A64(M)

County:

Yorkshire

Length:

0.7 miles

1.1 km

Built:

1975

Status:

Current

See Also:

A38(M)

A57(M)

A308(M)

Map Links:

Might Have Been Map

Present Day Map

On other websites:

CBRD Motorway Database

CBRD Leeds IRR Tour

CBRD Video

Leeds Construction Link

The Motorway Archive

A64(M)

Where is it?

Leeds City Centre. It's part of the Inner Ring Road.

Can you show me that on a map?

Certainly!

What makes this a pathetic motorway?

It's part of the Leeds Inner Ring road, along with the A58(M).

It helps speed traffic around the city centre, and makes the centre a more pleasant place for pedestrians.

It's an excellent example of an urban motorway.

So, what's so pathetic about it?

It's Britain's shortest numbered, signed motorway. A whole 0.7 miles (1km) long in one direction, and a little longer in the other, due to the sliproads on the end junction.

So why does it have its own number?

Simple - the A58 turns off at the junction where the Inner Ring Road changes from being A58(M) to A64(M).

Ah, so it's well worth some photos then?

Of course!

Can I see some more?

There's a whole section on the Leeds Inner Ring Road on www.cbrd.co.uk.

Can I comment on this motorway?

Of course! Contact me and I'll put them here!

Have any other visitors commented?

Alex Richardson:

Like the A6144(M) the A64(M) has to rank as a PATHETIC motorway has all it has to show for it is that it must be the only motorway in Britain that goes in a loop around a Ring Road and that it is only 600 yards long makes makes it even more PATHETIC has it will take you around 10-15 seconds to go from start to finish on the motorway and to tell you the tuth it should never have been a motorway and it does not even look like one.