Drivable bridge
This is a list of services which allow members of the public to enter and leave from the same side; in other words, if you enter a service area having left London, you can leave it and head back towards London. Most services don't allow this.
A drivable bridge is normally found at services built next to a junction, for the convenience of the operator. An unintended benefit is that people can use them to hold family or business meetings, as it is so easy to head back the way you came.
As motorways rarely have roundabouts in the middle of them, we have titled this list "drivable bridge", but this doesn't mean a bridge must be involved: just that it is easy to turn around.
Services with a drivable bridge
This section lists motorway services only. You can also download it in in KML (for Google Earth and sat navs)
- Abington (M74 and A74(M) at J13)
- Annandale Water (A74(M) at J16)
- Ashford International truckstop (M20 at J10 and J10A)
- Baldock (A1(M)/A1 at J10)
- Barton Park (A1(M)/A1 at J56)
- Beaconsfield (M40 at J2)
- Birchanger Green (M11 at J8)
- Blackburn with Darwen (M65 at J4)
- Blyth (A1(M)/A1 at J34)
- Bridgwater (M5 at J24)
- Burtonwood (M62 at J8)
- Cairn Lodge (M74 at J11 and J12)
- Cardiff Gate (M4 at J30)
- Cardiff West (M4 at J33)
- Carnforth (A6 near M6 J35)
- Cherwell Valley (M40 at J10 and A43)
- Chester (M56 at J14)
- Chieveley (M4 at J13 and A34)
- Cobham (M25 between J9 and J10)
- Cohannon (M1 at J14)
- Cullompton (M5 at J28)
- Doncaster (North) (M18 at J5 and M180)
- Donington (M1 at J23A and J24, A42 and A50)
- Durham (A1(M) at J61)
- Exeter (M5 at J30)
- Ferrybridge (M62 at J33, A1(M) south at J41, A1 north at J40)
- Folkestone (M20 at J11)
- Gordano (M5 at J19)
- Gretna (A74(M) between J21 and J22)
- Hopwood Park (M42 at J2)
- Junction 29 truckstop (M1 at J29)
- J38 truckstop (M6 at J38)
- Kinross (M90 at J6)
- Leeds Skelton Lake (M1 at J45)
- Leeming Bar (A1(M) at J51)
- London Gateway (M1 between J2 and J4)
- Lymm truckstop (M6 at J20 and M56 at J9)
- Magor (M4 at J23A)
- Maidstone (M20 at J8)
- Northampton (M1 at J15A and A43)
- Norton Canes (M6 Toll between JT6 and JT7)
- Old Inns (M80 at J6)
- Oxford (M40 at J8A and A40)
- Pease Pottage (M23 at J11 and A23)
- Peterborough (A1(M)/A1 at J17)
- Pont Abraham (M4 at J49)
- Route 74 truckstop (M74 at J9 and J10)
- Rugby (M6 at J1)
- Sarn Park (M4 at J36)
- Scotch Corner (A1(M) at J53 and A66)
- Severn View (M48 at J1, M4 at J21 and J22)
- South Mimms (M25 at J23 and A1(M) at J1)
- Stirling (M9 and M80 at J9)
- Swansea West (M4 at J47)
- Tamworth (M42 at J10 and A5)
- Telford (M54 at J4)
- Thurrock (M25 at J30 and J31, A13 and A282)
- Wetherby (A1(M) at J46)
Ireland (Rep. Of.)
- Athlone (M6 between J7 and J8)
- Birdhill (M7 at J27)
- Carlow (M9 at J5)
- Cashel (M8 at J8)
- Galway Plaza (M6 at J16)
- Gorey (M11 between J21 and J22)
- Kilcullen (M9 between J2 and J3)
- Manor Stone (M8 at J3)
- Junction 14 Mayfield (M7 at J14)
- Barack Obama Plaza (M7 at J23)
- Paulstown (M9 at J7)
- Wicklow (M11 at J14)