M1 The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway. Date: Miles Traveled: 23.03.13 209 Leeds to Bristol 09 10 The heaviest traffic flow is between junction 7-10. 72 miles of the southern section of the road was built in just 19 months. This works out on average at one mile every eight days, costing £16.5 million 13,000 vehicles were estimated to use the M1 on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of just over 88,000. In the early days there was no speed limit, no central reservation, no crash barriers and no motorway lighting. The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959. The cost of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today would approximately be £1.5 billion). The southern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at a cost of £16.5 million. 20 million tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavated to make way for the M1. The average daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 vehicles per day.
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M1
The journey from Leeds to Bristol utilities 75 miles of the M1, Britains first and most legendary motorway.
Date:Miles Traveled:
23.03.13209
Leeds to Bristol
09 10
The heaviest traffic flow is between junction 7-10.
72 miles of the southern section of the road was built in just 19 months. This works out on average at one mile every eight days, costing £16.5 million
13,000 vehicles were estimated to use the M1 on a daily basis in 1959 compared with today’s figure of just over 88,000.
In the early days there was no speed limit, no central reservation, no crash barriers and no motorway lighting.
The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959.
The cost of the whole M1 was £50 million (the cost today would approximately be £1.5 billion).
The southern section of the M1 was completed in 19 months at a cost of £16.5 million.
20 million tonnes of earth, gravel, rock and chalk were excavated to make way for the M1.
The average daily traffic flow on the whole of the M1 is 88,000 vehicles per day.
Rugby to Glossop
Date:Miles Traveled:
01.04.13113
Contours
LEFT: Two contour sections from the UK’s national Ordnance Survey data-base.
The UK is split up into a grid system, appropriately named the ‘Naitonal Grid System’. This in order to efficiently locate and categorise any and every location nationwide.
TOP:BOTTOM:
RugbyGlossop
11 12
Portsmouth to Edinburgh
Date:Miles Traveled:
29.03.13446
= 4500m
Shipping?
The Mary Rose is a famous ship permanently docked in Portsmouth. At 45m long, it would take 15,950 of them end to end in order to reach to Edinburgh.
1413
Leamington to Great Yarmouth
Date:Miles Traveled:
29.03.13171
Signage
A selection of road signs found on the route to Great Yarmouth
In the early 60’s a whole new set of signage was introduced to UK roads. A custom typeface was designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert, specifically to increase legibility while driving. Do you know its name?
1615
Grimsby to BrightonRoad Data
Miles traveled on lengths of certain road starting from the A16 at Grimsby to the A23, Bristol.
West Midlands69.4 km2 (26.8 sq mi)249,9003,407/km2 (8,820/sq mi)WV0190264.5% White British17.5% South African6.9% Black2.5% Chinese5.1% Mixed RaceSO915985
South West 79.3 km2 (30.61 sq mi)258,7003,188/km2 (8,261/sq mi)PL0175298.4% White British1.6% otherSX4750051499
Stats
2019
2221
Bristol to Coventry
Date:Miles Traveled:
26.03.13108
Car Pool
The route from Bristol to Coventry shares a 64.6 mile strip of the M5 with three other journeys in the book. None of which occured on the same date, but can you figure out which other three journeys?
2423
Daventry to Nottingham
Date:Miles Traveled:
28.03.1355
Rotations
Circumference of tire is Pi x D (3.14*2ft)
(((3.14*2ft = 6.28 ft
From this we can understand that each wheel covers 6.28 ft with every rotation.
(((((1 mile = 5280 ft(55*5280 ft = 290,400 ft
290,400/6.28 = 46,242
55 miles are traveled by car in order to get from Daventry to Nottingham. We put massive trust in vehicles, often moving at tremendous speeds, exposing our wheels to a lot of stress. But how much?
The average car wheel is about 24 inches (2 ft) in diameter, which allows us to work out the average amount of revolutions each wheel makes on the journey.
So an average car tire makes 46,242 revolutions during the journey from Daventry to Nottingham. The average tire lasts 45,000 miles. I’ll let you work the revolutions out for that one...
2625
Northampton to Exeter
Date:Miles Traveled:
13.04.13212
Road Names
a. Herbert St.
b. St. Andrews St.
e. M1
g. M42
f. M5
h. M5
k. Western Way (A3015)
j. Topsham Rd. (A3015)
i. A379
c. Gafton St. (A428)
d. Weedon Rd. (A4500)
A breakdown of the roads used to reach Exeter from Northampton. The thinner the line, the longer the road.
2827
Leeds to York
Date:Miles Traveled:
30.03.1326
3029
Sheffield to Kingston
Date:Miles Traveled:
05.04.13175
Travel Stats
As the crow flies, the apx. distance in miles from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames is 144.
BY ROAD: If you were in a road vehicle maintaining an average speed of 40mph, it would take you approximately 4.39 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames for an estimated driving distance of 175.68 miles
Overall Estimated Drive time
4 hours 22 min. 3 hours 10 min2 hours 30 min
Average Speed
40 mph 55 mph 70 mph
BY TRAIN: If you were in a train that averaged 100mph (160.9 kmh) travelling non stop with no connections or changes it would take you around 1.4 hours to travel from Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames
BY AIR: If you were in a plane and maintained an average airspeed of 450 mph (724.1 kmh), your travelling time would be approximately 0.8 hours for Sheffield to Kingston Upon Thames. (includes 30 mins ascent and descent time)
3231
Liverpool to Cambridge
Date:Miles Traveled:
26.03.13194
Take the next...
These days we take left and right for granted. But little do we take into account how many times we make the decision to take a certain direction on any given journey. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes not so much.
