The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, linking the M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway.
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
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)
The M62 is a 107-mile-long west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; 7 miles of the route is shared with the M6
M61 motorway
…Kingdom Primary destinations Bolton Chorley Manchester Preston Wigan Road network Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones ← M60 → M62 The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, linking the M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway. It runs…
Looking east at junction 22, the highest point on the English motorway network, from the Pennine Way, 2010
Construction starting in Milnrow, July 1968
M62 Summit sign in July 2017, located at 53°37′47″N 2°01′06″W / 53.6298°N 2.0184°W / 53.6298; -2.0184 (Summit of M62)
Stott Hall Farm, viewed from moorland above westbound carriageway in August 2009