London m20

The M20 is a motorway in Kent , England. It runs from the M25 motorway to Folkestone , providing a link to the Channel Tunnel and the ports at Dover. Although not signposted in England, this road is part of the European route E A Eurostar train runs on the High Speed 1 route alongside the M The road starts at its junction with the M25 motorway and A20 road just east of Swanley , then continues south east across the River Darent , north of Farningham through the North Downs , past West Kingsdown and Wrotham to meet the M It then strikes east, running north of Addington.

When it reaches Junction 4 it passes south of New Hythe and runs parallel to the Medway Valley railway line before crossing it close to junction 5. This next section is the Maidstone bypass. High Speed 1 then runs parallel to the motorway as it continues to the north of Bearsted , crosses the Swanley to Ashford via Maidstone East Line then out into the countryside alongside Leeds Castle.

Just north of Saltwood it reaches the Channel Tunnel terminal and is crossed by HS1 for the last time. The final section runs along the northern suburbs of Folkestone.

The M20 was, in common with many United Kingdom motorways, opened in stages [1] [2] :. This section of the route was difficult to construct due to its steep descent down the North Downs escarpment. The section around Ashford Junctions was originally the A20 Ashford Bypass with actual construction having started before World War 2 - although the route itself was not completed until well after the war.

The bypass started at Willesborough near the current location of the Junction 10 and terminated south of the existing Junction 9 at the current Maidstone Road roundabout.

A section of the old bypass is still visible now named Simone Weil Avenue. The original bridge that brought Canterbury Road over the bypass is still visible as the bridge was not reconstructed when the motorway was constructed.

This section of motorway has no hard shoulder indicating the smaller width of the old bypass. When the Channel Tunnel was ready for construction, it was decided to complete the M20 between Junctions 8 and 9 and this opened in Concurrent to this was the extension to Dover as part of the A20 which opened in Following completion of the junction 8 to 9 section, the M20 was 3 lanes either side of the original A20 M section.

This was a bottleneck , so it was decided to widen this section of motorway. The road here was increased to a dual 3 or 4 lane road with 2 lane distributor roads either side.

This section was opened in Between and Junction 10 near Ashford was remodelled to increase capacity Work when the bridges across the motorway was modified to provide three lanes of traffic at the roundabout, and local approach roads were widened, with new traffic lights to control traffic flows at the junction between the A Hythe Road and the London-bound M20 entry slip road. A new footbridge was also constructed across the motorway. Nearest town: 2. Due to: Congestion. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic.

Nearest town: 1. Lane Closures : Lane one will be closed. Due to: Roadworks are planned. Status : Pending. Schedule : From on 2 November to on 3 November Lanes Closed : All lanes will be closed.

Nearest town: 5. Lane Closures : Lane three will be closed. Schedule : From on 4 November to on 5 November Lanes Closed : There will be one of three lanes closed. Due to: Roadworks scheme is planned. Schedule : From on 1 November to on 8 November Lane Closures : Lanes 1 and 2 will be closed. Schedule : From on 1 November to on 2 November Schedule : Expect disruption everyday between and from 3 November to 8 November Schedule : Expect disruption everyday between and from 1 November to 4 November Schedule : Expect disruption everyday between and from 5 November to 8 November Schedule : Expect disruption everyday between and from 2 November to 4 November Due to: Emergency barrier repairs are planned.