enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. M6 motorway - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6_motorway

    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.

  3. M6 speed restriction lifted as roadworks completed - AOL

    www.aol.com/m6-speed-restriction-lifted...

    A speed restriction on a busy stretch of motorway has been lifted following the completion of roadworks. National Highways said the speed limit on the M6 between Warrington and Wigan increased ...

  4. Gathurst Viaduct - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gathurst_Viaduct

    Gathurst Viaduct carries the M6 motorway across the Douglas valley at Shevington, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The second largest bridge on the M6 motorway, it lies between junctions 26 and 27. Constructed in 6 spans, it crosses the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, the Manchester to Southport railway line and the River Douglas itself.

  5. Orrell, Greater Manchester - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orrell,_Greater_Manchester

    The M6 motorway runs north-south through the area. The easily accessible East Lancashire Road and M62 give access to Salford and Manchester. The M58 provides the Wigan area with a link to West Lancashire and the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton and the areas to the north the City of Liverpool.

  6. European route E5 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E5_in_the...

    At the border with England, the M6 motorway starts and continues south passing major cities like Carlisle, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and ends in Birmingham. [3] Around Birmingham, the E5 shortly uses the M42 before connecting on the M40 towards London. After passing Warwick the E5 ends at exit 9 just north of Oxford.

  7. Lancaster (Forton) Services - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster_(Forton)_Services

    Lancaster (Forton) services is a motorway service station, between junctions 32 and 33 of the M6 motorway in England. The nearest city is Lancaster , about 7 miles (11 km) to the north. The site is operated by Moto .

  8. Preston Bypass - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Bypass

    The Preston Bypass was the United Kingdom's first motorway, opened in 1958.It was designed and engineered by Lancashire County Council surveyor James Drake as part of a larger initiative to create a north-south motorway network that would later form part of the M6 motorway.

  9. A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_roads_in_Zone_5_of_the...

    Proposed in 1993 from the M6 at Orrell to the M61 near J5; this scheme was withdrawn in 1996. Later proposed in 2003 as a scaled-down plan from the M6 to the A579; this scheme was also withdrawn. A further scaled-down plan from the A49 to the B5238 in Wigan started construction in 2018, and will later extend west to the M6. It is unknown if the ...