M40 motorway

motorway connecting London and Birmingham
AdministrativeArea controlled_access_highway Q1541030
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M40 motorway

Summary

M40 motorway is a controlled-access highway[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • M40 motorway is located in Warwickshire[3].
  • M40 motorway is located in Buckinghamshire[4].
  • M40 motorway is located in Oxfordshire[5].
  • M40 motorway is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • M40 motorway's traffic sign is recorded as UK-Motorway-M40.svg[7].
  • M40 motorway's route map is recorded as UK motorway map - M40.png[8].
  • M40 motorway's transport network is recorded as Great Britain road numbering scheme[9].
  • M40 motorway's image is recorded as M40 in Warwickshire.jpg[10].
  • M40 motorway's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[11].
  • M40 motorway's Commons category is recorded as M40 motorway[12].
  • M40 motorway's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1502053[13].
  • +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of M40 motorway[14].
  • M40 motorway's terminus location is recorded as Denham[15].
  • M40 motorway's terminus location is recorded as Earlswood[16].
  • M40 motorway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.937166, 'lon': -1.2019}[17].
  • M40 motorway's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hryk[18].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Uxbridge[19].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Beaconsfield[20].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as High Wycombe[21].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Maidenhead[22].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Oxford[23].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Banbury[24].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Warwick[25].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Leamington Spa[26].
  • M40 motorway's primary destinations is recorded as Stratford-upon-Avon[27].

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Geography

M40 motorway is in the country of United Kingdom[6]. Located in include Warwickshire[3], a non-metropolitan county[28], in United Kingdom[29]; Buckinghamshire[4], a county council area[30], in United Kingdom[31]; and Oxfordshire[5], a ceremonial county of England[32], in United Kingdom[33].

Physical Characteristics

M40 motorway's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+89'}[34].

Designation and Status

M40 motorway's instance of is recorded as controlled-access highway[11].

History and Context

+1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of M40 motorway[14].

Why It Matters

M40 motorway ranks in the top 2% of controlled_access_highway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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  26. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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