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
M63 motorway 2016. M63 motorway The M63 motorway was a major road in the United Kingdom. It was completely renumbered as part of the M60 motorway in 1999 which orbits part of Greater Manchester. The earliest section of the M63 opened in 1960 as part of the M62 motorway. When the westward extension of the M62 in the direction of Liverpool opened, the existing section of motorway south of the Eccles Interchange was renumbered as the M63. This was the first stretch of motorway to be built, opening as the M62. This section runs from the Worsley Interchange (what is now Junction