What is M42 motorway?
{{infobox road |country=GBR |type=M |route=42 |photo=M42 A45 junction 10y07.JPG |photo_notes= Looking south towards junction 6 |maint= [[Highways England]] |length_mi=40.0 |direction_a= Southwest |terminus_a= [[Catshill]] |counties= [[Worcestershire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[Leicestershire]] |destinations= [[Bromsgrove]]<br>[[Solihull]]<br>[[Birmingham Airport]]<br>[[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]] |direction_b= Northeast |terminus_b= [[Appleby Magna]] |previous_type = M |next_type = M |previous_route = 40 |next_route = 45 |established= 1976 |history=Opened: 1976<br>Completed: 1989 |junction= [[Image:UK-Motorway-M5.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M5 motorway]]<br>[[Image:Junction 3a.svg|1000x20px]] [[Image:UK-Motorway-M40.svg|1000x20px]]<br>J3a → [[M40 motorway]]<br>[[Image:Junction 7.svg|1000x20px]] [[Image:UK-Motorway-M6.svg|1000x20px]]<br>J7 → [[M6 motorway]]<br>[[Image:Junction 7a.svg|1000x20px]] [[Image:UK-Motorway-M6.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M6 motorway]]<br>[[Image:Junction 8.svg|1000x20px]] [[Image:UK-Motorway-M6.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M6 motorway]]<br>[[Image:Junction 9.svg|1000x20px]] [[Image:UK-Motorway-M6 Toll.svg|1000x20px]]<br>[[M6 Toll]] |e-road= {{Jct|country=EUR|E|05}} |map=M42 motorway (Great Britain) map.svg }} The '''M42''' is a [[Controlled-access highway|motorway]] in [[the Midlands]] of [[England]]. It runs northeast from the [[M5 motorway|M5]] near [[Bromsgrove]], [[Worcestershire]] to near [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]], [[Leicestershire]]. It runs south of the [[West Midlands conurbation]], going through [[Solihull]] and [[Birmingham Airport]]. Here, it crosses the [[M6 motorway]]. It then goes past [[Coleshill, Warwickshire|Coleshill]] and then past [[Tamworth]], before ending. At the end of the motorway, just south of [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]], it becomes the [[A42 road (England)|A42]]. The road was first built in the 1970s, and was built to make a motorway between the [[East Midlands|East]] and [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]. It i