M60 motorway facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
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| Manchester Outer Ring Road | ||||
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Looking south at Cutler Hill near Failsworth
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| Route information | ||||
Part of  E20 and  E22 |
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| Maintained by Highways England | ||||
| Length | 36 mi (58 km)
7 miles (11 km) are concurrent with the M62 motorway
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| Existed | 1998–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1960 (as M62), 1971 (Middleton Link), 1974 (as M63) Renumbered: 1998 Completed: 2000 |
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| Major junctions | ||||
| Orbital around Manchester | ||||
  J4 → M56 motorway
  J24 → M67 motorway |
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| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Greater Manchester | |||
| Primary destinations: |
Manchester, Stockport, Trafford Park, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham | |||
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The M60, also called the Manchester Ring Motorway or the Manchester Outer Ring Road, is a motorway. It is a ring road around Manchester, England, as well as other towns nearby. The M60 is about 36 miles (58 km) long. The M60 was created in 2000 by using old parts of the M62, M66, and all of the M63.
Junctions
| M60 motorway junctions | ||||
| mile | km | Anti-clockwise exits (B Carriageway) | Junction | Clockwise exits (A Carriageway) |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Stockport (West & Centre) A5145 | J1 | Stockport (West) A5145 |
| 1.5 | 2.4 | Cheadle A560 | J2 | No access (on-slip only) |
| Cheadle, Wilmslow A34 | J3 | Cheadle, Wilmslow A34 | ||
| No access (on-slip only) | J4 | Chester, Warrington, Manchester  , Birmingham (M6) M56 |
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| 4.5 | 7.3 | Chester, Manchester , Birmingham (M6) A5103 (M56) |
J5 | Manchester (C), Didsbury A5103 |
| 6.0 | 9.7 | Sale A6144 | J6 | Sale A6144 |
| 6.8 | 10.9 | Manchester (C), Stretford, Altrincham A56 | J7 | Altrincham, Manchester (C), Stretford A56 |
| 7.5 | 12.0 | End of variable speed limit  |
J8 | Carrington A6144 |
| Carrington A6144 | Start of variable speed limit  |
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| 9.3 | 15.0 | Trafford Park, Trafford Centre A5081 | J9 | Urmston B5158, Trafford Park A5081 |
| 10.3 | 16.5 | Trafford Park, Urmston B5214 | J10 | Trafford Park B5214 |
| 11.4 | 18.4 | Eccles, Irlam A57 | J11 | Irlam, Eccles A57 |
| 12.2 | 19.7 | Manchester (C), Salford M602 (M6), Liverpool M62 |
J12 | Liverpool, Warrington M62 Manchester (C), Salford M602 |
| 13.0 | 21.0 | Swinton A572, Worsley A575 | J13 | Worsley, Leigh A575, Swinton A572 |
| 14.1 | 22.7 | St. Helens, Leigh A580 | J14 | No access (on-slip only) |
| (M6 North), Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61 | J15 | Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61 | ||
| 16.3 | 26.2 | Salford, Kearsley A666 | J16 | No access (on-slip only) |
| 18.5 | 29.7 | Manchester City Centre, Prestwich, Whitefield A56 | J17 | Whitefield, Prestwich A56 |
| 19.8 | 31.8 | Start of variable speed limit |
J18 TOTSO |
Burnley, Bury M66 Leeds, Huddersfield M62 |
| Leeds M62 Bury, Burnley, Blackburn M66 |
End of variable speed limit |
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| 21.0 | 33.8 | Middleton A576 | J19 | Manchester City Centre, Middleton A576 |
| 22.6 | 36.4 | No access (on-slip only) | J20 | Middleton, Blackley A664 |
| 24.7 | 39.8 | Rochdale, (A627(M)), Chadderton (A663) | J21 | Manchester City Centre, Chadderton (A663) |
| 26.3 | 42.3 | Manchester City Centre, Oldham A62 | J22 | Oldham A62 |
| 28.6 | 46.0 | Ashton-under-Lyne A6140 | J23 | Ashton-under-Lyne A635 |
| 30.6 | 49.3 | Manchester City Centre, Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67) | J24 | Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67) Manchester City Centre A57 |
| Bredbury A560 | J25 | Bredbury A560 | ||
| No access | J26 | Stockport (E&C) A560 | ||
| Stockport (East) A560 | J27 | No access (on-slip only) | ||
| 36.1 | 58.1 | Motorway continues to J1 | ||
Images for kids
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The M60 orbits the urban core of Greater Manchester, highlighted in red on the map
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The M60 motorway as it passes beneath Stockport Viaduct
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