The motorway bypass around Brigg was discussed for many years, but the Flixborough explosion gave it more importance, and was built three years later in 1977 as the second section of the motorway. At this time the A15 ran through Hibaldstow and Redbourne to Brigg, and the junction with the motorway was at Castlethorpe Corner, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the current A15 junction on the line of the Roman Ermine Street. The initial, and somewhat diminutive section of the motorway was the short-lived A18(M)[1] also known as the Tudworth Link, which connected the roundabout junction with the M18 to the A18/A614. The easterly A18(M) sliproad is still used, though the original roundabout at junction 1 has now been replaced by a bridge close to Tudworth Hall Farm. The last section to be built was the Trent viaduct, opened in October 1979 by Kenneth Clarke, despite being 43 weeks late on account of strikes and bad weather.[2]
Draft proposals were announced at the end of May 1973;[3] there would be a bridge over the Trent at East Butterwick; there would be a 2.6-mile spur road to Scunthorpe, joining the A18 1000 yards west of the Berkeley Circle roundabout, with a motorway junction on Bottesford Moor; the 11.6 miles of new motorway, to the M181, would cost £16m.
The motorway is built to dual three-lane standard for most of its duration (aside from a short dual two-lane section past Scunthorpe), and is quite straight and flat.
The M180 has its own spur – the M181. While the M180 has to make do with a roundabout junction with the M18, its spur has a large, freeflowing trumpet interchange. At the start of the M180 are the Doncaster North services, owned by Moto.
Trent Bridge, £3.8m, Cementation Construction, opened to westbound traffic on 20 July 1979, opened to eastbound traffic on Wednesday 31 October 1979;[5] the 364 precast units, weighing between 35 and 75 tonnes, were made at Tallington by Dow-Mac[6][7]
It was extended in the 1980s to trunk-road standard as the A180 which is a two-lane dual carriageway which continues on to Grimsby and Cleethorpes. In its early planning stages, it was to be named the A18.
The £18 million 6-mile (9.7 km) section from Brigg to Ulceby (A160) was opened on 29 March 1983 by Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, and the £21 million 7-mile (11 km) section from Ulceby to Grimsby opened in late 1983.
^Sims, Frank Alexander (2009). "4: England - North Eastern". In McCoubrey, William James (ed.). The motorway achievement. London: Thomas Telford. p. 233. ISBN978-0-7277-3198-2.
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 28 May 1973, page 6
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 22 April 1976, page 1
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 26 October 1979, page 1
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 November 1978
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 28 May 1979, page 6
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 10 July 1976, page 9
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 11 December 1978, page 8
^Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 16 December 1978, page 1
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources M180 motorway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message The M180 is a 25 5 mile 41 km motorway in eastern England starting at junction 5 on the M18 motorway in Hatfield within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster South Yorkshire and terminating at Barnetby Lincolnshire some 10 miles 16 km from the port of Immingham and 14 miles 23 km from the port of Grimsby The A180 road continues to the east for Grimsby Cleethorpes and Immingham Scunthorpe Lincoln Hull via the Humber Bridge Brigg Bawtry and the Isle of Axholme can be accessed using the motorway Humberside Airport the now closed Doncaster Sheffield Airport and the Killingholme Humber and Lindsey oil refineries are close to the motorway The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E22 and is the main route along the south bank of the Humber Estuary M180M180 highlighted in blueRoute informationPart of E22Maintained by National HighwaysLength25 5 mi 41 0 km Existed1977 presentHistoryConstructed 1975 79Major junctionsWest endStainforthMajor intersectionsM18 motorway M181 motorwayEast endElshamLocationCountryUnited KingdomPrimarydestinationsScunthorpeRoad networkRoads in the United KingdomMotorways A and B road zones M90 M181 Contents 1 History 1 1 Planning and construction 1 2 Contracts 1 3 A180 extension 2 Junctions 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp Plan of the M180 and A180Planning and construction edit The motorway bypass around Brigg was discussed for many years but the Flixborough explosion gave it more importance and was built three years later in 1977 as the second section of the motorway At this time the A15 ran through Hibaldstow and Redbourne to Brigg and the junction with the motorway was at Castlethorpe Corner about 1 mile 1 6 km east of the current A15 junction on the line of the Roman Ermine Street The initial and somewhat diminutive section of the motorway was the short lived A18 M 1 also known as the Tudworth Link which connected the roundabout junction with the M18 to the A18 A614 The easterly A18 M sliproad is still used though the original roundabout at junction 1 has now been replaced by a bridge close to Tudworth Hall Farm The last section to be built was the Trent viaduct opened in October 1979 by Kenneth Clarke despite being 43 weeks late on account of strikes and bad weather 2 Draft proposals were announced at the end of May 1973 3 there would be a bridge over the Trent at East Butterwick there would be a 2 6 mile spur road to Scunthorpe joining the A18 1000 yards west of the Berkeley Circle roundabout with a motorway junction on Bottesford Moor the 11 6 miles of new motorway to the M181 would cost 16m The motorway is built to dual three lane standard for most of its duration aside from a short dual two lane section past Scunthorpe and is quite straight and flat The M180 has its own spur the M181 While the M180 has to make do with a roundabout junction with the M18 its spur has a large freeflowing trumpet interchange At the start of the M180 are the Doncaster North services owned by Moto Doncaster North Contracts edit M18 to Sandtoft 4 8m Monk 4 Trent Bridge 3 8m Cementation Construction opened to westbound traffic on 20 July 1979 opened to eastbound traffic on Wednesday 31 October 1979 5 the 364 precast units weighing between 35 and 75 tonnes were made at Tallington by Dow Mac 6 7 Trent to Scunthorpe 8 A F Budge of Retford Scunthorpe Southern Bypass 9 Balfour Beatty Clugston Joint Venture opened by Bill Rodgers Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank at the Ermine Street Interchange on Friday 15 December 1978 opened the same day as the final stretch of the M18 10 A180 extension edit It was extended in the 1980s to trunk road standard as the A180 which is a two lane dual carriageway which continues on to Grimsby and Cleethorpes In its early planning stages it was to be named the A18 The 18 million 6 mile 9 7 km section from Brigg to Ulceby A160 was opened on 29 March 1983 by Lynda Chalker Baroness Chalker of Wallasey and the 21 million 7 mile 11 km section from Ulceby to Grimsby opened in late 1983 Junctions editCounty Location mi km Junction Destinations NotesSouth Yorkshire Thorne 0 0 coord 1 nbsp M18 Doncaster Sheffield Thorne1 7 1 0 1 coord 2 nbsp A18 Doncaster Scunthorpe nbsp A614 Thorne No Westbound exit or Eastbound entranceNorth Lincolnshire 7 3 11 8 2 coord 3 nbsp A161 Belton EalandScunthorpe 12 1 19 4 3 coord 4 nbsp M181 Scunthorpe18 7 30 1 4 coord 5 nbsp A15 Lincoln Peterborough nbsp A18 Keelby BriggNorth East Lincolnshire Grimsby amp Immingham 25 4 40 9 5 coord 6 nbsp A15 Hull nbsp A18 Scunthorpe Brigg nbsp A180 Grimsby1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Incomplete access Ceremonial Counties amp Unitary authority areas Coordinate list 53 35 28 N 0 59 13 W 53 591 N 0 987 W 53 591 0 987 Junction 5 of M18 53 35 24 N 0 57 47 W 53 590 N 0 963 W 53 590 0 963 Junction 1 of M180 53 34 08 N 0 49 05 W 53 569 N 0 818 W 53 569 0 818 Junction 2 of M180 53 33 22 N 0 42 36 W 53 556 N 0 710 W 53 556 0 710 Junction 3 of M180 53 32 38 N 0 33 25 W 53 544 N 0 557 W 53 544 0 557 Junction 4 of M180 53 35 06 N 0 24 47 W 53 585 N 0 413 W 53 585 0 413 Junction 5 of M180 References edit Pathetic Motorways A18 M Sims Frank Alexander 2009 4 England North Eastern In McCoubrey William James ed The motorway achievement London Thomas Telford p 233 ISBN 978 0 7277 3198 2 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 28 May 1973 page 6 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 22 April 1976 page 1 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 26 October 1979 page 1 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 20 November 1978 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 28 May 1979 page 6 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 10 July 1976 page 9 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 11 December 1978 page 8 Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 16 December 1978 page 1External links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML M180 motorwayKML is from Wikidata Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Pathetic Motorways M180 UK Motorway Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title M180 motorway amp oldid 1177426567, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
