M6 Toll

The M6 Toll, also called the Birmingham North Relief Road (BNRR) or Midland Expressway, is a toll motorway in the Midlands. It is used as a way to avoid the traffic on the M6 motorway by Birmingham. It goes from the M6 at Coleshill to the M6 at Wolverhampton. It is a toll road, so drivers have to pay to use it.^[1]

M6 Toll
Midland Expressway
Looking south near Hammerwich
Route information
Part of E05
Maintained by Midland Expressway Ltd.[a]
Length	27 mi (43 km)
Existed	2003–present
History	Opened and Completed: 2003
Major junctions
Southeast end	Coleshill
Major intersections	M6 motorway M42 motorway M42 motorway M6 motorway
Northwest end	Cannock
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Warwickshire, West Midlands, Staffordshire
Primary destinations	Lichfield Brownhills Cannock
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← M6 M8 →

It first opened in 2003, and many people do not think it has been a good idea. It was built to lower the amount of traffic on the M6 between Coleshill and Wolverhampton, which is the busiest part. Many people have noted that the traffic has not gone down since it opened. Many people say it is because the road is too expensive to use and many drivers do not want to pay the fee.^[2]

Junctions

M6 Toll motorway
Junction	Coordinates	Northbound exits	Tolls	Southbound exits	Tolls
M6 J11A	52.6682°N 2.0716°W / 52.6682; -2.0716 (M6 J11A)	Motorway continues as M6 towards Stafford	None	Start of motorway	None
T8	52.6649°N 2.0572°W / 52.6649; -2.0572 (T8 Wedges Mills)	(M6 South), Wolverhampton A460	None	No access (on-slip only)	None
T7	52.6725°N 2.0154°W / 52.6725; -2.0154 (T7 Churchbridge)	Walsall, Cannock A34, Rugeley A460	None	No access (on-slip only)	None
	52.6677°N 2.0003°W / 52.6677; -2.0003 (Great Wyrley Toll Plaza)	Toll plaza
	52.6626°N 1.9693°W / 52.6626; -1.9693 (Norton Canes services)	Norton Canes services
T6	52.6621°N 1.926°W / 52.6621; -1.926 (T6 Brownhills)	Brownhills, Burntwood A5195	Exit	Brownhills, Burntwood A5195	Exit
T5	52.6478°N 1.8348°W / 52.6478; -1.8348 (T5 Wall)	No access (on-slip only)	None	Lichfield A5148, Burton A38	Exit
T4	52.6384°N 1.8111°W / 52.6384; -1.8111 (T4 Weeford Junction)	Burton, Lichfield A38, Tamworth A5	Exit	Tamworth, (M42 North) A5	Exit
	52.6232°N 1.8007°W / 52.6232; -1.8007 (Weeford Park Toll Plaza)			Toll plaza
T3	52.57966°N 1.77773°W / 52.57966; -1.77773 (T3 Langley Mill (north))	No access		Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield A38
	52.5658°N 1.7654°W / 52.5658; -1.7654 (T3 Langley Mill (south))	Sutton Coldfield A38	Exit	No access (on-slip only)	Entry
T2	52.5516°N 1.7368°W / 52.5516; -1.7368 (T2)	No entry or exit	None	A446 (M42 north) – Coleshill	None
T1	52.5293°N 1.7296°W / 52.5293; -1.7296 (T1)	Split for M42 northbound, entry from A4097 (M42 J9, A446)	None	Merge with M42 southbound	None
M42 J8	52.5091°N 1.7255°W / 52.5091; -1.7255 (M42 J8)	Merge from M6 J4a southbound	None	No entry or exit	None
M42 J7A	52.4815°N 1.7103°W / 52.4815; -1.7103 (M42 J7A)	Merge from M42 northbound	None	Split for M42 southbound	None
M6 J3A	52.4739°N 1.6717°W / 52.4739; -1.6717 (M6 J3A)	Begins from M6 northbound	None	Merge with M6 southbound	None
Incomplete access        Tolled

The southernmost section of the M6 Toll, south of Junction T1, is shared by traffic using the M42. Vehicles using only this five-mile section do not have to pay a toll.

Notes

1. Under concession from the Department for Transport until 2053, on which date the motorway will be returned to the government.

References

1. "M6 Toll". Roads. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. Lumb, David (9 December 2013). "M6 Toll: Is it a complete failure?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2020.