A6144(M) motorway ceased being a special road on 25 May 2006 losing its motorway status. It is now subject to a 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit and is classified as the A6144. The road through Sale retained the A6144 number, meaning that there are two branches (and two junctions with the M60 motorway) with the same road number. Despite losing motorway status, the road still prohibits pedestrians, cyclists, and horse riders. Following the change of signage on 25 May 2006, two marker posts, the A6144(M) confirmation sign and a lay-by warning sign are privately preserved. A6144(M) motorway The A6144(M) was a
M25 motorway outside Heathrow Airport consistently records the highest number of daily traffic counts on the British strategic road network with a sample in 2017 measuring 211,059 counts (lower than the record peak measured in 2014 of 262,842 counts). This compares to 197,219 counts measured on the M1 motorway between junction 7 and 8 outside Hemel Hempstead in 2014, and 195,325 counts measured on the M60 motorway between junctions 12 and 13 in Western Manchester, also in 2014. The M25, plus the short non-motorway A282 which joins the two ends of the M25 across the River Thames using the Dartford Crossing, is