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ť The Soviet motorway M27 connects Sochi, Tbilisi, and Baku. The M27 is a motorway in Hampshire, England. It is 25 miles (40 km) long and runs west-east from Cadnam to Portsmouth.

Route

Running approximately parallel both to the coast of the Solent and to the A27, the M27 starts as an eastwards continuation of the A31 from Bournemouth and Poole, meets the A36 from Salisbury, crosses the Wessex Main Line railway, and then meets the M271 to central Southampton. After the M271, the road meets the M3 as it passes to the north of Southampton, passes Southampton Airport, then runs alongside the West Coastway Line as it heads south-east towards Fareham. It then runs alongside the northern outskirts of Fareham before its junction with the M275 to Portsmouth. At this point the motorway ends, becoming the A27.

History

Opening dates

In common with many UK motorways, the M27 was opened in stages between 1975 and 1983.

Junction 1 to 2 opened in August 1975
Junction 2 to 4 opened in December 1975
Junction 4 to 7 opened in 1983
Junction 7 to 8 opened in February 1978
Junction 8 to 12 opened in March 1976
The eastbound junction to the now M3 was completed in 1986.

Unfulfilled plans

There have been plans to make the M27 part of a motorway connecting Exeter to Dover. However road developments in the New Forest are restricted due to its National Park status.
   The M272 was meant to go from Junction 5 through Portswood to the centre of Southampton, joining with an extended M271 (that would have run a similar route to the A33 today). The M272 was instead built (in much reduced form) as the A335 Thomas Lewis Way.
   Junction 6 was never built - there were plans for a motorway spur (probably numbered M273) connecting it to the centre of the Townhill Park area of Southampton .
   The question of what happened to the M274 is unanswered, although it has been suggested that it could have been part of a grander plan for the A32 from Junction 11 (Fareham and Gosport).
   A planned service area just east of Junction 9 was never constructed. The lengthy westbound exit onto Junction 9 was originally to allow an entrance and exit into the service area(External Link

). The M27 was meant to be extended to Chichester, part of this is shown since between Junction 12 and the junction with the A3(M) is built with 3/4 lanes, a hard shoulder and grade-separated junctions. It is, however, not part of the M27 as its hard shoulders are not quite wide enough for Motorway regulations. Other suggestions have been that there's a below regulation height footbridge. Another suggestion is that there isn't a suitable parallel main road to this short stretch of the A27 - to offer an alternative route for non-motorway traffic. However, the old A27 (Now a B road) does run to the north.

Future plans

There is a planned widening of the motorway to dual 4 lanes between Junctions 3 & 4 .

A climbing lane is planned between Junctions 11 and 12 eastbound to relieve congestion at this point .

Junctions

M27 Motorway

Westbound exits	Junction	Eastbound exits
Road continues as A31* to Bournemouth*	J1	Lyndhurst A336 Cadnam B3078
Lyndhurst A336 Cadnam B3078	J1	Start of Motorway
Salisbury, Bath A36 Romsey (A3090)	J2	Salisbury, Bath A36 Romsey (A3090)
Southampton West and Docks, Romsey M271	J3	Southampton West and Docks, Romsey M271
Rownhams services
The MIDLANDS, London, Winchester M3	J4	The MIDLANDS, London, Winchester M3
Southampton International Airport, Eastleigh, Southampton North A335	J5	Southampton International Airport, Eastleigh, Southampton North A335
No Connection	J6	Planned Junction for the M273, but not built
Hedge End, Southampton (East) A334	J7	Hedge End, Southampton (East) A334
Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice, Sarisbury Green A27	J8	Bursledon, Hamble-le-Rice, Sarisbury Green A27
Fareham West, Whiteley A27	J9	Fareham West, Whiteley A27
Alton A32 (North Only)	J10	No exit
Fareham Central, Gosport A27 (A32)	J11	Fareham Central, Gosport A27 (A32)
Cosham A27	J12	Cosham A27
Start of Motorway	J12	Portsmouth West, Ferries M275
Portsmouth West, Ferries M275	J12	Road continues as A27* to Chichester, Worthing, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings*

Nearby attractions

Junction 1 is about 1 mile from The Rufus Stone, where King William II aka King Rufus was killed in a hunting accident in the year 1100.

Solar Panels

The UK’s first solar motorway sound barrier was installed at Junction 9 in March 2004. The 50 m long solar panel was installed by solarcentury for the Highways Agency. It generates up to 11kW of electricity.

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