Comparisons
Other cities encircled by motorways include Manchester using the M60 motorway, Birmingham using parts of the M5, M6 and M42 and from 2011 Glasgow has an orbital motorway made of the M8, M73 and M74 although one section of the route passes through the centre of the city. The M25 is the second-longest ring road in Europe, after the Berlin Ring (A 10) which is 5 miles (8.0 km) longer. The M25 is one of the busiest motorways in Europe:
- M25 around London: 196,000 vehicles a day recorded in 2003 between junctions 13 and 14 near London Heathrow Airport.
- A23 (Vienna): More than 200,000 vehicles on an average day.
- A 100 (Berlin): 216,000 vehicles in a day was recorded in 1998
- A4 motorway (near Paris): 257,000 vehicles a day recorded in 2002.
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