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The total estimated cost of the motorway was around £1 billion. It required 2 million tonnes (2.2 million short tons) of concrete, 2.5 million tonnes (2.8 million short tons) of asphalt and involved the removal of 49 million cubic metres (1,700 million cubic feet) of spoil. Upon completion, it was the longest orbital motorway in the world at ...
Runnymede Bridge is a motorway, A-road, pedestrian, and cycle bridge, built in the 1960s and 1980s and expanded in the 2000s, carrying the M25 and A30 across the River Thames near the uppermost end of the Staines upon Thames and Egham reach of the river. It is oriented north–south and is southwest of Heathrow Airport.
Cross sections incorporating a minimum of two through-traffic lanes for each direction of travel, with a typical width of 3.50 to 3.75 m (11 ft 6 in to 12 ft 4 in) each, separated by a central median. An obstacle-free zone varying from 4.5 to 10 m (15 to 33 ft), or alternatively installation of appropriate vehicle restraint systems.
The M25’s weekend closure on Britain’s busiest motorway has been in place since Friday from 9pm while concrete beams for a new bridge are installed. It will reopen at 6am on Monday.
The M25 motorway passes beneath it between junctions 16 and 17 at Gerrards Cross near Chalfont St Peter, from where the bridge gets its name. The bridge is known as Chalfont No. 1 Viaduct; the longer Chalfont No. 2 Viaduct is a short distance to the west and spans the A413. [1]
Traffic was back to normal on the M25 in Surrey this morning after weekend works that closed a section of the motorway finished hours ahead of schedule.. A five-mile stretch between junctions 10 ...
English: Clacket Lane Services south entrance forecourt path, which separates the civil parishes of Tatsfield (right) and Titsey (left), in Surrey, England. Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
The final link in the M25 motorway around London – between London Colney and South Mimms – was opened to traffic by then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher at 9.30am on 29 October 1986.