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The M1 Motorway, opened yesterday, receives its first vehicles
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The M1 Motorway, opened yesterday, receives its first vehicles
The M1 Motorway, opened yesterday, receives its first vehicles.
Picture shows the area of the M1 in the Luton area, Bedfordshire, north of London.
The first section of the motorway opened between Junction 5 (Watford) and Junction 18 (Crick/Rugby) on 2 November 1959 together with the motorways two spurs, the M10 (from Junction 7 to south of St Albans originally connecting to the A1) and the M45 (from Junction 17 to the A45 and Coventry).
Picture taken 3rd November 1959
Daily Mirror
Mirrorpix
Bedfordshire
England
L8039
Media ID 21763718
© Mirrorpix
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