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A very tiny motorway, but it manages a free-flowing trumpet interchange with the M180, which is more than its parent road can muster when it hits the M18. Its interchange with the M180 is fairly run-of-the mill, but remains probably the most interesting thing about the route; the rest of it is straight and flat and stops at a roundabout. Things are made even trickier because that nice trumpet junction is actually several miles from anywhere at all, which makes it difficult to name and talk about.
The M181 is unusual in that it is one of a small number of tiny motorway spurs that (for no apparent reason) was awarded its own number. It, and roads like the A66(M), are seemingly no more important than quite a lot of motorway spurs with no number.
Factfile
| Start | Bottesford Moor (M180) |
|---|---|
| Finish | Scunthorpe (A18) |
| Passes | None |
| Length | 2 miles |
| Terminates | None |
| Spurs | None |
| Meets | None |
Images
Views of the M181 from on and off the road. If you have a photo to contribute, contact me.
Southbound, approaching the trumpet interchange, the road splits - M180 wherever you go. To see the rest of the M181, imagine a two lane motorway running in a straight line on flat land and you've got it. I wonder why there's no hard shoulder northbound through this junction?
Photo by Steven Jukes
Construction Timeline
When the various parts of the M181 were built, listed in chronological order.
| Open | Jct | Section |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Entire motorway |
Exit List
All the junctions and destinations along the route.
| Junction | Southbound | Northbound | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (M180 J3) | Grimsby Humber Bridge (A15) M180  |
M180 |
NORTH |
M180 |
N/A   |
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| Doncaster (M18 )M180   |
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2 miles, 2 lanes  |
 2 miles, 2 lanes |
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N/A |
A18 |
 A1077 SOUTH |
A18 |
Keadby Gunness A18 |
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| Crosby Barton A1077 |
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| Scunthorpe A18    |
With thanks to Joseph for information in this section.
