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The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over 230 miles (370 km) from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at the Catthorpe Interchange , near Rugby before heading north-west.
National Highways has unveiled plans to replace eight bridge deck structures along a six-mile (10k) stretch of the M6 between junctions 37 and 38 through Lune Gorge near Tebay, in Cumbria.
The M6 was nearly empty (motorwaycameras.co.uk) One person was killed when a lorry smashed across the central reservation of a motorway , hit oncoming cars and overturned.
The upgraded 10-mile section of the M6 is between Warrington and Wigan [National Highways] A speed restriction on a busy stretch of motorway has been lifted following the completion of roadworks.
October 21 – United Kingdom – M6 motorway crash. A collision involving three lorries and two cars on the M6 motorway near Sandbach killed six, including three children and an infant. [64] November 15 – Burkina Faso – Boromo bus crash. A truck carrying 80 people collided with a bus on National Highway 1 before catching fire, killing 66. [65]
Costing £174 million, this was constructed as M6 as originally planned in the 1990s, and was opened on 5 December 2008. [5] The project also included the construction of a new bridge crossing the River Esk. [6] This means that there is now a continuous motorway from London to Glasgow, with four numbers (M1, M6, A74(M) and M74).
Five people, including two children, have died in a car crash on the M6 motorway. Cumbria Police said officers were called to the crash on the northbound carriageway near Tebay Services involving ...
Todhills rest area is a rest area in between Junctions 44 and 45 of the M6 motorway in England. [citation needed] It is the last Services northbound on the M6 and the first southbound. It was first opened in the 1980s on the A74. When the M6 was extended in 2008, it was initially believed that Todhills would need to close so the road could be ...