Route
The road runs west from junction 10A of the M6 motorway near Essington, Staffordshire (Map). It passes south of Featherstone near junction 1 and then north of Bushbury before reaching junction 2. Just before junction 3 with Albrighton the road enters Shropshire. It then passes to the north of Shifnal. Between junction 4 and junction 5, the road passes across the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line, and through the centre of Telford. Between junctions 6 and 7, the road runs around the south of Wellington before ending on the A5 (Map), which continues on to Shrewsbury as dual carriageway.
Telford Motorway Service Station was opened in 2004 off junction 4, and is operated by Welcome Break. It is the only service station on the motorway and, if travelling east, the last before Corley on the M6 or Frankley on the M5.
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