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M6 Motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby to the Gretna junction (J45). Here it becomes the A74(M) and M74 which continues to Glasgow.

The M6 is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom (232 miles) and one of the busiest. It incorporates the first length of motorway opened in the UK (the Preston bypass in 1958) and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north-south between London and Glasgow via the industrial north of England. It is also part of the east-west route between the Midlands and the east coast ports.
by N Chadwick

Created: Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Updated: Mon, 14 Aug 2023


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SJ8044 : M6 west of Keele Services by Jonathan Hutchins
SJ7745 : Northbound M6 near Madeley by David Dixon
SD5143 : Footbridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SJ6094 : A573 overbridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SP1690 : M6 passes under the B4118 bridge by J.Hannan-Briggs
SD5992 : M6, Cumbria by David Dixon
SD5304 : M6 motorway near Orrell by Mat Fascione
SJ7845 : Northbound M6 near Madeley Heath by David Dixon
SJ9026 : Footbridge over the M6 by N Chadwick
SD5238 : M6, northbound by N Chadwick
SD5070 : B6254 overbridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SD5277 : Southbound M6 near Clawthorpe by David Dixon
SJ7755 : Moss Farm Footbridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SD5173 : A6070 bridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SJ7373 : Hulme Lane Bridge, Northbound M6 by David Dixon
SD5523 : A5083 Bridge, M6 by N Chadwick
SP5179 : Rugby Services (M6) by David Dixon
NY3663 : Northbound M6, Todhills by David Dixon
NY3662 : M6 at Todhill by N Chadwick
NY4541 : Tiredness Can Kill - Northbound M6 by David Dixon
SP3485 : M6, Entry Sliproad at Junction 3 by David Dixon
SD5416 : M6 South near Charnock Richard by David Dixon
SD5688 : Northbound M6, Old Hutton by David Dixon
SJ9801 : M6 southbound by N Chadwick
SJ9313 : Northbound M6 Motorway by David Dixon

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