M60 motorway

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The M60 motorway (English for, the M60 motorway ') is a 58 km (36 mile) motorway in England, which forms a ring road around Manchester. That is why it is also called Manchester orbital and is the only complete ring road of the country ( the M25 around London is longer, but the east by the A282 interrupted). In addition to most of the city of Manchester (except Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport ) are also cities such as Salford and Eccles within the ring, which by all metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester, with the exception of Wigan and Bolton, runs.

History

The M60 was created from the merger of three motorways: M62, M63 and M66. Only the last section between junctions 19 and 24 was actually opened as M60.

The first section was opened in 1960 between AS 7 and 13 and was one of the first highways of the United Kingdom. At the time this section was numbered M62, which should serve only as a western bypass of Manchester and Salford. The construction of the bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal began the construction of highways in the country, ahead of the more famous sections of the M6 at Preston or the M1 between Watford and Rugby.

The next section was created as part of the now planned as from the west coast to the east coast M62 motorway between today's AS 12 and 18, with the opening in 1971. According to the opening of the section towards Liverpool got the part south of the motorway junction Worsley number M63. This was extended in a series of further bypasses piecemeal to the east, up to the present AS 25, with completion in 1982. The small portion between AS 18 and 19 at the former Motorway M66 emerged as the southern part of the ring road of Bury, with the opened in 1975. 1989, the portion of Stockport was to Denton opened (connection to the Motorway M67) and referred to as M66.

The construction of the missing section of the M66 between Bury and Denton began in the late 1990s. It was planned as M66, after the opening in October 2000, it was, as well as the highways already mentioned, part of the new ring road M60.

Others

  • The highway had from 1987 to May 2006 a mile-long feeder on a sale (at the AS 8 ), the A6144 (M) wore the number. He was exceptional in the UK since he was only two lanes completely without a hard, while other two-lane highways are at least partially to four lanes. Today, this feeder is part of the A6144.
  • The node on the AS 18 ( Simister Interchange) is an example of a roundabout node. There is a TOTSO - coming from the east continue along the M66, while the west of the road leading away is number M62. The gyro itself was expanded to six lanes and has at every entrance a pair of lights.
  • Today's AS 25 would have been originally a motorway junction - until today it recognizes you at the gap between the two lanes, which should be possibly been node ramps of the future node. To the east, the M63 would extend further north of Bredbury, while the A6 would be (M) to the south, a short highway east of Stockport and Hazel Grove ..
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