M45 motorway

M45
M45
	M45 highlighted in blue
Route information
	Maintained by National Highways
Length	7.9 mi (12.7 km)
Existed	1959–present
Major junctions
East end	Watford Gap
	; M1 motorway; A45;
West end	Thurlaston
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Rugby, Coventry
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M45 is a motorway in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, England and is 7.9 miles (12.7 km) long. It runs between junction 17 of the M1 motorway south east of Rugby and a junction with the A45 road southwest of Rugby. It has one of the lowest traffic volumes of the United Kingdom motorway system.^{[citation needed]}