M42 motorway

major road in the West Midlands, England
AdministrativeArea controlled_access_highway Q1328487
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M42 motorway

Summary

M42 motorway is a controlled-access highway[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • M42 motorway is located in Leicestershire[3].
  • M42 motorway is located in Warwickshire[4].
  • M42 motorway is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • M42 motorway's traffic sign is recorded as UK-Motorway-M42.svg[6].
  • M42 motorway's route map is recorded as M42 motorway (Great Britain) map.svg[7].
  • M42 motorway's transport network is recorded as Great Britain road numbering scheme[8].
  • M42 motorway's image is recorded as M42 A45 junction 10y07.JPG[9].
  • M42 motorway's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[10].
  • M42 motorway's part of is recorded as European route E5[11].
  • M42 motorway's Commons category is recorded as M42 motorway[12].
  • M42 motorway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13016365[13].
  • +1976-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of M42 motorway[14].
  • M42 motorway's terminus location is recorded as Bromsgrove[15].
  • M42 motorway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.348, 'lon': -2.0745}[16].
  • M42 motorway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yclp[17].
  • M42 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Redditch[18].
  • M42 motorway's partially coincident with is recorded as European route E05 in the United Kingdom[19].
  • M42 motorway's GeoNames ID is recorded as 8715009[20].
  • M42 motorway's road number is recorded as M42[21].
  • M42 motorway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+64.3'}[22].
  • M42 motorway's connects with is recorded as M5 motorway[23].
  • M42 motorway's connects with is recorded as M40 motorway[24].
  • M42 motorway's connects with is recorded as M6 motorway[25].
  • M42 motorway's connects with is recorded as M6 Toll[26].
  • M42 motorway's connects with is recorded as A42 road[27].

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Geography

M42 motorway is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Leicestershire[3], a ceremonial county of England[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Warwickshire[4], a non-metropolitan county[30], in United Kingdom[31]. Its part of is recorded as European route E5[11].

Physical Characteristics

M42 motorway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+64.3'}[22].

Designation and Status

M42 motorway's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[10].

History and Context

+1976-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of M42 motorway[14].

Why It Matters

M42 motorway ranks in the top 5% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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