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Location map A 1970s motorway built to whiz traffic from London to the newly developed Stansted airport. An additional two-lane section was built north of there to get traffic to Cambridge, then onto what is now the A14 and then onto the A1.

Short-sighted planning gave the Stansted junction, where the M11 loses a lane, a normal roundabout interchange. Free-flowing links into the airport's road system have now been built at great expense and things are now flowing smoothly at long last.

Three junctions are missing from the start of the motorway - this would have been the link further into London to reach Ringway 1, a proposed inner ring motorway for London. This link was built to different designs in the 1990s as the A12 between the A406 and Hackney Wick.

The best thing that could happen to the M11 now would be an extension to meet the A1, to relieve the choked A14 section between Cambridge and Huntingdon, and close a gap in the motorway network.

Factfile

Start	London (A406)
Finish	Cambridge (A14)
Passes	Harlow, Stansted
Length	51 miles
Terminates	None
Spurs	None
Meets	M25

Images

Views of the M11 from on and off the road. If you have a photo to contribute, contact me.

There are presently no images in this section.

Construction Timeline

When the various parts of the M11 were built, listed in chronological order.

Open	Jct	Section
1975	J7-8	Harlow - Stansted
1977	J4-7	Redbridge - Harlow
1979	J8-9	Stansted - Stump Cross
1980	J9-14	Cambridge Western Bypass

Exit List

All the junctions and destinations along the route.

Junction	Southbound				Northbound
4	North Circular Road (W) West End (A503) A406	A406 (S)	SOUTH	A406 (W)	N/A

	North Circular Road (S) The City (A12) Docklands (A13) A406
	8 miles, 3 lanes				4 miles, 3 lanes
5		A1168		A1168	Loughton A1168
					4 miles, 3 lanes
6	Dartford Tunnel (M20 ) Gatwick (M23 ) Watford & (M1 ) Heathrow (M4 ) M25	M25		M25	Watford & (M1 ) Heathrow (M4 ) Dartford Tunnel (M20 ) Gatwick (M23 ) M25
	4 miles, 3 lanes				4 miles, 3 lanes
7	Chelmsford Harlow A414	A414		B1398 A414	Harlow A414
	10 miles, 3 lanes				10 miles, 3 lanes
8	Stansted Bishop's Stortford A120 Birchanger Green	B1256 A120		A120	Stansted Bishop's Stortford A120 Birchanger Green
	17 miles, 2 lanes				14 miles, 2 lanes
9		(A11)			Newmarket Norwich A11
					3 miles, 2 lanes
10	Saffron Walden Duxford A505 Haverhill (A1307)	A505 (A1307)		A505	Duxford Royston A505
	5 miles, 2 lanes				5 miles, 2 lanes
11	Royston A10 Cambridge (S) A1309	A1309		A10	Cambridge (S) A1309 Harston A10
	2 miles, 2 lanes				2 miles, 2 lanes
12	Cambridge Sandy A603	A603		A603	Cambridge Sandy A603
	4 miles, 2 lanes				2 miles, 2 lanes
13		A1303		A1303 (A428)	Cambridge Bedford A1303 (A428)
					2 miles, 2 lanes
14	N/A	A1307 A14	A14 NORTH	A428	The NORTH Huntingdon A14

					Newmarket A14 Ely (A10)