The A580, the Liverpool-East Lancashire Road (abbreviated to East Lancs Road) was designed and built to provide better access to the Port of Liverpool for East Lancashire and Manchester. It was Britain's first purpose-built intercity highway and was officially opened by King George V on 18 July1934. The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed dock system that runs from Herculaneum Dock to Seaforth Dock, on the east side of the River Mersey, combined with the facilities built around the Great Float on the west side of the river. ... Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The road runs from Liverpool to join the A6 in Swinton, and was designed to eventually have triple highways, although in the event it was upgraded later to dual-carriageway: the section within the Liverpool boundary had always been thus. The upgrading resulted in separation of the two carriageways: the first occasion this had been done in Britain. It achieved its name since it was originally intended to reach East Lancashire, although this was never carried out:that intended portion has now been superseded by the M62 motorway. This article is about the A6 road in England. ... Swinton is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, though not traditionaly part of Salford. ... The M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. ...
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The East Lancs Road, including full details of the scheme
Follow the A580, passing under the M57 (11 miles) then under a railway bridge (2.75 miles) finally (0.75 mile later) turn left onto the A5058 (Queens Drive) towards Widnes.
As you reach the junction where the A59 meets the A580, keep in the right hand lane (A580), which turns right after the lights onto a hill (Everton Valley).
Anfield is down this road (Walton Breck Road) on the left hand side.
It almost happened except the road that was opened in 1934 to link the two cities was Britain's first purpose built road between two cities numbered A580 and given the name East LancashireRoad, the 1930's was not quite ready for Motorways.
World War 2 no doubt stopped this planned road from being built, however the gap was utilized later for a road to Yorkshire in the 1970's when the M62 motorway was built over the planned course of the previous road.
A6 Trunk Road:-A6 Trunk Road, Route of A6, A6 in Carlisle...
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