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Route information
Maintained by National Highways
Length
22.4 mi[citation needed] (36.0 km)
Existed
1969–present
History
Constructed 1969–1970
Major junctions
Southeast end
A580 – Manchester
Major intersections
A666(M) – Wardley
M65 (J9) – Preston
Northwest end
M6 – Preston
Location
Country
United Kingdom
Primary destinations
Bolton
Chorley
Manchester
Preston
Wigan
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways
A and B road zones
← M60
→ M62
The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, linking the M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway.
It runs from the A580 near Wardley and heads northwest past Bolton, Horwich and Chorley to join the M6 near Bamber Bridge, just north of the junction between the M6 and M65. It runs parallel to the A6, to its northeast, for the entirety of its length, essentially bypassing the towns and villages the A6 runs through between Manchester and Preston.
The M61 is a motorway in North West England between Manchester and Preston, linking the M60 Manchester orbital motorway with the M6 motorway. It runs from...
Bridge just south of Preston, through major junctions with the M6 and M61motorways, east past Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Brierfield, Nelson...
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supplemented by the M61 as far as Manchester, with the M60 acting as a bypass around the city. South of Manchester, there is no true motorway replacement for...
The M58 is a motorway passing through Merseyside and Lancashire, terminating in Greater Manchester. It is 12 miles (19.3 km) long and provides a link between...
restored and converted into a private dwelling that is visible from the M61motorway. The Church of England School built in 1861, opposite St Bartholomew's...
when their Peugeot 206 car was found abandoned and on fire next to the M61motorway in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Evidence was discovered that Marten had...
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be...
Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61motorway passing close to the south and west. At the 2011 Census, Horwich had...
services is a motorway service area in Anderton, Lancashire, England. The service station is situated between Junctions 6 and 8 of the M61 (there is no...
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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...
A smart motorway (formerly managed motorway and active traffic management), also known in Scotland as an intelligent transport system, is a section of...
served by the A6, A59, A582, A583, A584 and, to the very south-east, the M61motorway. To the east of the county are the A59, A6119, A677, A679, A666, A680...
two portages This section was closed in the 1960s, as a result of the M61motorway proposal which would have required three bridges over the canal. The...
comedy Phoenix Nights. Farnworth is north of junctions 3 and 4 of the M61motorway. The main roads run through the town are the A666 (Farnworth and Kearsley...
The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands with the South West. It runs from junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter...
the main route between Manchester and Bolton before the opening of the M61motorway. The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal opened in 1809 and, during the...
lies to the east of Walkden, immediately south of junction 2 of the M61motorway. The area is predominantly moss and there is a very small population...
is a spur to and from the M61motorway through the town centre to Astley Bridge, Egerton, Darwen and Blackburn. The M61 has three dedicated junctions...
road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61motorways. The stretch between Ross-on-Wye and the A5 at Shrewsbury is a trunk...
Horwich and Aspull. The M61motorway, part of the national motorway network between the M60/M62 (Manchester orbital motorway) and the M6 (Preston) was...
by the A6 Roman road. It is located near to junctions 6 and 8 of the M61motorway and junction 27 of the M6; Charnock Richard services are sited within...
2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 245. "History of the M61". M61Motorway. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October...