The M62 is a west-east cross-country motorway. It connects Liverpool with East Yorkshire around 13 miles west of Hull, and passes through Manchester and Leeds. A section of the motorway around Manchester is part of the M60. The motorway was built between 1971 and 1976. If adjusted for inflation, it would cost about £765m to build.
History[]
The idea of a trans-Pennine route was aroused in the 1930s, when there was a need for a link between Lancashire and Yorkshire. There was also a growing need for a motorway link to Liverpool. The plans were finalised in 1963 and construction began in 1971.
In 2000, the strech of motorway between Junctions 12 and 18 were renamed the M60 to create an orbital motorway around the outskirts of Manchester.
Exit list[]
| M62 Motorway | ||
| Westbound exits | Junction | Eastbound exits |
| Start of motorway | 4 | Start of motorway |
| Huyton A5080 | 5 | Huyton A5080 |
| Runcorn, Liverpool (S) A5300
Southport, Prescot M57 |
6 | Runcorn, Liverpool (S) A5300
Southport, Prescot M57 |
| Prescot, Warrington A57
Widnes A557 |
7 | Prescot, Warrington A57
St Helens A570 |
| Warrington (W), Burtonwood (A574) | 8 | Warrington (W), Burtonwood (A574) |
| Burtonwood service area | ||
| Warrington, Newton A49 | 9 | Warrington, Newton A49 |
| Birmingham, Preston, Chester M6 | 10 | Birmingham, Preston, Chester M6 |
| Warrington (E), Birchwood A574 | 11 | Warrington (E), Birchwood A574 |
| N/A | 12 | Bolton (M61), Bury (M66), Leeds (M62)
Salford M602 |
| Becomes M60 for junctions 12 to 18 | ||
| Manchester M60
Bury, Blackburn M66 |
18 | N/A |
| Birch service area | ||
| Middleton, Heywood A6046 | 19 | Middleton, Heywood A6046 |
| Rochdale, Oldham A627(M) | 20 | Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton A627(M) |
| Milnrow, Shaw A640 | 21 | Milnrow, Shaw A640 |
| Saddleworth A672 | 22 | Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge A672 |
| No westbound exit | 23 | Huddersfield A640 |
| Huddersfield, Halifax A629 | 24 | Huddersfield, Halifax A629 |
| Brighouse A644
Huddersfield (A62) |
25 | Brighouse, Dewsbury A644 |
| Hartshead service area | ||
| Bradford M606
Halifax A58 |
26 | Bradford M606
Cleckheaton A638 |
| Bradford A62
Leeds (M621) |
27 | Leeds M621
Bately (A62), Morely (A650) |
| Leeds, Dewbury A653 | 28 | Leeds, Dewbury A653 |
| London, Leeds, Wakefield M1 | 29 | London, Wakefield, The NORTH M1
Leeds (M621) |
| Rothwell, Wakefield A642 | 30 | Rothwell, Wakefield A642 |
| Castleford, Normanton A655 | 31 | Castleford, Normanton A655 |
| Pontefract, Castleford A639 | 32 | Pontefract, Castleford A639 |
| The NORTH, Wetherby A1(M) | 32a | The NORTH, Wetherby A1(M)
The SOUTH, Doncaster A1(M) |
| The SOUTH, Doncaster (A1)
Pontefract, A162 |
33 | Knottingly A162 |
| Ferrybridge service area | ||
| Selby, Doncaster A19 | 34 | Selby, Doncaster A19 |
| The SOUTH, Doncaster M18
Scunthorpe (M180) |
35 | The SOUTH M18
Scunthorpe (M180) |
| Goole A614 | 36 | Goole A614 |
| Howden A614
Selby (A63) |
37 | York (A63)
Howden, Bridlington A614 |
| End of motorway | 38 | North Cave, Gilberdyke B1230
Hull, Beverley A63 |
External links[]
| Motorways | |
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| 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) |