M2 motorway (Great Britain)

M2 motorway
M2 motorway
Medway Towns Bypass
	The motorway crossing the River Medway next to the High Speed 1 railway line
Route information
	Maintained by Highways England
Length	25.7 mi (41.4 km)
Existed	1963–present
History	Opened: 1963; Completed: 1965
Major junctions
West end	Shorne
East end	Boughton Street
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Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M2 motorway is a motorway between Strood and Faversham in England. It is used as a different way to get to Dover, other than the M20.

Junctions

miles	km	Westbound exits (B carriageway)	Junction	Eastbound exits (A carriageway)	Coordinates
M2 motorway junctions
27.0 27.5	43.4 44.3	Road continues as A2 to London	J1	Rochester A2 Gillingham, Grain A289 Non-motorway traffic	51°23′58″N 0°26′36″E / 51.39953°N 0.44332°E / 51.39953; 0.44332 (M2, Junction 1)
27.0 27.5	43.4 44.3	Grain, Rochester A289	J1A	Start of motorway
28.8 29.0	46.3 46.6	Strood/Rochester, West Malling A228	J2	Strood/Rochester, West Malling A228	51°23′02″N 0°28′05″E / 51.38383°N 0.46799°E / 51.38383; 0.46799 (M2, Junction 2)
32.6 32.8	52.4 52.8	Maidstone, Chatham, Rochester A229 Chatham B12(A)	J3	Maidstone, Chatham A229 Channel Tunnel (M20)	51°20′14″N 0°30′28″E / 51.33729°N 0.50790°E / 51.33729; 0.50790 (M2, Junction 3)
36.4 36.5	58.5 58.8	Gillingham A278	J4	Gillingham A278	51°20′10″N 0°35′04″E / 51.33616°N 0.58438°E / 51.33616; 0.58438 (M2, Junction 4)
Medway Services	Services	Medway Services	51°20′28″N 0°36′28″E / 51.34120°N 0.60781°E / 51.34120; 0.60781 (M2, Medway Services)
40.0 40.3	64.4 64.9	Maidstone, Sheerness A249 The WEST, Gatwick Airport (M20)	J5	Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Sheerness A249	51°19′47″N 0°39′44″E / 51.32986°N 0.66231°E / 51.32986; 0.66231 (M2, Junction 5)
50.6 50.8	81.5 81.8	Faversham, Ashford A251^[1]	J6	Faversham, Ashford A251	51°18′02″N 0°53′18″E / 51.30060°N 0.88843°E / 51.30060; 0.88843 (M2, Junction 6)
52.3 52.6	84.2 84.7	Start of motorway	J7	Canterbury, Dover, Channel Tunnel A2	51°18′05″N 0°55′32″E / 51.30151°N 0.92543°E / 51.30151; 0.92543 (M2, Junction 7)
52.3 52.6	84.2 84.7	Canterbury, Channel Tunnel, Dover, Faversham A2 Non-motorway traffic	J7	Road continues as A299 (Thanet Way) to Ramsgate
Notes Distances in kilometres and carriageway identifiers are taken from driver location signs/location marker posts. Where a junction goes across several hundred metres and the data is available, both the start and finish values for the junction are shown. Coordinate data from ACME Mapper.

M2 Motorway (Great Britain) Media

Junction 2 of the M2, the roundabout on the A228, showing the motorway crossing the Medway and climbing up the Nashenden Valley. Alongside is High Speed 1.
Junction 5, w:M2 motorway, w:Kent, w:England.
The widened section approaching the lane drop at junction 4

References

↑ Stafford, Lowri (20 September 2013). "M2 London-bound near junction 6 for Faversham reopens after car crashes into central reservation". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

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[1] Stafford, Lowri (20 September 2013). "M2 London-bound near junction 6 for Faversham reopens after car crashes into central reservation". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

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