M1 motorway the A5, the motorway takes a more northerly route through the East Midlands, via Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham to Sheffield, where the M18 splits from the M1 at Junction 32 to head to Doncaster. Originally, the M1 was planned to end at Doncaster but it was decided to make what was going to be the "Leeds and Sheffield Spur" the primary route with the section to the A1(M) south of Doncaster given the separate motorway number M18. From Junction 32, the motorway passes Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Wakefield, reaching the original end of the motorway at (the original) Junction 44 to
M1 motorway (Pakistan) remained very slow and not much work was done between 1993 and 1997, the work was restarted in 2003, during President Pervez Musharraf tenure in 2003. The plan was made to connect existing M2 motorway (Pakistan) with Torkham border. In 2004, Senate body was briefed on plan to connect Gwadar Port with existing motorway infrastructure, it highlighted important on M-1 motorway in this context. It was completed with cost of Rs. 13 bn and was inaugurated by President Pervez Musharraf on 30 October 2007. The M1 originates northeast of Peshawar at the junction with the Peshawar Ring Road. It then