| M66 Motorway | |
 Road of the United Kingdom |
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| Length | 8 miles (12. The United Kingdom Road Network is an extensive network of routes connecting its settlements The network is of varied quality and capacity The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 9 km) |
| Direction | North - South |
| Start | Edenfield |
| Primary destinations | Bury |
| End | Whitefield |
| Construction dates | 1975 - 1978 |
| Motorways joined |  M60 motorway  M62 motorway |
The M66 is a motorway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. The United Kingdom Road Network is an extensive network of routes connecting its settlements The network is of varied quality and capacity Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, north-northwest of the city of Manchester, west-southwest of Whitefield is a town and residential suburb of Manchester within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The M60 motorway is an orbital Motorway circling Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan county in North West England. The M62 motorway is a west&ndasheast trans-Pennine Motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is 8 miles (13km) long and provides part of the route between the M62 and M60 motorways and the M65, with the rest being provided by the A56. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The M62 motorway is a west&ndasheast trans-Pennine Motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull The M60 motorway is an orbital Motorway circling Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan county in North West England. The M65 is a Motorway in Lancashire, England. It runs from just south of Preston through the major junction of the M6 and The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire
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Route
It starts at the Simister Island, from where it heads north as a continuation of the M60. This is an alphabetical list of road junctions in the United Kingdom. As a 3 lane dual carriageway it passes the eastern edge of Whitefield, through junction 3 and underneath the East Lancashire Railway. A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a Whitefield is a town and residential suburb of Manchester within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester This article is about the present East Lancashire Railway for the previous incarnation see East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859 Overview Continuing North it enters the suburbs of Bury and reduces to 2 lanes at junction 2. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, north-northwest of the city of Manchester, west-southwest of Shortly afterwards it climbs onto an elevated section to pass through a post war housing estate[1]. At the end of the elevated road, a third climbing lane is gained for the rest of the hill. Climbing lanes are Lanes typically used on Interstate highways They allow slower travel for large vehicles such as semis, up a steep grade. This ends at the summit. A route summit is the highest point on a transportation route crossing higher ground The road now runs to the east of Ramsbottom and the East Lancashire Railway and ends near Edenfield. Ramsbottom is a small town on the border of Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. Edenfield is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England.
History
In 1949 a report, the Road Plan for Lancashire, proposed the construction of Route 9 which would link north east Manchester with Burnley and Blackburn via Route 8[2]. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Burnley is a large Market town in the borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73500 Blackburn ( is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley Originally planned to be an all purpose road. A special road is a classification of road in the United Kingdom. the route was redesignated as a motorway prior to construction[1]. The first section (the so called Middleton Link) was opened in 1971[3]. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Construction then began on the southern section of the Bury bypass (Junctions 4 to 3) in February 1973 with this opening in August 1975. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Immediately after construction began on the northern section (junctions 3 to terminus) with this opening in 1978[4]. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)
The motorway was planned to run down to Stockport where it would meet the M63 and the proposed A6(M) motorway[5]. The M63 motorway was a major road in the United Kingdom. It was completely renumbered as part of the M60 motorway in 1999 The first part of this built was the section from the M67 to the M63 (now junctions 24 to 27 of the M60) with construction beginning in 1986 and it opening to traffic in 1989[6]. The M67 is a five mile urban motorway in Greater Manchester, England which heads east from the M60 motorway passing through Denton and
The final section of the motorway was to be between the M67 and the Middleton Link. Construction began on this in 1995. In 1998 it was decided to rename various sections of motorway (parts of the M62 and M66 and the whole of the M63) around Manchester to the M60 to form the Manchester Outer Ring Road. The M60 motorway is an orbital Motorway circling Greater Manchester, a Metropolitan county in North West England. All sections of the M66 south of the M62 were therefore redesignated as the M60. This final section subsequently opened in 2000.
North of the M66, the road was built as the A56, an all purpose A road which connects with the M65 at junction 8. The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a Numbering system used to classify and identify all Roads in Great Britain.
Legislation
Each motorway in England requires that a Statutory Instrument be published, detailing the route of the road, before it can be built. In Law, a Statutory Instrument is a form of delegated or Secondary legislation. The dates given on these Statutory Instruments relate to when the document was published, and not when the road was built. Provided below is an incomplete list of the Statutory Instruments relating to the route of the M66.
- Statutory Instrument 1973 No. 1142: M66 Motorway (Bury Easterly Bypass Northern Section) And Connecting Roads Scheme 1973 S. I. 1973/1142
- Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2158: M66 Motorway (Bury Easterly Bypass Northern Section) (Junction 2 Southbound Off-Slip) (Detrunking) Order 1996 S.I. 1996/2158
- Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2159: M66 Motorway (Bury Easterly Bypass Northern Section) And Connecting Roads Scheme 1973 (Variation) Scheme 1996 S.I. 1996/2159
Junctions
| M66 Motorway | ||
| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |
| Road continues as A56 to Rawtenstall, Blackburn and Burnley(M65) |
Ramsbottom A676 Rochdale A680 Non-motorway traffic |
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| No exit | Start of motorway | |
| Ramsbottom, Bury (North) A56 | J1 | No exit |
| Bury, Heywood A58 | J2 | Bury, Heywood A58 |
| Radcliffe, Heywood | J3 | Radcliffe, Whitefield |
| Start of motorway | J4 M60 J18 M62 J18 |
Manchester (North & West), Airport, Liverpool M60 Leeds M62 |
| Manchester (North & West), Liverpool M60 Leeds M62 |
Road continues as M60 to Stockport & Oldham | |
See also
References
- ^ a b CBRD Motorway Database - M66
- ^ Lancashire County Council Historic Highways - Road Plan for Lancashire 1949 Map
- ^ The Motorway Archive - M66 Middleton Link
- ^ The Motorway Archive - M66 Dates
- ^ The Motorway Archive - M66 (now M60) Portwood to Denton
- ^ The Motorway Archive - M66 (now M60) Portwood to Denton Dates
External links
- CBRD Motorway Database - M66
- Lancashire County Council Historic Highways - Road Plan for Lancashire 1949
- The Motorway Archive - M66
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