A38(M) motorway
The A38, commonly known as the Aston Expressway, is a motorway in Birmingham, England. It is 2 miles long and was opened on 24 May 1972. It connects the M6 motorway to Aston and Central Birmingham and forms part of the much longer A38 route.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Road
- Description: single carriageway motorway in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “A38(M)”, “A38(m) Motorway”, “A38(M) motorway (Great Britain)”, and “Aston Expressway”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Park and Aston Reservoir.
Villa Park
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Villa Park is a football stadium in Aston, Birmingham, with a seating capacity of 43,205. It has been the home of Premier League club Aston Villa since 1897. Villa Park is situated 3,700 feet west of A38(M) motorway.
Aston Reservoir
Reservoir
Aston Reservoir, sometimes known as Salford Lake, Salford Park Pool or Salford Bridge Reservoir, is a 19th-century reservoir, formerly used for drinking water extracted from the River Tame, in Birmingham, England.
Spaghetti Junction
Monument
Photo: highwaysagency, CC BY 2.0.
Spaghetti Junction, officially the Gravelly Hill Interchange, is a major road junction in Birmingham, England. It is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38 Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham. Spaghetti Junction is situated 760 feet northeast of A38(M) motorway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aston and Nechells.
Aston
Suburb
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the metropolitan West Midlands of England, and historically within Warwickshire. Located immediately to the north-west of Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a ward within the metropolitan authority.
Nechells
Village
Photo: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nechells is a district ward in central Birmingham, England, whose population in 2011 was 33,957. It is also a ward within the formal district of Ladywood.
Gravelly Hill
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Gravelly Hill is an area of Birmingham, England.
A38(M) motorway
- Categories: controlled-access highway and transportation
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“A38(M) motorway” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “A38(M) motorway”
- French: “A38(M) motorway”
- German: “A38(M) motorway”
- German: “Aston Expressway”
- German: “Motorway A38(M)”
- Lombard: “Autostrada A38(M) (Gran Bretagna)”
- Polish: “A38(M)”
- Polish: “Aston Expressway”
- Polish: “Autostrada A38(M)”
- Polish: “Droga A38(M) (Wielka Brytania)”
- Polish: “Droga A38(M)”
- Swedish: “A38(M) (motorväg, Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “A38(M)”
- Swedish: “Aston Expressway”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Witton and Stockland Green.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Sleep Inn Nechells and Hampton By Hilton Birmingham Star City.
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