{{UK motorway routebox|
| motorway= M50
| length-mi= 21
| length-km= 34
| direction= East - West
| start= Strensham
| destinations= None
| end= Ross-on-Wye
| opening-date= 1960
| completion-date= 1962
| junctions= 45px
M5_motorway }} Image:M50_motorway_from_Ryton_Bridge.jpg The '''M50 motorway''' runs for twenty-one miles westward from the M5_motorway just north of Tewkesbury, to meet the A40_road and A449_road at Ross-on-Wye. It was built between 1960 and 1962, and is one of the few British motorways not to have been widened, retaining its original layout of only two lanes in each direction. ==Junctions== '''(M5 Junction 8)''' The motorway starts at a roundabout which is Junction 8 on the M5_motorway. This was originally a free-flowing trumpet-style junction http://euclid.colorado.edu/~rmg/roads/m50.html, but was converted to a roundabout when the M5 was widened in the 1980s '''Junction 1''' Junction 1 is a Parclo. The M50 meets with the A38, the second longest A-road in the United Kingdom. '''Junction 2''' After crossing the River_Severn, Junction 2 arrives. The M50 meets with the A417 at this junction, which has an almost 90 degree exit ramp. '''Junction 3''' Junction 3 is the interchange of the B4421 and the M50. All of the Slip_roads at this junction are at 90 degree angles, which is a hazard for high speed driving. '''Junction 4''' The M50 ends here, at a Roundabout with the A449. ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom *M50_motorway_(Ireland) ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M50 *Pathetic Motorways - M50 {{Template:UK motorways}} {{England-stub}} {{UK-road-stub}} 50 Category:Transport_in_Herefordshire Sv:M50_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)
M5_motorway }} Image:M50_motorway_from_Ryton_Bridge.jpg The '''M50 motorway''' runs for twenty-one miles westward from the M5_motorway just north of Tewkesbury, to meet the A40_road and A449_road at Ross-on-Wye. It was built between 1960 and 1962, and is one of the few British motorways not to have been widened, retaining its original layout of only two lanes in each direction. ==Junctions== '''(M5 Junction 8)''' The motorway starts at a roundabout which is Junction 8 on the M5_motorway. This was originally a free-flowing trumpet-style junction http://euclid.colorado.edu/~rmg/roads/m50.html, but was converted to a roundabout when the M5 was widened in the 1980s '''Junction 1''' Junction 1 is a Parclo. The M50 meets with the A38, the second longest A-road in the United Kingdom. '''Junction 2''' After crossing the River_Severn, Junction 2 arrives. The M50 meets with the A417 at this junction, which has an almost 90 degree exit ramp. '''Junction 3''' Junction 3 is the interchange of the B4421 and the M50. All of the Slip_roads at this junction are at 90 degree angles, which is a hazard for high speed driving. '''Junction 4''' The M50 ends here, at a Roundabout with the A449. ==See also== *List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom *M50_motorway_(Ireland) ==External links== * CBRD Motorway Database - M50 *Pathetic Motorways - M50 {{Template:UK motorways}} {{England-stub}} {{UK-road-stub}} 50 Category:Transport_in_Herefordshire Sv:M50_(motorväg,_Storbritannien)