M61 motorway

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M61 motorway
Length	20 miles 32 km
Direction	Northwest - Southeast
Start	Worsley
Primary destinations	Manchester Leigh Bolton
End	Bamber Bridge
Construction dates	1969 - 1970
Motorways joined	1 - M60 motorway 9 - M65 motorway M6 motorway

The M61 motorway is a major road in England. It runs from the M60 motorway north west of Manchester, and heads north west past Bolton and Chorley to end at the junction of the M6 and M65 motorways just south of Preston.

1 Worsley Braided Interchange
2 Media
3 Junctions
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Worsley Braided Interchange

Perhaps the most distinguishing section of the M61 is to be found at the southern end at the Worsley Braided Interchange between Junctions 1 and 3. This stretch of the road on the approach to the terminus with the M60 ring road, is a collection of myriad slip roads and overpass tunnels providing free-flowing access to and from the motorway to the A580 (East Lancashire road), the motorway spur road to and from the A666, access to both anti-clockwise and clockwise carraigeways of the M60 and full access for traffic wishing to travel both northbound and southbound on the M61.

[edit] Media

The M61 has one motorway service area. Bolton West (formerly known as Anderton, Adlington and Rivington), located between Junctions 6 and 8, junction 7 was never built. This MSA was used in the filming of The Services a pilot episode for the Boltonian comedian Peter Kay series That Peter Kay Thing., a spoof documentary of a day in the life of the MSA staff.

[edit] Junctions

M61 Motorway
Northbound exits	Junction	Southbound exits
The NORTH, Lancaster M6	M6 J30	Start of Motorway
Blackburn, Burnley, Preston (South) M65	J9	Blackburn, Burnley, Preston (South) M65
Chorley, Whittle-le-Woods A674 (A6)	J8	Chorley, Whittle-le-Woods A674 (A6)
Bolton West Services
Horwich (A673) Chorley (A6)	J6	Bolton (West), Horwich (A673)
Westhoughton. Hindley, Wigan A58	J5	Westhoughton. Hindley, Wigan A58
Atherton, Walkden, Farnworth (A6)	J4	Atherton, Walkden, Farnworth (A6)
No exit	J3	Bolton (A666)
Bolton (A666)	J2	Manchester (Central) (A580)
Start of motorway	J1	Oldham, Rochdale, Leeds Salford, Sale, Manchester Airport M60

[edit] See also

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

[edit] External links

	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: M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M) Unbuilt: M12 • M15 • M64 Future: M4 Toll