M60 motorway
Length	35 miles (56.3 km)
Direction	Circular; Clockwise
Start	Stockport
Primary destinations	Manchester Trafford Salford Bury Rochdale Oldham Tameside
End	Stockport
Construction dates	1960 - 2000 (opened in sections as M62, M63 and M66, renumbered M60 in 2000)
Motorways joined	4 - M56 motorway 12 - M62 motorway 12 - M602 motorway 15 - M61 motorway 18 - M62 motorway 18 - M66 motorway 24 - M67 motorway
Euroroute(s)	E 20 E 22

The M60 motorway is an orbital motorway circling the urban body of Manchester, a city in the United Kingdom. It runs through all of the metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester, except for Wigan and Bolton. Most of the city of Manchester is encompassed within the motorway, except for the southern-most part of the city (primarily the Wythenshawe area and the Airport). The M60 was developed by connecting and consolidating the existing motorway sections of the M63, M62, and an extended M66. It came into existence as the M60 in 2000, with the completion of the eastern side (Junctions 19-24) opening in October of that year. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22, and is a proposed boundary road for the Manchester Congestion Charge Image File history File links UK_motorway_M60. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... The colour scheme used to denote a primary route. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Trafford (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Salford (disambiguation). ... This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ... For other uses, see Rochdale (disambiguation). ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in north west England. ... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... The route of the M62, in dark blue. ... The M63 motorway used to be a major road in the United Kingdom. ... The M66 is a short motorway in England. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M56. ... The M56 motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is a major road in England. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M62. ... The route of the M62, in dark blue. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M602. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M61. ... The M61 motorway is a major road in England. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M62. ... The route of the M62, in dark blue. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M66. ... The M66 is a short motorway in England. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_M67. ... The M67 is a short motorway in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, forming an A57 bypass for the towns of Denton and Hyde. ... European Route Sign The international E-road network is a network of roads in Europe, numbered E1 and up. ... From west to east: Shannon Airport - Limerick - Dublin . ... jkhjk ... For the American political term, see Inside the Beltway and Beltway bandits. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ... The Metropolitan borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Wythenshawe is a district in the south of the City of Manchester, in North West England. ... The M63 motorway used to be a major road in the United Kingdom. ... The route of the M62, in dark blue. ... The M66 is a short motorway in England. ... European Route Sign The international E-road network is a network of roads in Europe, numbered E1 and up. ... From west to east: Shannon Airport - Limerick - Dublin . ... jkhjk ... The Manchester Congestion Charge is a proposed scheme of road charging for the Greater Manchester area [1][2]. Unlike the current version of the London Congestion Charge, two cordons will be used, covering both Greater and inner Manchester[3]. It is proposed that vehicles entering the area bordered by the...

The original plan called for a completely new motorway, but policy change led to the plan which created the current motorway. As soon as it opened, the motorway got close to its projected maximum volume on significant sections. There is talk of some sections becoming toll sections, and there is still talk of building a new orbital motorway as proposed by the original plan^{[citation needed]}.

As an orbital motorway, it is equivalent to London's M25 motorway, however, unlike the M25, the M60 is a complete circle. In 2004, a section of the northern M60 was the UK's busiest stretch of road, with an average of 181,000 vehicles per day using the stretch between junctions 16 and 17, although usually, the western side of the M25 motorway holds that honour. The M25's figures were lower than normal due to roadworks starting. [1] The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

Developments

The M60 motorway as it passes beneath Stockport viaduct

Between junctions 5 and 8 (formerly M63 between junctions 6 to 9), the motorway has recently been widened in a major engineering project spanning several years. Between junctions 5 and 6, the motorway has been widened from three to four lanes in each direction. Between junctions 6 and 8, the motorway had been widened from two to three lanes in each direction, plus an additional two-lane collector/distributor road on either side of the main carriageways. Access for junctions 6 to 8 is only from the collector/distributor road. Some of the junctions have been extensively remodelled. As part of the project, the A6144(M) motorway, which connected to the M60 at junction 8, was downgraded and lost its motorway status. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1180 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): M60 motorway Stockport Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1180 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): M60 motorway Stockport Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ... A collector/distributor road, often abbreviated as C/D road, is a one-way road next to a freeway that is used for some or all of the ramps that would otherwise merge into or split from the main lanes of the freeway. ... The A6144(M) was a motorway in Carrington, Greater Manchester, England. ...

Legislation

Each motorway in England requires that a Statutory Instrument be published, detailing the route of the road, before it can be built. 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 M60. Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Statutory Instruments (SIs) are parts of United Kingdom law separate from Acts of Parliament which do not require full Parliamentary approval before becoming law. ...

• Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1708: M66 Motorway (Manchester Outer Ring Road, Denton to Middleton Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988 S.I. 1988/1708
• Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1728: M66 Motorway (Middleton to the Lancashire/Yorkshire Motorway (M62) Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988 S.I. 1988/1728
• Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 363: M66 Motorway (Manchester Outer Ring Road, Denton to Middleton Section) A663 Broadway All-Purpose Connecting Road Order 1993 S.I. 1993/363
• Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 364: M66 Motorway (Manchester Outer Ring Road, Denton to Middleton Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1988 Amendment Scheme 1993 S.I. 1993/364
• Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2724: The M60 Motorway (Improvement Between Junctions 5 and 8) Connecting Roads Scheme 1999 S.I. 1999/2724
• Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 2403: The M60 Motorway (Junction 25) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2002 S.I. 2002/2403

List of Junctions

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See also

• List of motorways in the United Kingdom.

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External links

• CBRD Motorway Database - M60
• Highways Agency - M60 Jct 5 to 8 (formerly M63 Jct 6 to 9) widening

	Motorways in the United Kingdom
Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898
A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M)
	Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M)	edit
Past: M16 • M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M)    Unbuilt: M12 • M13 • M15 • M31 • M64    Future: M4 Toll