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Looking east from Junction 14
Route information
Part of E22
Maintained by National Highways
Length
33.3 mi (53.6 km)
Existed
1971–present
History
Opened: 1971
Completed: 1981
Major junctions
East end
Cheadle
Major intersections
J1 → M60 motorway
J9 → M6 motorway
J15 → M53 motorway
West end
Mollington
Location
Country
United Kingdom
Counties
Greater Manchester, Cheshire
Primary destinations
Manchester
Manchester Airport
Warrington
Runcorn
Ellesmere Port
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones
← M55
→ M57
The M56 motorway serves the Cheshire and Greater Manchester areas of England. It runs east to west from junction 4 of the M60 at Gatley, south of Manchester, to Dunkirk, approximately four miles (six kilometres) north of Chester. With a length of 33.3 miles (53.6 km), it connects North Wales and the Wirral peninsula with much of the rest of North West England, serves business and commuter traffic heading towards Manchester, particularly that from the wider Cheshire area, and provides the main road access to Manchester Airport from the national motorway network.[1]
Between junctions 9 and 16, the motorway forms part of the unsigned European route E22 on its route in the UK between Holyhead in Anglesey and Immingham in Lincolnshire.
^"Motorway Database » M56". CBRD. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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from Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre to junction 3 of the M56motorway and is one of Manchester's principal radial routes. The original scheme...
passing under the M56motorway at junction 11. Finally, it heads south and becomes the A55 North Wales Expressway at junction 12. This motorway was originally...
Manchester and the M56motorway. This section of motorway was the second section completed, opening as the M63 (and part as the M56motorway) in January 1974...
Chester services is a motorway service area on the M56motorway in Cheshire, England. The site is approximately 10 mi (16 km) from Chester city centre...
following year saw the opening of a link road connecting the airport to the M56Motorway, improving road access from Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales. In...
Birmingham, Stafford, Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The motorway has major junctions with the M56 and M62 near Warrington, giving access to Chester, Manchester...
to South of Birkenhead Trunk Road, runs between the terminus of the M56motorway between Mollington and Capenhurst and the A470 at Dolgellau, Gwynedd...
from this area. The part of the route between the M6 motorway Junction 19 and the M56motorway Junction 7 is a major route into Manchester and has been...
paralleling the course of the south side of the M56motorway. After leaving Frodsham, the A56 crosses the M56 at Junction 11 and passes the towns of Runcorn...
and the Chester–Manchester railway line pass through the town, and the M56motorway passes to the northwest. In medieval times, Frodsham was an important...
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and Winsford decreased in the 1970s and 1980s with the building of the M56motorway and dualling of the A556 at Northwich. The section through Winsford carries...
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Daresbury Park is to the south west of the village, at junction 11 of the M56motorway. The 225 acres (91 ha) site provides office and warehouse space for several...
southern boundary of Manchester, England, next to Junction 5 of the M56motorway on the northern side of the airport 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of...
non-primary route, single and dual carriageway, some complex motorway junctions and, at one point, carriageways running on both sides of the M56Motorway....
boundary of Manchester. It will be located next to Junction 5 of the M56motorway on the northern side of the airport and approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km)...
Rescue Service, and are based at a fire station on Brownley Road. The M56motorway, constructed in the 1970s as a continuation of the A5103 road (Princess...
Weaver Viaduct Location in UK motorway network Show map of UK motorways The Weaver Viaduct, in the north of Cheshire on the M56, is one of the longest concrete...
main road out of Manchester towards Northenden, Manchester Airport, the M56motorway and Chester. Parallel to this is Alexandra Road, which continues as Alexandra...
The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London. The 117-mile (188-kilometre) motorway is one of the most important...
Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic). The M56motorway was built to serve the airport in 1972, a rail station opened in 1993...
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