M61 motorway

M61 motorway
Length	20 miles (32.2 km)
Direction	Northwest - Southeast
Start	Worsley
Primary destinations	Manchester Leigh Bolton
End	Bamber Bridge
Construction dates	1969 - 1970
Motorways joined	1 - M60 motorway 9 - M65 motorway M6 motorway

The M61 motorway is a major road in England. It runs from the M60 motorway north west of Manchester, and heads north west past Bolton and Chorley to end at the junction of the M6 and M65 motorways just south of Preston.

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 carraigeways of the M60 and full access for traffic wishing to travel both northbound and southbound on the M61.

Media

The M61 has one motorway service area. Bolton West (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

See also

• List of motorways in the United Kingdom

External links

• CBRD Motorway Database - M61
• Lancashire County Council - Historic Highways - M61
• The Motorway Archive - M61

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