M42 motorway

A42
A42
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	A42(T), looking west from A423
Route information
	Maintained by National Highways
Length	15 mi (24 km)
History	Completed in 1989
Major junctions
Northeast end	; M1 motorway; Kegworth; 52°49′25″N 1°18′17″W / 52.8235°N 1.3047°W
	; J14 → A453 road; /; J13 → A511 road/A512 road
Southwest end	/; M42 motorway/A444 road; Appleby Magna; 52°41′07″N 1°33′00″W / 52.6854°N 1.5499°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Counties	Leicestershire
Primary; destinations	East Midlands Airport
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

M42
M42
	The M42 from a bridge just east of the M42/A45, looking south towards junction 6
Route information
	Part of E05
	Maintained by National Highways
Length	40.0 mi (64.4 km)
Existed	1976–present
History	Opened: 1976; Completed: 1989
Major junctions
Southwest end	Catshill
	; M5 motorway; ; J3a → M40 motorway; ; J7 → M6 motorway; ; M6 motorway; ; M6 motorway; ; M6 Toll
Northeast end	A42 Appleby Magna
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Worcestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Leicestershire
Primary; destinations	Bromsgrove; Solihull; Birmingham Airport; Tamworth
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M42 motorway runs north east from Bromsgrove in Worcestershire to just south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, passing Redditch, Solihull, the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and Tamworth on the way, serving the east of the Birmingham metropolitan area. The section between the M40 and junction 4 of the M6 forms – though unsigned as such – a part of Euroroute E05. Northwards beyond junction 11, the route is continued as the A42; the junctions on this section, 12–14, are numbered like a continuation of the motorway, but the road has non-motorway status from here.