctions 7A and 9 was re-built as part of the M6_Toll works and now forms the link between the M6 and the southern end of the toll road. Along with sections of the M5 and M6, the southern sections of the M42 form an orbital motorway around Birmingham. Much like the M25 around London, there are areas where this orbital system does not work well. One such point is junction 3A, the link between the M42 and the M40, where traffic is often heavy in the Rush_hour. Junction 6 for Birmingham International Airport and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) can also be problem area when major events such as Crufts are taking place at the NEC. When the M42 was going through the planning stages in 1977 there was great opposition to the development by the residents of Bromsgrove. Ironically, much of the town's population now depends on this motorway (and the M5) for their Commuting needs. Obviously many of the people attracted to the town from the 1980s onwards have come because of the motorway links. The motorway is frequently used to test new technologies. The Highways_Agency is currently implementing an Active Traffic Management (ATM) system between junction 3a and 7 of the M42. This is a new pilot motorway scheme which combines a number of new technologies with some tried and tested motorway traffic management techniques. The scheme includes mandatory variable speed limits, as on the M25, enhanced driver information signs and a new congestion and incident management system. This system allows operators to open and close any lane to traffic in order to help manage congestion or an incident. This includes using the Hard_shoulder as a running lane between junctions under controlled conditions. The road also used innovative road surfaces, which were not adopted elsewhere because of the noise created. The latest scheme to be tested on a long gently climbing stretch is one in which eastbound HGVs are not allowed to overtake during daytime hours. This scheme was implemented because the route is often congested on account of the motorway having only four lanes (two lanes in each direction) as it leaves the West Midlands. ==Junctions== {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | colspan="3" | '''M42 Motorway''' |- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |- align="center" | To/From the M5 for The South West & North East | Junction 4A M5 | To/From the M5 for The South West & North East |- align="center" | | J1 | A38 for Bromsgrove |- align="center" | A441 for Birmingham (South), Redditch and Hopwood_Park_services | J2 | A441 for Birmingham (South), Redditch and Hopwood_Park_services |- align="center" | A435 for Birmingham (South), Redditch & Evesham | J3 | A435 for Birmingham (South), Redditch & Evesham |- align="center" | M40 for London, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon | J3A | M40 for London, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon |- align="center" | A3400 & A34 for Shirley & Henley-in-Arden | J4 | A3400 & A34 for Shirley & Henley-in-Arden |- align="center" | A41 for Solihull | J5 | A41 for Solihull |- align="center" | A45 for Birmingham (South East), The National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC), Birmingham International Airport & Coventry (South & West) | J6 | A45 for Birmingham (South East), The National_Exhibition_Centre (NEC), Birmingham International Airport & Coventry (South & West) |- align="center" | M6 for The North West & Birmingham (East, North & Central) | J7 | |- align="center" | M6 for London, Coventry & M1 | J7A | |- align="center" | | J7B | M6_Toll for London, Coventry & M6 |- align="center" | | J8 | M6 for Birmingham (East, North, West & Central) |- align="center" | M6 Toll for Lichfield & The North West | J8A | |- align="center" | A446 for Coventry (North & East), Lichfield, Brownhills & A4097 for Sutton_Coldfield | J9 | A446 for Coventry (North & East), Lichfield, Brownhills & A4097 for Sutton_Coldfield |- align="center" | A5 for Tamworth, Tamworth_services & Nuneaton | J10 | A5 for Tamworth, Tamworth_services & Nuneaton |- align="center" | A444 for Burton_upon_Trent | J11 | A444 for Burton_upon_Trent |- align="center" | | A42 | |} Continues as A42 to/from The North, Nottingham_East_Midlands_Airport & M1 ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom *Category:M42_Motorway_service_stations ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M42 * The Motorway Archive - M42 {{Template:UK motorways}} 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 4-0042 Sv:M42_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)