M60 motorway

motorway in Greater Manchester

The M60, also called the Manchester Ring Motorway or the Manchester Outer Ring Road, is a motorway. It is a ring road around Manchester, England, as well as other towns nearby. The M60 is about 36 miles (58 km) long. The M60 was created in 2000 by using old parts of the M62, M66, and all of the M63.[1]

M60 shield
M60
Manchester Outer Ring Road
M60 at Cutler Hill, Failsworth.jpg
Looking south at Cutler Hill near Failsworth
Route information
Part of E20 and E22
Maintained by Highways England
Length36.1 mi (58.1 km)
7 miles (11 km) are concurrent with the M62 motorway
Existed1998–present
HistoryOpened: 1960 (as M62), 1971 (Middleton Link), 1974 (as M63)
Renumbered: 1998
Completed: 2000
Major junctions
Orbital around Manchester
Major intersections
J4 → M56 motorway

/
J12 → M62 motorway/M602 motorway

J15 → M61 motorway
/
J18 → M62 motorway/M66 motorway


J24 → M67 motorway
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
CountiesGreater Manchester
Primary
destinations
Manchester, Stockport, Trafford Park, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham
Road network
M58M61

Junctions

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M60 motorway junctions
mile km Anti-clockwise exits (B Carriageway) Junction Clockwise exits (A Carriageway)
0.0 0.0 Stockport (West & Centre) A5145 J1 Stockport (West) A5145
1.5 2.4 Cheadle A560 J2 No access (on-slip only)
Cheadle, Wilmslow A34 J3 Cheadle, Wilmslow A34
No access (on-slip only) J4 Chester, Warrington, Manchester  , Birmingham (M6) M56
4.5 7.3 Chester, Manchester  , Birmingham (M6) A5103 (M56) J5 Manchester (C), Didsbury A5103
6.0 9.7 Sale A6144 J6 Sale A6144
6.8 10.9 Manchester (C), Stretford, Altrincham A56 J7 Altrincham, Manchester (C), Stretford A56
7.5 12.0 End of variable speed limit   J8 Carrington A6144
Carrington A6144 Start of variable speed limit  
9.3 15.0 Trafford Park, Trafford Centre A5081 J9 Urmston B5158, Trafford Park A5081
10.3 16.5 Trafford Park, Urmston B5214 J10 Trafford Park B5214
11.4 18.4 Eccles, Irlam A57 J11 Irlam, Eccles A57
12.2 19.7 Manchester (C), Salford M602
(M6), Liverpool M62
J12 Liverpool, Warrington M62
Manchester (C), Salford M602
13.0 21.0 Swinton A572, Worsley A575 J13 Worsley, Leigh A575, Swinton A572
14.1 22.7 St. Helens, Leigh A580 J14 No access (on-slip only)
(M6 North), Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61 J15 Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61
16.3 26.2 Salford, Kearsley A666 J16 No access (on-slip only)
18.5 29.7 Manchester City Centre, Prestwich, Whitefield A56 J17 Whitefield, Prestwich A56
19.8 31.8 Start of variable speed limit   J18
 
TOTSO
Burnley, Bury M66
Leeds, Huddersfield M62
Leeds M62
Bury, Burnley, Blackburn M66
End of variable speed limit  
21.0 33.8 Middleton A576 J19 Manchester City Centre, Middleton A576
22.6 36.4 No access (on-slip only) J20 Middleton, Blackley A664
24.7 39.8 Rochdale, (A627(M)), Chadderton (A663) J21 Manchester City Centre, Chadderton (A663)
26.3 42.3 Manchester City Centre, Oldham A62 J22 Oldham A62
28.6 46.0 Ashton-under-Lyne A6140 J23 Ashton-under-Lyne A635
30.6 49.3 Manchester City Centre, Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67) J24 Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67)
Manchester City Centre A57
Bredbury A560 J25 Bredbury A560
No access J26 Stockport (E&C) A560
Stockport (East) A560 J27 No access (on-slip only)
36.1 58.1 Motorway continues to J1

References

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  1. "M60 Motorway". Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2012-03-18.