Connect Roads

M1 - A1

Connect Roads operates and maintains the M1 - A1 Link Road, a dedicated motorway link of nearly 30km in length which provides strategic connections between the M1 and M62 motorways to the south of Leeds and the A1 Trunk Road south of Wetherby.

In addition to the construction of the M1 - A1 Link Road, the project included the improvement of the M62 east of junction 28 to the Lofthouse Interchange, the M1 from junction 42 to near Belle Isle, and the upgrading of the A1(T) from Micklefield to Bramham to motorway standard.

The project commenced in March 1996 as part of the Government's Private Finance Initiative and runs until 2026.

The contract was let by the Highways Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of State, who remains the Highway Authority for the route.

Facts and figures
89.6 km of carriageway (Counting both directions and all the link roads) 959 lighting columns 300 km of white lines 76 emergency telephones 783 million vehicle kilometres in the period April 2004 to March 2005 (That equates to 1000+ round trips to the moon!)	151 structures including 85 gantries, 48 bridges, 15 CCTV masts and 3 major culverts 354 matrix indicators (For showing speed limits, closed lanes etc) 83.4 km of safety fence of which 10.4 km is wire rope and 0.4 km is concrete

Annual reports archive M1-A1 2009/10 Annual Report M1-A1 2008/9 Annual Report M1-A1 2007/8 Annual Report M1-A1 2006/7 Annual Report M1-A1 2005/6 Annual Report