The A194 road is a road in

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. It runs northeast from its start at junction 65 of the

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near

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, and the first are motorway standard, designated the A194(M). There are intermediate junctions with the

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and the A195 before the motorway section ends at the A184 junction. The junctions were unnumbered until 2013 when they were designated J1 to J3. The A194 continues as a trunk road to its next major junction, the A19 which provides access to the

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, Sunderland and

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. At this point, A194 ceases to be a trunk road and continues to its terminus in South Shields town centre. The A194(M) was renamed A1(M) and then renamed back, the only motorway to be renamed back to its original name.

A194(M)

Motorway junctions

References

CBRD Motorway Database – A194(M)

Pathetic Motorways – A194(M)

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A194(M)

Motorway junctions

See also

References