Manchester Inner Ring Road

Manchester Inner Ring Road

Manchester and Salford Inner Relief Route is a Ring Road in Greater Manchester, England. It is the product of the amalgamation of several major roads around the city centres of Manchester and Salford to form a ring. It was completed in 2004 with the opening of a final extension to Trinity Way.

A major component of the ring is the Mancunian Way Motorway which lies to the south of Manchester city centre. When the Mancunian way was completed, it was planned that it would be the first of many inner-city elevated roads. This route is a pivotal part of today's ring road for east-west traffic across the southern part of the city centre. As most other major routes through Manchester city centre hadn't changed in years it was decided that a ring road was to be built.

The principal section of Trinity Way opened in 1987 easing congestion on Deansgate and opening a vital route just North West of the city centre. Improvements were made to Great Ancoats Street (just North-East of the city centre) which is now mostly dual carriageway.

As Great Ancoats Street (to the north and east), Trinity Way (to the north and west) and the Mancunian Way (to the south) almost formed a complete circle it was decided that the circle was to be completed. The major "gap" was in the south-west of Manchester City Centre between the Mancunian Way near Granada Television Studios and the end of Trinity Way at Salford Central railway station. The route was finally completed on Monday, 29 November 2004.

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v · d · eTransport in Greater Manchester
Transport for Greater Manchester • Museum of Transport • Readycard
Air
Bus
Arriva North West • Bluebird • Bullocks • Checkmate • Finglands • First Manchester • GM Buses • Jim Stones Coaches • JPT • Maytree Travel • Metroshuttle • Rossendale Transport • Speedwellbus • Stagecoach Manchester • South Lancs Travel • Stotts • Warrington Borough Transport • List of bus routes in Greater Manchester
Road
European route E22 • Kingsway • M6 • M56 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M66 • M67 • M602 • A57(M) • A627(M) • Manchester Inner Ring Road
Tram
Manchester Metrolink • Greater Manchester Metrolink Limited
Rail
TIF bid
Congestion charging in Greater Manchester • Greater Manchester Transport Innovation Fund • United City

Coordinates: 53°28′13″N 2°14′37″W / 53.47028°N 2.24361°W / 53.47028; -2.24361

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