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M62 Motorway
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{{UK motorway routebox|
| motorway= M62
| length-mi= 105
| length-km= 168
| direction= West - East
| start=
Liverpool
| destinations=
HuytonSt. HelensWidnesWarringtonManchesterBuryRochdaleHuddersfieldHalifax, West Yorkshire HalifaxBradfordDewsburyLeedsWakefieldPontefractSelbyGoole
| end=
North Cave
| opening-date=
1970
| completion-date=
1976
| junctions= 6 -
Image:UK motorway M57.PNG 50pxM57 motorway10 -
Image:UK motorway M6.PNG 45pxM6 motorway12 -
Image:UK motorway M60.PNG 50pxM60 motorway12 -
Image:UK motorway M602.PNG 55pxM602 motorway18 -
Image:UK motorway M60.PNG 50pxM60 motorway18 -
Image:UK motorway M66.PNG 50pxM66 motorway20 -
Image:UK motorway A627(M).PNG 70pxA627(M) motorway26 -
Image:UK motorway M606.PNG 55pxM606 motorway27 -
Image:UK motorway M621.PNG 55pxM621 motorway29 -
Image:UK motorway M1.PNG 45pxM1 motorway32a -
Image:UK motorway A1(M).PNG 45pxA1(M) motorway35 -
Image:UK motorway M18.PNG 50pxM18 motorway
}}
The '''M62 motorway''' connects the cities of
Liverpool and
Kingston upon Hull Hull, in
England. Along the way, it passes the cities of
Salford,
Manchester,
Warrington,
Bradford, England Bradford,
Leeds and
Wakefield, and crosses the
Pennines Pennine hills.
The
motorway is the most important east-west road in northern England. Great efforts are made to keep the road clear of snow in winter months, when other cross-Pennine routes are often shut. This stretch of motorway is the highest in the
United Kingdom UK, there is a marker at the highest point.
The building of the M62 between
Rochdale and
Huddersfield, crossing the Pennines, is considered to have been one the most daring road construction projects to have taken place in England due to the nature of the terrain. At the highest point of the motorway, the road divides into two to negotiate the hilly terrain, and a farm, built in
1737, is situated in between the two halves. The inhabitants, Ken and Beth Wild, have lived and worked there since
1971 and are known to have helped travellers stuck on the motorway in bad weather. The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons; a myth persists that it is because they refused to be moved out of the way during its construction.
The section of the M62 around Manchester, between junctions 12 and 18, has been renumbered as the
M60 motorway M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road road. Another section of the orbital road, the Stretford-Eccles Bypass, formerly a section of the M63, was originally built as a section of the M62. At the M62/M60 interchange, a road leads into
Salford, called the M602.
In 2003, work commenced on the
A1 road A1, upgrading it to motorway status between
Doncaster, and
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle. The new A1(M) junction opened to traffic on 13 January 2006, intersecting the M62 halfway between J32 (Pontefract) and J33 (Ferrybridge).
In 2007, the UK's first carsharing lane on a motorway is to be built from the
M606 motorway M606 allowing passengers with more than one person in the car a fast track onto the M62 Eastbound at Junction 26, near
Bradford.
[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/4822808.stm The BBC's news story about the car-sharing lane]]
List of Junctions
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|- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;"
| colspan="3" | '''M62 Motorway'''
|- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white"
| Westbound exits
| Junction
| Eastbound exits
|- align="center"
| A5080: Huyton, Knotty Ash
| J5
| A5080: Huyton
|- align="center"
| A5300: Liverpool
A5080:Huyton
M57 motorway M57: Southport
| J6
| M57: Prescot
A5300: Runcorn
|- align="center"
| A57: Prescot
A570: St Helens
A557: Widnes
| J7
| A57: Prescot
A570: St Helens
A557: Widnes
|- align="center"
| Warrington, Burtonwood
| J8
Burtonwood Services
| Warrington, Burtonwood
|- align="center"
| A49: Warrington, Newton
| J9
| A49: Warrington, Newton
|- align="center"
| M6: Birmingham, Preston, Chester
| J10
| M6: Preston, Birmingham, Manchester Airport
|- align="center"
| A574: Warrington, Birchwood
| J11
| A574: Warrington, Birchwood
|- align="center"
|
M60 motorway M60 becomes M62
| J12
| M60: Ring Road, Bolton, Bury, Leeds
M602 motorway M602: Salford, Manchester
|- align="center"
|colspan="3"|Motorway is M60 from Junctions 12 to 18
|- align="center"
| M60: Ring Road
M66 motorway M66: Bury, Blackburn
| J18
| M60 becomes M62
|- align="center"
|colspan="3"|Birch Services
|- align="center"
| A6046: Heywood, Middleton
| J19
| A6046: Middleton, Heywood
|- align="center"
| A627(M): Rochdale, Oldham
| J20
| A627(M): Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton
|- align="center"
| A640: Milnrow, Shaw
| J21
| A640: Milnrow, Shaw
|- align="center"
| A672: Saddleworth
| J22
| A672: Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge
|- align="center"
|
No Access
| J23
| A640: Huddersfield
|- align="center"
| A629: Huddersfield, Halifax
| J24
| A629: Huddersfield, Halifax
|- align="center"
| A644: Brighouse, Halifax
| J25
| A644: Brighouse, Dewsbury
|- align="center"
|colspan="3"|Hartshead Services
|- align="center"
|
M606 motorway M606: Bradford
A58: Halifax
| J26
| M606: Bradford
A638: Cleckheaton
|- align="center"
|
M621 motorway M621: Leeds
A62: Bradford
| J27
| M621: Leeds
A62: Batley
A650: Morley
|- align="center"
| A653: Leeds, Dewsbury, Leeds/Bradford Airport
| J28
| A653: Leeds, Dewsbury
|- align="center"
|
M1 motorway M1: London, Leeds, Wakefield
| J29
| M1: London, Wakefield, The NORTH
|- align="center"
| A642: Rothwell, Wakefield
| J30
| A642: Rothwell, Wakefield
|- align="center"
| A655: Normanton, Castleford
| J31
| A655: Normanton, Castleford
|- align="center"
| A639: Pontefract, Castleford
| J32
| A639: Pontefract, Castleford
|- align="center"
| A1(M): The NORTH, Wetherby
| J32a
| A1(M): The NORTH, Wetherby
The SOUTH, Doncaster
|- align="center"
| A162: The SOUTH, Doncaster (A1)
Pontefract, Ferrybridge
| J33
| A162: Knottingley, Ferrybridge
|- align="center"
| A19: Selby, Doncaster
| J34
| A19: Selby, Doncaster
|- align="center"
|
M18 motorway M18: The SOUTH, Doncaster
| J35
|
M18 motorway M18: The SOUTH, Doncaster
|- align="center"
| A614: Goole
| J36
| A614: Goole
|- align="center"
| A614: Howden
| J37
| A614: Howden, Bridlington
|- align="center"
| ''Start of Motorway''
| J38
| B1230: North Cave, Gilberdyke
|}
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