- M61 motorway
UK motorway routebox
motorway= M61
length-mi= 20
length-km= 32
direction= Northwest - Southeast
start=Worsley
destinations=Manchester
LeighBolton
end=Bamber Bridge
opening-date=1969
completion-date=1970
junctions= 1 -The M61 motorway is a major road in
England . It runs from theM60 motorway north west ofManchester , and heads north west past Bolton andChorley to end at the junction of the M6 andM65 motorway s just south ofPreston .__TOC__Worsley Braided Interchange
Perhaps the most distinguishing section of the M61 is to be found at the southern end at the Worsley Braided Interchange between Junctions 1 and 3. This stretch of the road on the approach to the terminus with the M60 ring road, is a collection of myriad slip roads and overpass tunnels providing free-flowing access to and from the motorway to the A580 (East Lancashire road), the motorway spur road to and from the
A666 , access to both anti-clockwise and clockwise carriageways of the M60 and full access for traffic wishing to travel both northbound and southbound on the M61. This complicated junction earns it a place in theGuinness Book of World Records as having the most traffic lanes side by side (17), spread across several parallel carriageways [ [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/roadsfaq/#446 British Roads Database] www.cbrd.co.uk URL accessed February 18, 2008
•cite news |title=The number's up for Britain's roads|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2002/10/04/emfnum05.xml |work=Telegraph.co.uk |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |date=October 2002 |accessdate=2008-02-18 |language= |quote=The west side of Manchester is notoriously busy and holds the record for the widest section of motorway - an impressive 17 lanes where the M61 and M60 meet.
•cite book |author=Matthews, Peter (ed) |title=The Guinness Book of Records 1993|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=Enfield |year=1992 |isbn=0-85112-978-1 |pages=p121]Media
The M61 has one motorway service area. Bolton West Services (formerly known as Anderton, Adlington and Rivington), located between Junctions 6 and 8, junction 7 was never built. This MSA was used in the filming of "The Services" a pilot episode for the Boltonian comedian
Peter Kay series "That Peter Kay Thing.", a spoof documentary of a day in the life of the MSA staff.Junctions
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List of motorways in the United Kingdom External links
* [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m61/ CBRD Motorway Database - M61]
* [http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/m61.asp Lancashire County Council - Historic Highways - M61]
* [http://www.iht.org/motorway/m61master.htm The Motorway Archive - M61]References
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