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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/246px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/327px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></a></span></div> M61</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><div class="switcher-container"><div> <a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 290px; height: 240px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="290" data-height="240" data-overlays="["_3b112db9ab2935db6d0d15c82a2f51d8a1c5791c"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=M61_motorway&revid=1246204996&groups=_3b112db9ab2935db6d0d15c82a2f51d8a1c5791c" width="290" height="240" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,290x240@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=M61_motorway&revid=1246204996&groups=_3b112db9ab2935db6d0d15c82a2f51d8a1c5791c 2x" alt="Map" /></a>M61 highlighted in blue<hr /> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show interactive map</span></div><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg/225px-M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg/337px-M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg/449px-M61_motorway_in_North_West_England_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="565" /></a></span><br />Shown in North West England<hr /> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of North West England</span></div><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_motorway_(Great_Britain)_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg/262px-M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="262" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg/394px-M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg/524px-M61_motorway_%28Great_Britain%29_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1038" data-file-height="1279" /></a></span><br />Shown with the UK motorway network<hr /> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show UK motorways map</span></div><div> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg/264px-M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="264" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg/397px-M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg/528px-M61_motorway_junctions_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="409" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><br />Junctions of the M61<hr /> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of M61 junctions</span></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-motorway">Route information</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Maintained by <a href="/wiki/National_Highways" title="National Highways">National Highways</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">22.4 mi<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (36.0 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Existed</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1969–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Constructed 1969–1970</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-motorway"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Major junctions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Southeast end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/62px-UK_road_A580.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/92px-UK_road_A580.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/123px-UK_road_A580.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A580_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A580 road (Great Britain)">A580</a> – <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="display:none;">Major intersections</span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junction_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Junction_2.svg/28px-Junction_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Junction_2.svg/42px-Junction_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Junction_2.svg/56px-Junction_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="726" /></a></span></li></ul> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=A666(M)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A666(M) (page does not exist)">A666(M)</a>  – <a href="/wiki/Wardley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Wardley, Greater Manchester">Wardley</a> </p> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Junction_9.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Junction_9.svg/28px-Junction_9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Junction_9.svg/42px-Junction_9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Junction_9.svg/56px-Junction_9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1016" data-file-height="726" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M65_motorway" title="M65 motorway">M65</a> (J9) – <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Northwest end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/54px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/81px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/108px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-motorway"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Primary_status" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary status">Primary<br />destinations</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-motorway">Road network</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Roads in the United Kingdom</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of motorways in the United Kingdom">Motorways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_zones_in_Great_Britain" title="List of roads zones in Great Britain">A and B road zones</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241597584">.mw-parser-output .browse-table{width:100%;background:none;border-collapse:collapse;display:table;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .browse-table+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+link+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+style+.browse-table{margin-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .browse-table td{padding:0;border:none;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .browse-table tr:not(:first-child) td{padding-top:3px}</style><table class="browse-table"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/24px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/36px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/48px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:3px;padding-left:3px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/UK-Motorway-M62.svg/24px-UK-Motorway-M62.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/UK-Motorway-M62.svg/36px-UK-Motorway-M62.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/UK-Motorway-M62.svg/48px-UK-Motorway-M62.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>M61</b> is a motorway in <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a> between <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, linking the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60</a> Manchester orbital motorway with the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a> motorway. </p><p>It runs from the A580 near <a href="/wiki/Wardley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Wardley, Greater Manchester">Wardley</a> and heads northwest past <a href="/wiki/Bolton,_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton, Greater Manchester">Bolton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horwich" title="Horwich">Horwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a> to join the M6 near <a href="/wiki/Bamber_Bridge" title="Bamber Bridge">Bamber Bridge</a>, just north of the junction between the M6 and <a href="/wiki/M65_motorway" title="M65 motorway">M65</a>. It runs parallel to the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a>, to its northeast, for the entirety of its length, essentially <a href="/wiki/Bypass_(road)" title="Bypass (road)">bypassing</a> the towns and villages the A6 runs through between Manchester and Preston. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Horwich to Worsley section began on Wednesday 1 January 1969, costing £12.4<span class="nowrap"> </span>million, to open by the end of December 1970, built by the <a href="/wiki/Alfred_McAlpine" title="Alfred McAlpine">Alfred McAlpine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Fairclough_%26_Son" title="Leonard Fairclough & Son">Leonard Fairclough & Son</a> consortium.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/M61_motorway" title="Special:EditPage/M61 motorway">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The M61 has one service station: <a href="/wiki/Rivington_services" title="Rivington services">Rivington services</a> (formerly Anderton Services and Bolton West services), located between junctions 6 and 8 (as junction 7 was never built). This <a href="/wiki/Motorway_service_area" title="Motorway service area">motorway service area</a> was used in the filming of <i>The Services</i>, a pilot episode for the <a href="/wiki/Farnworth" title="Farnworth">Farnworth</a>-born comedian <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay" title="Peter Kay">Peter Kay</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/That_Peter_Kay_Thing" title="That Peter Kay Thing">That Peter Kay Thing</a></i>, a spoof documentary of a day in the life of the services staff. </p><p>Originally built as part of the Kenning Motor Group, it later became part of the Rank Group portfolio, before passing on to Pavilion (Granada) and First Motorway Services. This services originally had two restaurants (one each side) and full facilities. However, due to the relatively short length of the M61 and wealth of alternative nearby facilities, it suffered from low traffic and footfall. This resulted in a lack of investment, and the site passed from hand to hand. It was also, at various times, operated on one side only, access from the opposite carriageway being via the over-bridge, or closed down completely. In 2009, it was acquired by the Blackburn based <a href="/wiki/Euro_Garages" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro Garages">Euro Garages</a> Group. Instead of simply refurbishing the existing infrastructure, a completely new facility was built on each of the old car-parks. All the original buildings were then demolished. </p><p>At various periods, since the building of the M61, the lack of a junction 7 has been used by local politicians as a campaign feature. This has once again come to the fore in 2022, as a proposal to relieve major congestion between junction 6 and Horwich. The two proposals are; to either build junction 7 where the M61 passes over the Bolton to Chorley road at Anderton, or to incorporate junction 7 into the Rivington Services site. Short term, neither are likely to happen.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worsley_Braided_Interchange">Worsley Braided Interchange</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Worsley Braided Interchange"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg/300px-Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="354" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg/450px-Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg/600px-Worsley_Braided_Interchange_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="731" /></a><figcaption><b>The complex of inter-connected junctions</b><br /> <span class="nowrap"> </span><span style="background-color:black; color:white;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <b>2</b> </span></span><span class="nowrap"> </span> Junction number<br /> <span class="nowrap"> </span><span style="background-color: #a0a0a0; color: #dcdcdc;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <b>1</b> </span></span><span class="nowrap"> </span> Former junction number <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#dcdcdc solid 2px;"> </span> A666 and A6053</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#b3b3b3 solid 2px;"> </span> M61 slips to Kearsley Interchange</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#8da0cb solid 3px;"> </span> <b>M61</b> to Preston</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#fc8d62 solid 2px;"> </span>  A666(M) Kearsley Spur</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#e5c494 solid 2px;"> </span> A666(M) to M60</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#ffd92f solid 2px;"> </span> M61 to A580 east</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#66c2a5 solid 3px;"> </span> <b>M60</b> outer ring road</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#e78ac3 solid 2px;"> </span> M60 slip roads to A580 west</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-line mw-no-invert" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 1.67em; height: 0; border-style: none; border-top: 2px dotted black;border-top:#a6d854 solid 3px;"> </span> <b>A580</b> East Lancs Road</div></figcaption></figure> <p>At the southeastern end at junction 2, the Worsley Braided Interchange, a stretch of the road on <a href="/wiki/Linnyshaw" title="Linnyshaw">Linnyshaw</a> Moss, earns a place in the <i><a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of World Records">Guinness Book of World Records</a></i> for having the most traffic lanes side by side (17), spread across eight almost-parallel carriageways, in a "basketweave interchange" design. However it isn't clear how many of the lanes belong to the A666(M).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The carriageways cross each other at shallow angles and make use of tunnel-like structures to spread the load, avoiding the need for skew bridges. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spur_route" title="Spur route">Spurs</a> of the M61 radiate from junction 2 to four surrounding junctions, effectively creating one large interchange, consisting of the following junctions:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Kearsley Interchange links the <a href="/wiki/A666_road" title="A666 road">A666</a> and <a href="/wiki/A6053_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6053 road (Great Britain)">A6053</a> to M61 junctions 2 and 3.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>M61 junction 3 links the M61 southeastbound to the Kearsley Interchange.</li> <li>M61 junction 2 (<i>Worsley Braided Interchange</i>) links to all of the other junctions.</li> <li>M60 junction 15 (<i>Swinton Interchange</i><sup id="cite_ref-Swinton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swinton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) links the <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M60 motorway (Great Britain)">M60</a> to M61 junction 2 by using a short stretch of the A666(M).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>M60 junction 14 (Wardley Interchange) links the <a href="/wiki/A580_road" title="A580 road">A580</a> East (East Lancashire Road) to M61 junction 2, and separately links the A580 West to the M60 East at junction 15.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The name "Worsley Braided Interchange" may also be used to describe the entire complex of five junctions. On its opening on 17 December 1970, the complex was already known locally as "<a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Spaghetti Junction">Spaghetti Junction</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 17 months before the opening of <a href="/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_Interchange" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravelly Hill Interchange">Gravelly Hill Interchange</a> in Birmingham, nowadays most associated with that name in Britain, but the name did not persist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lancaster_Canal">Lancaster Canal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lancaster Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The construction of the motorway between junctions 8 and 9 caused part of <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Canal" title="Lancaster Canal">Lancaster Canal</a> to be closed. Before closure, the canal had a southern section that had always been isolated from the main northern section, but historically linked to it by a horse-drawn tramway, the <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Canal_Tramroad" title="Lancaster Canal Tramroad">Lancaster Canal Tramroad</a>. The new motorway crossed the route of the canal at three points. The <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Ministry of Transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Waterways_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="British Waterways Board">British Waterways Board</a> decided that the cost of constructing three bridges was not justified, particularly as the canal was in poor condition, and promoted a bill in Parliament for closure of this section of the canal.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The southernmost part of this section remains and is now classified as a spur of the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Liverpool_Canal" title="Leeds and Liverpool Canal">Leeds and Liverpool Canal</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Junctions">Junctions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Junctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">County </th> <th scope="col">Location </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="miles">mi</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="kilometres">km</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Junction </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Destinations </th> <th scope="col">Notes </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Wardley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Wardley, Greater Manchester">Wardley</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">0.0</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">0.0</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">—<br /><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Wardley Interchange<hr />M60 Junction 14</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/62px-UK_road_A580.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/92px-UK_road_A580.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A580.svg/123px-UK_road_A580.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A580_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A580 road (Great Britain)">A580</a> east (East Lancs Road) – <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> City Centre, <a href="/wiki/Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Access only to A580 eastbound and from A580 westbound. Spur goes directly to Junction 2; no access to or from Swinton Interchange (M60).<br />(Formerly M62 Junction 14A.)</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right"></th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0"></td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">—<br /><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Swinton Interchange<sup id="cite_ref-Swinton_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swinton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><hr />M60 Junction 15</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/UK-Motorway-M60.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M60.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M60_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="M60 motorway">M60</a> (Manchester Outer Ring) – <a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sale,_Greater_Manchester" title="Sale, Greater Manchester">Sale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></td><td rowspan="1">Spur terminates here: no access to or from Wardley Interchange (A580).<br />(Formerly M61 Junction 1 and M62 Junction 14.)</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">2.0</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">3.2</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">2<br /><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Worsley Braided Interchange</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"> <ul><li>To / from northwest:</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/62px-UK_road_A666.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/92px-UK_road_A666.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/123px-UK_road_A666.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M61</a> (Kearsley Spur) to <a href="/wiki/A666_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A666 road (Great Britain)">A666</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a> <i>(via Kearsley Interchange)</i></li> <li>To / from southeast:</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M61</a> (spur to M60 only) – Swinton Interchange</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/UK-Motorway-M61.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M61.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">M61</a> (spur to A580 only) – Wardley Interchange</li></ul> </div></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><div><ul><li>No access from Kearsley Spur to M61 northwestbound, or from M61 southeastbound to Kearsley Spur</li><li>No access from M60 spur to A580 spur, or from A580 spur to M60 spur</li><li>Formerly signposted as Junction 3 for northwestbound traffic only</li><li>The Kearsley Spur is part of the M61</li></ul></div></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">2.7</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">4.3</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">3<br /><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><i>(To Kearsley Interchange)</i></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/62px-UK_road_A666.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/92px-UK_road_A666.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/UK_road_A666.svg/123px-UK_road_A666.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/UK_road_A6053.svg/75px-UK_road_A6053.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/UK_road_A6053.svg/112px-UK_road_A6053.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/UK_road_A6053.svg/149px-UK_road_A6053.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="190" /></span></span> To <a href="/wiki/A666_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A666 road (Great Britain)">A666</a> / <a href="/wiki/A6053_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6053 road (Great Britain)">A6053</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kearsley" title="Kearsley">Kearsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farnworth" title="Farnworth">Farnworth</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Exit only from M61 southeastbound to A666 / A6053 roundabout (<i>Kearsley Interchange</i>); no entrance.</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="4">—</td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">5.0</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">8.0</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">4<br /><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Watergate Lane Interchange<sup id="cite_ref-J5J6_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J5J6-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/36px-UK_road_A6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="36" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/54px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/72px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Walkden" title="Walkden">Walkden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atherton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Atherton, Greater Manchester">Atherton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leigh,_Greater_Manchester" title="Leigh, Greater Manchester">Leigh</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">6.9</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">11.1</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">5<br /><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Hunger Hill Interchange<sup id="cite_ref-J5J6_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-J5J6-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/UK_road_A58.svg/49px-UK_road_A58.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/UK_road_A58.svg/73px-UK_road_A58.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/UK_road_A58.svg/98px-UK_road_A58.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A58_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A58 road (Great Britain)">A58</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westhoughton" title="Westhoughton">Westhoughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">9.5</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">15.3</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">6<br /><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Horwich Link Interchange</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/UK_road_A6027.svg/75px-UK_road_A6027.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/UK_road_A6027.svg/112px-UK_road_A6027.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/UK_road_A6027.svg/149px-UK_road_A6027.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="589" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A6027_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6027 road (Great Britain)">A6027</a> – <a href="/wiki/Horwich" title="Horwich">Horwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a> (North), <a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">11.6</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">18.7</td><td colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivington_services" title="Rivington services">Rivington services</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> <span class="nowrap">  </span><span class="nowrap">(formerly Bolton West or Anderton)</span></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">17.0</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">27.4</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">8<br /><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Chorley North Link Junction</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A674.svg/62px-UK_road_A674.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A674.svg/93px-UK_road_A674.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/UK_road_A674.svg/124px-UK_road_A674.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="190" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A674_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A674 road (Great Britain)">A674</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a></td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Walton_Summit" title="Walton Summit">Walton Summit</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">20.5</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">33.0</td><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:center">9<br /><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1">Clayton Brook Interchange<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><hr />M65 Junction 2</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/UK-Motorway-M65.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M65.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M65_motorway" title="M65 motorway">M65</a> – <a href="/wiki/Blackburn" title="Blackburn">Blackburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burnley" title="Burnley">Burnley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a> (South)</td><td rowspan="1"></td></tr> <tr style="text-align:left"><td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Bamber_Bridge" title="Bamber Bridge">Bamber Bridge</a></td><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:right">22.3</th><td rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;background-color:#eaecf0">35.9</td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffdddd">—<br /><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>coord 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">Blacow Bridge<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><hr />M6 Junction 30</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/54px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/81px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/108px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a> north – The <a href="/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District">Lake District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Lancashire" title="Lancaster, Lancashire">Lancaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackpool" title="Blackpool">Blackpool</a></td><td rowspan="1" title="Incomplete access" style="background-color:#ffdddd">No exit to M6 southbound or entrance from M6 northbound</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="8" class="jct-bottom notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129796324">.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom{text-align:center;background-color:#eaecf0}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend{margin-left:1.6em;font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend ul{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .jct-bottom-legend-color{border:1px solid #000}</style>1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist jct-bottom-legend"><ul><li><span class="jct-bottom-legend-color" style="background-color: #ffdddd">    </span>  <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Interchange_(road)#Complete_and_incomplete_interchanges" title="Interchange (road)">Incomplete access</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg/220px-M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg/330px-M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg/440px-M61_Kearsley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2474321.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to a tunnel-like structure that carries the M60-to-M61 spur under one carriageway of the M61-to-A580 spur, approaching Junction 2 from the southeast</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange,_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg/220px-M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg/330px-M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg/440px-M61_Worsley_Braided_Interchange%2C_Clifton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2382867.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Part of the Swinton Interchange, showing carriageways of the M61-to-M60 spur crossing the M60 (left) and the A580-to-M60 link road (centre)</figcaption></figure> <p>Mileages are calculated using the A580 spur, the longer of the two spurs at the Manchester end. </p> <dl><dt>Coordinate list</dt></dl> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wardley Interchange (A580): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5124_N_2.3661_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Wardley+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°30′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°21′58″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5124°N 2.3661°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5124; -2.3661</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Wardley Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Swinton Interchange (M60): <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5241_N_2.3608_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Swinton+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°31′27″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°21′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5241°N 2.3608°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5241; -2.3608</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Swinton Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 2: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5317_N_2.381_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Worsley+Braided+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°31′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°22′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5317°N 2.3810°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5317; -2.3810</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Worsley Braided Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 3: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5374_N_2.394_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=M61+Junction+3"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°32′15″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°23′38″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5374°N 2.3940°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5374; -2.3940</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">M61 Junction 3</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 4: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5448_N_2.4495_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Watergate+Lane+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°32′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°26′58″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5448°N 2.4495°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5448; -2.4495</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Watergate Lane Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 5: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5556_N_2.4899_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Hunger+Hill+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°33′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°29′24″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5556°N 2.4899°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5556; -2.4899</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Hunger Hill Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 6: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.5744_N_2.5455_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Horwich+Link+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°34′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°32′44″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5744°N 2.5455°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5744; -2.5455</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Horwich Link Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rivington Services: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.6002_N_2.5739_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Rivington+Services"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°36′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°34′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.6002°N 2.5739°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.6002; -2.5739</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Rivington Services</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 8: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.6703_N_2.6249_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Chorley+North+Link+Junction"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°40′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°37′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.6703°N 2.6249°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.6703; -2.6249</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Chorley North Link Junction</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Junction 9: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.7183_N_2.6298_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Clayton+Brook+Interchange"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°43′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°37′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.7183°N 2.6298°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.7183; -2.6298</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Clayton Brook Interchange</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">M6 Junction 30: <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=M61_motorway&params=53.7359_N_2.6487_W_region:GB_type:landmark&title=Blacow+Bridge"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°44′09″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°38′55″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.7359°N 2.6487°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.7359; -2.6487</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Blacow Bridge</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Confusingly, the A666 southbound approach to this junction has signs identifying it as "junction 2", which appears to incompatible with the other M61 junction numbers. Other approaches display no number. The "Kearsley Spur" from this junction to M61 junction 2 is the A666(M).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">M60 junction 15 was once also known as M61 junction 1, and as of 2022 some Ordnance Survey maps still display this, but all road signs depicting "1" have been removed as the actual junction 1 is on the A580. Some sources name the junction to be part of Worsley Braided Interchange. Before the M60 was created, it was M62 junction 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Junction 14" refers only to the M60 link road. The M61 mainline has no junction number, although some sources have claimed it was junction 1. Before the M60 was created, it was M62 junction 14A.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M61_motorway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Leicester Daily Mercury</i> Tuesday 31 December 1968, page 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/4757927/The-numbers-up-for-Britains-roads.html">"The number's up for Britain's roads"</a></span>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. 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Route">A102(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A601(M)_motorway" title="A601(M) motorway">A601(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A6144(M)_motorway" title="A6144(M) motorway">A6144(M)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#2489C9; color:white;width:1%">Unbuilt</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M12_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M12 motorway (Great Britain)">M12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M15_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M15 motorway (Great Britain)">M15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16_motorway" title="M16 motorway">M16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M31_motorway" title="M31 motorway">M31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M64_motorway" title="M64 motorway">M64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_relief_road" title="M4 relief road">M4 relief road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#2489C9; color:white;width:1%">Junctions<br />(<span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Motorway_junctions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Motorway junctions in the United Kingdom"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Category</span></a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almondsbury_Interchange" title="Almondsbury Interchange">Almondsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broxden_Junction" title="Broxden Junction">Broxden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catthorpe_Interchange" title="Catthorpe Interchange">Catthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross,_Glasgow" title="Charing Cross, Glasgow">Charing Cross, Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton_Island" title="Denton Island">Denton Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handy_Cross_roundabout" title="Handy Cross roundabout">Handy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longbridge_Interchange" title="Longbridge Interchange">Longbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydiate_Ash" title="Lydiate Ash">Lydiate Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Corner" title="Scotch Corner">Scotch Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaghetti_Junction,_Birmingham" title="Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham">Spaghetti Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switch_Island" title="Switch Island">Switch Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorney_Interchange" title="Thorney Interchange">Thorney</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Weaver_Viaduct" title="Weaver Viaduct">Weaver</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#2489C9; color:white;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highways" title="National Highways">National Highways</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highways_traffic_officer" title="National Highways traffic officer">Traffic officers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Trunk_Road_Agent" title="South Wales Trunk Road Agent">South Wales Trunk Road Agent</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government_traffic_officer" title="Welsh Government traffic officer">Traffic officers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Scotland" title="Transport Scotland">Transport Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DfI_Roads" title="DfI Roads">DfI Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_By-pass" title="Preston By-pass">Preston By-pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smart_motorway" title="Smart motorway">Smart motorway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorway_service_area" title="Motorway service area">Motorway service area</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_motorway_service_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom">List</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#2489C9; color:white;background:#0079C1; font-weight: bold;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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motorway">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M32_motorway" title="M32 motorway">M32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M48_motorway" title="M48 motorway">M48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M49_motorway" title="M49 motorway">M49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A4_road_(England)" title="A4 road (England)">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A30_road" title="A30 road">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A36_road" title="A36 road">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A38_road" title="A38 road">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A40_road" title="A40 road">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A46_road" title="A46 road">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A303_road" title="A303 road">A303</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 3</a><br />(South)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M3_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M3 motorway (Great Britain)">M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M27_motorway" title="M27 motorway">M27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M271_motorway" title="M271 motorway">M271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A3_road#A3(M)" title="A3 road">A3(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A308(M)_motorway" title="A308(M) motorway">A308(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A404(M)_motorway" class="mw-redirect" title="A404(M) motorway">A404(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A3_road" title="A3 road">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A27_road" title="A27 road">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A31_road" title="A31 road">A31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A303_road" title="A303 road">A303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A404_road" title="A404 road">A404</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 4</a><br />(South East)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M2_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M2 motorway (Great Britain)">M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M20_motorway" title="M20 motorway">M20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M23_motorway" title="M23 motorway">M23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A2_road_(England)" title="A2 road (England)">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A20_road_(England)" title="A20 road (England)">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A21_road_(England)" title="A21 road (England)">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A23_road" title="A23 road">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A26_road" title="A26 road">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A27_road" title="A27 road">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A259_road" title="A259 road">A259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A2070_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A2070 road (Great Britain)">A2070</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/DBFO" class="mw-redirect" title="DBFO">DBFO</a>)<br />(M25 links)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M3_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M3 motorway (Great Britain)">M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M11_motorway" title="M11 motorway">M11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M20_motorway" title="M20 motorway">M20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M25_motorway" title="M25 motorway">M25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M26_motorway" title="M26 motorway">M26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1(M)_motorway" title="A1(M) motorway">A1(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A2_road_(England)" title="A2 road (England)">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A3_road" title="A3 road">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A13_road_(England)" title="A13 road (England)">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A20_road_(England)" title="A20 road (England)">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A23_road" title="A23 road">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A30_road" title="A30 road">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A40_road" title="A40 road">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A282_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A282 road">A282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A316_road" title="A316 road">A316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A405_road" title="A405 road">A405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1089_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A1089 road">A1089</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A3113_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A3113 road">A3113</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M11_motorway" title="M11 motorway">M11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1(M)_motorway" title="A1(M) motorway">A1(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A11_road_(England)" title="A11 road (England)">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A12_road_(England)" title="A12 road (England)">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A14_road_(England)" title="A14 road (England)">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A47_road" title="A47 road">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A120_road" title="A120 road">A120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A141_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A141 road">A141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A414_road" title="A414 road">A414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A421_road" title="A421 road">A421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A428_road" title="A428 road">A428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1307_road" title="A1307 road">A1307</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 7</a><br />(East Midlands)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M45_motorway" title="M45 motorway">M45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M69_motorway" title="M69 motorway">M69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A14_road_(England)" title="A14 road (England)">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A38_road" title="A38 road">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A42_road_(England)" title="A42 road (England)">A42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A46_road" title="A46 road">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A50_road" title="A50 road">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A52_road" title="A52 road">A52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A453_road" title="A453 road">A453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A516_road" title="A516 road">A516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5111_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5111 road">A5111</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 9</a><br />(West Midlands)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M40_motorway" title="M40 motorway">M40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M42_motorway" title="M42 motorway">M42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M50_motorway_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="M50 motorway (Great Britain)">M50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M54_motorway" title="M54 motorway">M54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M69_motorway" title="M69 motorway">M69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A38_road" title="A38 road">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A40_road" title="A40 road">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A45_road" title="A45 road">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A46_road" title="A46 road">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A49_road" title="A49 road">A49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A50_road" title="A50 road">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A446_road" title="A446 road">A446</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A449_road" title="A449 road">A449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A458_road" title="A458 road">A458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A483_road" title="A483 road">A483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A500_road" title="A500 road">A500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A4510_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A4510 road">A4510</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5148_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5148 road">A5148</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">North West</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M53_motorway" title="M53 motorway">M53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M55_motorway" title="M55 motorway">M55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M56_motorway" title="M56 motorway">M56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M57_motorway" title="M57 motorway">M57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M58_motorway" title="M58 motorway">M58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M60_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M60 motorway (Great Britain)">M60</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M65_motorway" title="M65 motorway">M65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M66_motorway" title="M66 motorway">M66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M67_motorway" title="M67 motorway">M67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M602_motorway" title="M602 motorway">M602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A74(M)_and_M74_motorways" title="A74(M) and M74 motorways">A74(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A627(M)_motorway" title="A627(M) motorway">A627(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A41_road" title="A41 road">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A55_road" title="A55 road">A55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A56_road" title="A56 road">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A66_road" title="A66 road">A66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A483_road" title="A483 road">A483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A494_road" title="A494 road">A494</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A550_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A550 road">A550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A556_road" title="A556 road">A556</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A585_road" title="A585 road">A585</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A590_road" title="A590 road">A590</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A595_road" title="A595 road">A595</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A663_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A663 road">A663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5036_road" title="A5036 road">A5036</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5103_road" title="A5103 road">A5103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5117_road" title="A5117 road">A5117</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Area 12</a><br />(Yorks/Lincs)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M18_motorway_(Great_Britain)" title="M18 motorway (Great Britain)">M18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M180_motorway" title="M180 motorway">M180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M181_motorway" title="M181 motorway">M181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M606_motorway" title="M606 motorway">M606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M621_motorway" title="M621 motorway">M621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1(M)_motorway" title="A1(M) motorway">A1(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A57_road" title="A57 road">A57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A61_road" title="A61 road">A61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A63_road" title="A63 road">A63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A64_road" title="A64 road">A64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A160_road" title="A160 road">A160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A162_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A162 road">A162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A180_road_(England)" title="A180 road (England)">A180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A616_road" title="A616 road">A616</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A628_road" title="A628 road">A628</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1033_road" title="A1033 road">A1033</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a 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DBFO</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M40_motorway" title="M40 motorway">M40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1(M)_motorway" title="A1(M) motorway">A1(M)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A6_road_(England)" title="A6 road (England)">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A19_road" title="A19 road">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A30_road" title="A30 road">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A35_road" title="A35 road">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A50_road" title="A50 road">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A69_road" title="A69 road">A69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A168_road" title="A168 road">A168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A174_road" title="A174 road">A174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A249_road" title="A249 road">A249</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A417_road" title="A417 road">A417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A419_road" title="A419 road">A419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A1053_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A1053 road">A1053</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/National_Highways#Operating_the_network" title="National Highways">Toll roads</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M6_Toll" title="M6 Toll">M6 Toll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Transport_in_Greater_Manchester" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Transport in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#F9DC68"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Greater_Manchester" title="Transport for Greater Manchester">Transport for Greater Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bee_Network" title="Bee Network">Bee Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Get_me_there" title="Get me there">get me there</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Transport,_Greater_Manchester" title="Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester">Museum of Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F9DC68;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Air transport in the United Kingdom">Air</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="background:#F9DC68;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Bus transport in the United Kingdom">Bus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_North_West" title="Arriva North West">Arriva North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluebird_Bus_%26_Coach" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluebird Bus & Coach">Bluebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullocks_Coaches" title="Bullocks Coaches">Bullocks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%26G_Buses&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D&G Buses (page does not exist)">D&G Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_North_West" title="Diamond North West">Diamond North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finglands_Coachways" title="Finglands Coachways">Finglands Coachways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Greater_Manchester" title="First Greater Manchester">First Greater Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GM_Buses" title="GM Buses">GM Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go_North_West" title="Go North West">Go North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Peak_Buses" title="High Peak Buses">High Peak Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Stones_Coaches" title="Jim Stones Coaches">Jim Stones Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JPT_Bus_Company" title="JPT Bus Company">JPT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Bus_(Stagecoach)" title="Magic Bus (Stagecoach)">Magic Bus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Community_Transport" title="Manchester Community Transport">Manchester Community Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayne_Coaches" title="Mayne Coaches">Mayne Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maytree_Travel" title="Maytree Travel">Maytree Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nexus_Buses&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nexus Buses (page does not exist)">Nexus Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosso_(bus_company)" title="Rosso (bus company)">Rosso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Manchester" title="Stagecoach Manchester">Stagecoach Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_North" title="UK North">UK North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington%27s_Own_Buses" title="Warrington's Own Buses">Warrington's Own Buses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Routes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_17" title="Greater Manchester bus route 17">17</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_42" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Manchester bus route 42">42</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_53" title="Greater Manchester bus route 53">53</a></li> <li><del><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_58" title="Greater Manchester bus route 58">58</a></del></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_135" title="Greater Manchester bus route 135">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_bus_route_192" title="Greater Manchester bus route 192">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Express_X41_line" title="Red Express X41 line">X41 Red Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Witch_Way" title="The Witch Way">X43 Witch Way</a></li> <li><del><a href="/wiki/X57_Snake" title="X57 Snake">X57 Snake</a></del></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_buses_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Free buses in Greater Manchester">free bus route 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_buses_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Free buses in Greater Manchester">free bus route 2</a></li> <li><del><a href="/wiki/Free_buses_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Free buses in Greater Manchester">free bus route 3</a></del></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh-Salford-Manchester_Bus_Rapid_Transit#Services" title="Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit">V1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh-Salford-Manchester_Bus_Rapid_Transit#Services" title="Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit">V2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh-Salford-Manchester_Bus_Rapid_Transit#Services" title="Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit">V4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F9DC68;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Road</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_route_E22" title="European route E22">European route E22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsway_(A34)" title="Kingsway (A34)">Kingsway</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Metrolink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Manchester_Metrolink" title="History of Manchester Metrolink">History of Metrolink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Manchester_Metrolink" title="Timeline of Manchester Metrolink">Timeline of Metrolink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester_Metro_Limited" title="Greater Manchester Metro Limited">Greater Manchester Metro Limited</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firema_T-68" title="Firema T-68">Firema T-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_M5000" title="Bombardier M5000">Bombardier M5000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F9DC68;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Network" title="National Cycle Network">Cycle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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