M32 motorway B4469 providing access to Horfield. Midway through, a speed limit begins. The motorway continues further south and ends just beyond junction 3, north of St Paul's. A dual carriageway continues as the A4032 into the centre of Bristol, with a speed limit. The M32 is a trunk road, therefore its maintenance and upkeep is paid for by Highways England, the national roads authority. Most of the road has two lanes in each direction, though an extended sliproad north of junction 2 provides a climbing lane, and the short section between junction 1 and the M4 has three lanes both ways.
HMS Cottesmore (M32) Thales was the prime contractor to upgrade the vessels with a technologically advanced minehunting system including the hull-mounted Sonar 2193 system, propulsion, command and control systems, and mine disposal systems. HMS Cottesmore (M32) HMS "Cottesmore" was a of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1982 and converted in 1997 into a patrol vessel. The ship was declared surplus to requirement and put on the MoD list for disposal in 2004. In 2008 she was bought by Lithuania, along with . Lieutenant Commander Prince Andrew, Duke of York commanded "Cottesmore" from April 1993 until November 1994. She was decommissioned by the