M6 motorway

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The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby in Warwickshire via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45). Here, just short of the Dumfriesshire border it becomes the A74(M) which continues to Glasgow as the M74.

The M6 is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom and one of the busiest. It incorporated the Preston By-pass, the first length of motorway opened in the UK and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north−south between London and Glasgow via the industrial North of England. It is also part of the east−west route between the Midlands and the east-coast ports.

Route

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 in Warwickshire, passes between Coventry and Nuneaton, through Birmingham and into Staffordshire. It then passes Walsall and Stafford and near the major cities of Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent.[1] The motorway has a junction with the M56 before entering Lancashire and the junction with the M62 at Warrington, giving access to Chester, Manchester and Liverpool.[2] The M6 then heads north past Wigan, Preston and Lancaster.[3] After the latter two cities it enters Cumberland at Burton-in-Kendal. From there it enters Westmorland at Penrith and then passes Carlisle on its way to Gretna,[4] before the motorway becomes the A74(M) a few hundred yards short of the Dumfriesshire border.[5][6]

History

Planning and construction

The first section of the motorway and the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass. It was built by Tarmac Construction and opened by the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 5 December 1958.[7] In January 1959 the Preston by-pass was closed because of rapid surface deterioration over a stretch of 100 yards "due to water freezing and then thawing". Motorists were diverted to the old road while the UK road research laboratory at Harmondsworth pondered the importance of surface water drainage.[8]

Later, other sections of the motorway were constructed, and finally it was all linked together, giving an uninterrupted motorway length of 230 miles.[9][10][11]

The M6 in Cheshire

The second phase of construction was completed in 1960, forming the Lancaster by-pass. Some 100 miles south, the Stafford by-pass was completed in 1962.[12][13] By 1965, the remaining sections of motorway Stafford–Preston and Preston–Lancaster had been completed. 1968 saw the completion of the Walsall to Stafford link as well as the Penrith by-pass some 150 miles north in Cumberland. In 1970, the Lancaster–Penrith link was completed, along with a short section of motorway by-passing the south of Walsall. The most northerly section of the motorway also opened in 1970, running to the designated terminus north of Carlisle. By 1971,[12] the full route was completed between the junction with the M1 motorway at Rugby and the A38 road several miles north-east of Birmingham city centre, including Bromford Viaduct between Castle Bromwich (J5) and Gravelly Hill (J6), which at 3½ miles is the longest viaduct in Great Britain.[14][15]

Junction 6 in Birmingham is widely known as Spaghetti Junction because of its complexity. On the elevated ground between Shap and Tebay, the north- and south-bound carriages split apart.[16] At this point a local road (to Scout Green) runs between the two carriageways without a link to the motorway.[17]

The section of the M6 that runs over Shap Fell in Westmorland is 1,050 ft above sea level, one of the highest points on any motorway in the UK (junction 22 of the M62 on Saddleworth Moor is higher). The motorway engineers here chose to follow the route of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway engineered by Joseph Locke (now part of the West Coast Main Line) where the motorway runs in a split-level cutting above the railway in the descent from Shap Fell through the Lune Gorge into southern Westmorland.[18]

The northbound entry slip road at Lancaster (junction 34) is unusually short, presenting problems for traffic joining the motorway. The M6 crosses the River Lune at this point and unless the bridge had been made wider, there was no space to build a longer slip road. This junction was upgraded from an earlier emergency-vehicles-only access point, which explains the substandard design.[19]

The border between Cheshire and Staffordshire runs right through the centre of junction 16.

The route was originally intended to replace the old A6, which it does along the northern section starting with the Preston Bypass. However, a much closer approximation to the overall actual route of the M6 (heading north from its southern terminus) is provided by following the A45, A34, A50, A49, then the A6.[20] South of Preston, the A6 route is instead supplemented by the M61 as far as Manchester, with the M60 acting as a bypass around the city. South of Manchester, there is no true motorway replacement for the old road. The M1 acts as a bypass for long-distance traffic in the south, from the Kegworth junction near Nottingham, to Luton and St Albans; but, it is not an alternative for local traffic as the routes diverge by more than 15 miles while passing through Northamptonshire. Across the Pennines, the old road remains the main local through-route, and long-distance fast traffic between Derby and Manchester must instead take either the A50 and M6, or M1 and M62.[21]

Operational

In July 1972 the UK Minister for Transport Industries announced that 86 miles of UK motorway particularly prone to fog would benefit from lighting in a project which "should be" completed by 1973.[22] Sections to be illuminated included the M6 between junctions 10 and 11, and between junctions 20 and 27.[22]

In March 2006, after 15 years of debate,[23] the government authorised the construction of a six-mile extension of the M6 from its then northern terminus near Carlisle to the Dumfriesshire border at Gretna (the so-called "Cumberland Gap"), where it links into the existing A74(M).[24] The road opened on 5 December 2008, the 50th anniversary of the M6 Preston By-pass.[25] The project, which was a mixture of new road and upgrade of the existing A74, crosses the West Coast Main Line and had an estimated costs of £174 million. It completed an uninterrupted motorway from just south of Dunblane (via the M9 motorway, the recently opened M80 section near Cumbernauld and the M73) in the north to Exeter (via the M5) and to London (via both the M42/M40 and the M1) in the south.[26]

The M6 Toll, Britain's first toll motorway, which bypasses the western Midlands conurbation to the east and north of Birmingham and Walsall and was built to alleviate congestion in the area, and opened in December 2003. Before the opening of the toll motorway, this section of the M6 carried 180,000 vehicles per day at its busiest point near Wolverhampton (between the junctions with the M54 and M5 motorways), compared with a design capacity of only 72,000 vehicles. Usage, at about 50,000 vehicles, was lower than expected and traffic levels on the M6 were only slightly reduced as a result. The high toll prices, which were set by the operating company and over which the UK government has no influence until 2054, were blamed for the low usage.[27] Much traffic continues to use the M6 or the continued on the M1 and took the A50 or A52.[28] As of July 2012 the road between Junctions 3A and 11A now carries 120,000 motor vehicles every day.[29]

A proposed extension to the M6 Toll known as the 'M6 Expressway', which would have continued from the M6 Toll as far as Knutsford, at which point much of the existing M6 traffic leaves the M6 for Manchester, was abandoned in 2006 due to excessive costs, anticipated construction problems[30] and disappointing levels of use of the M6 Toll.

Proposed developments

Hard shoulder running (junction 4–5 and 8 to 10a)

In October 2007, following a successful trial on the M42 in the West Midlands, the UK government have announced that two stretches of the M6 will be upgraded to allow the hard shoulder to be used as a normal running lane during busy conditions under a scheme called Active Traffic Management.[31] The two stretches, between junctions 4 and 5 and between junctions 10a and 8, are two of the busiest sections on the entire motorway.[32] The system could also be extended onto other stretches of the M6 as the government is going to undertake a feasibility study to determine other likely locations where this technology can be used.[33]

Managed motorway J13 and J19

The government wishes to improve reliability and capacity between Junctions 11 by Cannock and Junction 19 near Knutsford. In 2004, it favoured a new motorway, 'The Expressway' following a roughly parallel course to the existing M6.[34][35] In July 2006, the government announced its decision to abandon the Expressway proposal, and favoured widening accompanied by demand-management measures,[30] and have launched a study to consider options for providing additional capacity.[36] The current proposal is in introduce managed motorway between Junction 13 and 19.[37]

Catthorpe interchange – (M6/M1/A14)

The Highways Agency has developed proposals for a major upgrade to the overloaded Catthorpe Interchange where the M6, the M1 motorway and the A14 road meet at Catthorpe.[38]

Junctions

Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Where a junction spans several hundred yards and the start and end distances are known, both distances are shown.[39][40]

M6 motorway
mile Northbound exits (A carriageway) Junction Southbound exits (B carriageway) Coordinates
Cumberland
M6 continues as A74(M) to Glasgow, Edinburgh 54°59’48"N, 3°3’19"W
313.2 Gretna (Green) B7076
Longtown A6071 		M6 J45
 No access 54°59’35"N, 3°2’54"W
309.6
309.2 		Todhills Rest Area Services Todhills Rest Area 54°57’6"N, 2°58’47"W
307.6
307.3 		Carlisle (North), Galashiels, Hawick A7 J44
 Carlisle A7, Workington (A595)
Hexham A689 		54°55’48"N, 2°56’47"W
303.8
303.5 		Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle upon Tyne A69 J43 Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle upon Tyne A69 54°53’43"N, 2°53’13"W
301.1
300.7 		Carlisle (South) A6 J42 Carlisle (South) A6 54°51’27"N, 2°52’42"W
Southwaite services Services Southwaite services 54°47’57"N, 2°52’16"W
288.7
288.4 		Wigton B5305 J41 Wigton B5305 54°41’36"N, 2°47’30"W
285.5
285.2 		Penrith, Workington, Keswick A66 J40 Penrith, Keswick, Brough, Scotch Corner A66 54°39’11"N, 2°45’37"W
Westmorland
274.4
274.0 		Shap (A6) J39 Shap, Kendal (A6) 54°30’30"N, 2°38’59"W
Westmorland services Services Westmorland services 54°27’5"N, 2°36’29"W
268.9
268.5 		Brough A685
Appleby B6260 		J38 Kendal, Brough A685 54°26’12"N, 2°35’49"W
260.3
260.0 		Kendal, Sedbergh A684 J37 Kendal, Sedbergh A684 54°19’51"N, 2°37’22"W
No access Services Killington Lake services 54°18’54"N, 2°38’21"W
252.7
252.3 		Kirkby Lonsdale, Skipton A65
Kendal, Barrow-in-Furness A590 		J36 Kirkby Lonsdale, Skipton A65
Barrow-in-Furness A590 		54°14’11"N, 2°42’60"W
Burton-in-Kendal services Services No access 54°10’41"N, 2°44’2"W
Lancashire
245.1
244.6 		Carnforth, Morecambe A601(M) (A6) J35 Carnforth, Morecambe A601(M) (A6) 54°7’43"N, 2°44’59"W
240.8
240.6 		Lancaster, Morecambe, Kirkby Lonsdale, Heysham A683 J34 Lancaster, Morecambe A683 54°4’18"N, 2°46’16"W
234.6
234.3 		Lancaster A6 J33 Garstang, Fleetwood A6 53°58’57"N, 2°46’51"W
Lancaster (Forton) services Services Lancaster (Forton) services 53°57’44"N, 2°45’37"W
221.5
221.0 		Blackpool, Fleetwood M55, Preston (North), Garstang A6 J32
 Blackpool M55, Preston (North) A6 53°48’24"N, 2°41’52"W
219.5
219.3 		Preston (West), Longridge B6242 J31A No access 53°47’20"N, 2°39’30"W
Preston (Central), Clitheroe A59 J31 Preston (Central), Clitheroe A59 53°45’54"N, 2°38’9"W
215.4
214.9 		No access J30 Manchester, Bolton M61
Leeds (M62)
Blackburn (M65) 		53°44’4"N, 2°38’52"W
213.9
213.5 		Burnley, Blackburn, Preston (South) M65 J29 Burnley, Blackburn, Preston (South) M65 53°42’58"N, 2°39’39"W
212.3
211.9 		Leyland (A49) J28 Leyland (A49) 53°41’45"N, 2°40’39"W
Charnock Richard services Services Charnock Richard services 53°37’54"N, 2°41’27"W
204.8
204.4 		Parbold, Standish, Chorley A5209 J27 Parbold, Standish, Wigan A5209 53°35’23"N, 2°41’40"W
200.8
200.5 		Wigan, Skelmersdale, Liverpool, Southport M58 J26 Wigan, Skelmersdale, Liverpool, Southport M58 53°32’3"N, 2°41’53"W
198.0
197.8 		Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, A49 J25 No access 53°30’7"N, 2°39’35"W
196.9
196.5 		No access J24 Ashton-in-Makerfield, St Helens A58 53°29’12"N, 2°39’10"W
195.6
195.2 		Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, St Helens, Manchester, Liverpool, Newton-le-Willows A580 J23 Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield, St Helens, Manchester, Liverpool, Newton-le-Willows A580 53°28’17"N, 2°38’1"W
192.4
192.1 		Newton-le-Willows A49 Leigh A579 J22 Warrington A49 53°26’24"N, 2°35’3"W
191.0
190.5 		Manchester, Leeds M62 J21A Liverpool, Southport M62 53°25’33"N, 2°33’21"W
Liverpool, Southport M62 Manchester, Leeds M62
188.3
188.0 		Warrington, Irlam A57 J21 Warrington, Irlam A57 53°23’52"N, 2°30’36"W
Cheshire
Thelwall Viaduct
 53°23’23"N, 2°30’21"W
185.6 No access J20 Macclesfield, Warrington A50 53°21’37"N, 2°30’33"W
Lymm B5158
185.3 No access J20A NORTH WALES, Chester, Runcorn, Manchester & Airport M56 53°21’30"N, 2°30’29"W
184.5 NORTH WALES, Chester, Runcorn M56 J20 No access 53°20’56"N, 2°29’57"W
Warrington, Lymm A50
180.3
179.9 		Manchester & Airport, Stockport A556 (M56 east) J19 Northwich, Knutsford, Macclesfield A556 53°18’42"N, 2°25’3"W
Knutsford services
(Sign Posted No HGVs use Poplar 2000 Services (Lymm), but HGV fuel pumps and a small HGV parking area are provided) 		Services Knutsford services 53°18’3"N, 2°24’6"W
172.2
171.9 		Holmes Chapel, Middlewich, Winsford, Northwich, Chester A54 J18 Holmes Chapel, Middlewich, Winsford A54 53°12’1"N, 2°23’15"W
168.9
168.3 		Congleton, Sandbach A534 J17 Congleton, Sandbach A534 53°9’12"N, 2°20’48"W
Sandbach services Services Sandbach services 53°8’21"N, 2°20’11"W
162.6
162.3 		Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Nantwich A500 J16 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Nantwich A500 53°4’7"N, 2°20’1"W
Staffordshire
Keele services Services Keele services 52°59’37"N, 2°17’22"W
153.1
152.9 		Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme A500 J15 Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, Eccleshall A500
Derby (A50) 		52°58’32"N, 2°13’35"W
Stafford services Services Stafford services North 52°53’2"N, 2°10’7"W

South 52°52’26"N, 2°9’54"W

142.0
141.8 		Stafford, Stone, Eccleshall A34 J14 Stafford (North) A34 52°49’35"N, 2°8’44"W
136.8
136.5 		Stafford A449 J13 Stafford (South & Central) A449 52°45’49"N, 2°6’28"W
131.6
131.2 		Telford A5 J12 Cannock, Wolverhampton A5, North Wales, Telford (M54) 52°41’20"N, 2°6’12"W
No access J11A
 The SOUTH, Lichfield M6 Toll 52°40’10"N, 2°4’27"W
128.7
128.4 		(M6 Toll), Cannock A460 J11 Wolverhampton A460 52°39’30"N, 2°3’52"W
Hilton Park services Services Hilton Park services 52°38’36"N, 2°3’23"W
127.0
126.7 		NORTH WALES, Wolverhampton, Telford M54 J10A
J10A — M54 		No access 52°37’49"N, 2°2’56"W
123.3
122.9 		Walsall, Wolverhampton A454 J10 Walsall A454 52°35’6"N, 2°-0’51"W
121.7
121.5 		Wednesbury A461 J9 Wednesbury A461 52°33’60"N, 2°0’12"W
119.9 The SOUTH WEST, Birmingham (West), West Bromwich M5 J8
 The SOUTH WEST, Birmingham, West Bromwich M5 52°33’26"N, 1°58’36"W
118.4
118.1 		Birmingham (NW), Walsall A34 J7
 Birmingham A34 52°33’11"N, 1°56’2"W
Warwickshire
114.2
113.9 		Birmingham (Central & North) A38(M)
Sutton Coldfield A5127 		J6
Gravelly Hill Interchange
 Birmingham A38(M) & A38 52°30’36"N, 1°51’50"W
110.9
110.8 		Birmingham (NE), Castle Bromwich A452 J5
 No access 52°30’33"N, 1°47’21"W
108.8
108.6 		No access J4A The NORTH (M1), Tamworth M42 (N), M6 Toll
The SOUTH, London (M40), Birmingham (S), N.E.C. & Airport M42 (S) 		52°30’36"N, 1°44’49"W
106.0
105.7 		Lichfield, Coleshill A446, The SOUTH WEST (M5)
Birmingham (South), Solihull M42(S) 		J4 Coventry, Birmingham International Airport, NEC A446 52°28’37"N, 1°42’26"W
The NORTH WEST (M6 Toll), Tamworth M42(N) J3A No access 52°28’26"N, 1°40’18"W
Corley services Services Corley services 52°28’17"N, 1°32’47"W
96.9
96.4 		Coventry (North), Nuneaton A444, Bedworth B4113 J3 Coventry (North), Nuneaton A444, Bedworth B4113 52°27’47"N, 1°29’38"W
93.7
93.3 		Coventry A46
Leicester M69 (M1) 		J2 Coventry (East) A46, Leicester, Hinckley M69 (M1(N)) 52°26’16"N, 1°25’47"W
85.6
85.2 		Rugby A426 J1 Rugby, Lutterworth A426 52°24’29"N, 1°14’45"W
85.2 No access M1 J19
 Felixstowe, Corby, Kettering A14, M1 (North) 52°24’2"N, 1°10’31"W
Start of motorway London, Northampton M1 (South)

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Further reading

  • Jackson, Mike (2004). The M6 Sights Guide. Severnpix. ISBN 978-0954540210. 

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Motorways in the United Kingdom

Great Britain: M1  • M2  • M3  • M4  • M5  • M6  • M6 Toll  • M8  • M9  • M10  • M11  • M18  • M20  • M23  • M25  • M26  • M27  • M32  • M40  • M42  • M45  • M48  • M49  • M50  • M53  • M54  • M55  • M56  • M57  • M58  • M60  • M61  • M62  • M63  • M65  • M66  • M67  • M69  • M73  • M74  • M77  • M80  • M85  • M90  • M180  • M181  • M271  • M275  • M602  • M606  • M621  • M876  • M898  • Sections of A road: A1(M)

Former motorways marked in italics

Northern Ireland: M1  • M2  • M3  • M5  • M12  • M22

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