M602 motorway

The M602 motorway is a relatively short motorway in Lancashire, leading traffic into Salford, towards Manchester and by-passing the suburban town of Eccles.

The motorway itself was meant to be a part of a bigger scheme, the South Lancashire Motorway. To be designated M52, the route would have linked Liverpool and Manchester, and would be built to provide links to the growing UK motorway network.

However, at the same time, the M62 was being extended north and east of Worsley, around the north of Manchester, and on to Yorkshire, to form part of the Trans-Pennine Motorway route. This would be an upgraded version to the original plan of the East Lancashire Road, the A580, but would link onto the existing route at Worsley. It was decided that the Trans-Pennine Motorway be extended to Liverpool too, to provide a cross-country trunk route. The M62 was re-coursed to run via the route of the M52 between Worsley and Liverpool. That left a short stump of motorway between the M62 and Salford, which was first renumbered M64, then M602. The southern end of the M62 between Worsley and Stretford became the M63.

List of junctions

M602 motorway
mile	Westbound exits (B carriageway)	Junction	Eastbound exits (A carriageway)
0.0	M60 Sale, Stockport, Manchester Airport M60 towards Bolton (M61), Bury (M66), Leeds (M62) M62 towards Liverpool, Birmingham (M6)	J1	Start of motorway
2.0	A576 Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park	J2	A576 Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park
4.3	Start of motorway	J3	Road continues as A57

Outside links

• CBRD Motorway Database – M602
• CBRD Videos M602 / A57(M)
• Lancashire County Council – Historic Highways – M602
• The Motorway Archive – M602
• Pathetic Motorways – M602