M69 motorway

M69
M69
Route information
Length	15.7 mi (25.3 km)
Existed	1976–present
History	Constructed 1976–77
Major junctions
North end	Leicester
	; M6 motorway; / ; M1 motorway
South end	Coventry
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Nuneaton, Hinckley
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M69 is a controlled-access highway in the Midlands of England. It goes between the M6, near Coventry, and the M1, near Leicester. The motorway is about 16 miles (26 km) long and first opened in 1977.^[1]

Junctions

M69 motorway junctions
Southwestbound exits (B carriageway)	Junction	Northeastbound exits (A carriageway)	Coordinates^[2]
Road continues to Coventry (South) and Leamington Spa via A46'	M6, J2	Coventry (North), Birmingham, The South, Rugby, Kettering M6 (A14) Coventry (Central) A4600 Ansty B4065 Non-motorway traffic	52°26′14″N 1°25′24″W / 52.43724°N 1.42341°W / 52.43724; -1.42341
Birmingham M6 Coventry (Central) A4600 Ansty B4065	M6, J2	Start of motorway
Nuneaton A5 Hinckley B4109	J1	Nuneaton A5 Hinckley B4109	52°30′55″N 1°21′40″W / 52.51516°N 1.36123°W / 52.51516; -1.36123
Hinckley B4669	J2	No access (on-ramp only)	52°32′25″N 1°19′01″W / 52.54017°N 1.31698°W / 52.54017; -1.31698
Start of motorway	J3 Terminus	Cntl Leicester (S)'Freemens\|Liberty Circus' Leicester SW, Fosse Park A5460 City Centre (West End), Highcross) Braunstone, Thorpe Astley^[3] A563/N Cntl Leicester(SE,E) Southfields:St-George Leicester S, SE, Whetstone Wigston, Oadby A563/E Narborough-Enderby (B4114) Leicester NW, N, NE, Newark M1 (A46) The North - Nottingham M1/N The South - Northampton (M1/S)	52°36′04″N 1°11′46″W / 52.6011°N 1.19604°W / 52.6011; -1.19604

↑ "Motorways Programme HC Deb 4 May 1971 vol 816 cc332-5W". Hansard. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
↑ Junction coordinates from OpenStreetMap
↑ Thorpe Astley, New Lubbesthorpe Garden Suburb