M10 motorway
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| M10 motorway | |
| Length | 2.8 miles 4.5 km |
| Direction | West – East |
| Start | Hemel Hempstead |
| Primary destinations | None |
| End | St Albans |
| Construction dates | 1959 - entire motorway |
| Motorways joined |  M1 motorway |
The M10 is a short (4.5km) section of motorway opened in 1959 to the south of St Albans, England. It links the M1 motorway to the A414 North Orbital road at Park Street roundabout. It has no intermediate junctions.
This section was designed and constructed as part of the St Albans bypass (along with the M1 junctions 5–10a). It was a spur built to distribute the traffic heading south on the M1 onto the A5 (now A5183) and, via the North Orbital Road and the A6, the Barnet Bypass (A1, though the main route from the A1 to the M1 was via the A41 Watford bypass to Berrygrove). This was because the capacity of the A roads was much less than that of the motorway, and the traffic therefore needed to be split up to avoid massive congestion at each end which would have rendered the motorway useless. The M45 is the equivalent road at the northern end of the 1959 section of M1.
With the widening of the M1 between the M25 and Luton, the M10 is due to be downgraded to an A road, with collector distributor lanes linking the M10 to the nearby junction 8 for Hemel Hempstead. The M10 will become part of the A414, though restrictions will still apply.
Exit list
| M10 Motorway
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| Westbound exits | Junction | Eastbound exits
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| The NORTH M1 | M1 J7 | Start of motorway
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| Start of motorway | 1 | Hatfield A414
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| St Albans A5183
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| Radlett A5183
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| Bricket Wood A405 | ||
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