M56 at Frodsham
The M56 is a motorway that runs from Manchester to Chester. It starts at the M60 and finishes at the A5117 in Chester.
The motorway was opened in sections over ten years. Construction started in 1968, and the first stretch of road to open was Junctions 11 to 14 in 1971. The last section of motorway was opened in 1981.
Junctions[]
- Junction 4 (M60), M60 - Start of Sharton spur
- Junction 1: Didsbury, A34 - No westbound exit
- Junction 2: Altrincham, A560 - No eastbound exit
- Junction 3a: Cheadle, A560 - Start of Princess Parkway spur
- Junction 3: Wythenshawe, A5103 - No westbound exit
- Junction 4: Wythenshawe
- Junction 5: Manchester Airport
- Junction 6: Macclesfield, A538
- Junction 7: Altrincham, A56 - No westbound entry
- Junction 8: Altrincham, A56 - Westbound entry only
- Junction 9: M6, Lymm (A50) - Lymm service area
- Junction 10: Warrington, A49
- Junction 11: Runcorn (East), A56
- Junction 12: Runcorn, Widnes, A557
- Junction 14: Helsby, A5117 - Chester service area
- Junction 15: M53 - Chester, Wrexham, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port
- Junction 16: Queensferry, A5117 - End of motorway
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| Motorways | |
|---|---|
| Single-digit motorways: | M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M8 • M9 |
| Two-digit motorways | M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58
M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 |
| Three-digit motorways | M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898 |
| Converted A-roads | A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) |