M62 motorway
The M62 is a motorway in Northern England. It connects Liverpool and Manchester with Leeds and Hull. It is about 107 miles (172 km) long. Around seven miles of the motorway is shared with the M60.[2]
M62 motorway | ||||
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Lancashire-Yorkshire Motorway | ||||
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Highways England Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Liverpool City Council | ||||
Length | 107 mi[1] (172 km) 7 miles (11 km) are part of the M60 motorway | |||
History | Opened: 1960 Completed: 1976 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Knotty Ash | |||
J6 → M57 motorway J35 → M18 motorway | ||||
East end | North Cave | |||
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Road network | ||||
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Junctions
Major incidents
In 1974, the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a coach, killing 12 people. In 2001, a car veered off the road onto a railway track, causing a train crash which killed 10 people.
Coordinates
- ↑ 53°24′22″N 2°53′46″W / 53.405977°N 2.896099°W: Western end of the M62 Motorway
- ↑ 53°25′34″N 2°33′22″W / 53.426024°N 2.55614°W: M6/M62 interchange
- ↑ 53°29′15″N 2°22′36″W / 53.487591°N 2.3767°W: Western end of M60/M62 concurrency
- ↑ 53°32′59″N 2°15′38″W / 53.549801°N 2.26055°W: Eastern end of M60/M62 concurrency
- ↑ 53°44′12″N 1°43′34″W / 53.736671°N 1.726181°W: M62/M606 interchange
- ↑ 53°43′51″N 1°30′43″W / 53.730811°N 1.511929°W: M62/M1 interchange
- ↑ 53°42′40″N 1°17′27″W / 53.711174°N 1.290832°W: M62/A1 interchange
- ↑ 53°41′45″N 1°16′03″W / 53.695714°N 1.267566°W: M62:J33 and Ferrybridge Services
- ↑ 53°46′16″N 0°41′07″W / 53.771087°N 0.685205°W: Eastern end of the M62 Motorway
References
- ↑ Marshall, Chris. "M62 motorway". Motorway Database. Chris's British Road Directory. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ↑ "M62: Queens Drive to Eccles". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2007.