M602 motorway

M602
Route information
Length	4.0 mi (6.4 km)
Existed	1971–present
History	Constructed 1971–82
Major junctions
From	Eccles
	; J1 → M60 motorway; ; J1 → M62 motorway
To	Salford
Location
Primary; destinations	Salford
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M602 motorway is a relatively short motorway, leading traffic into Salford, Greater Manchester, England, towards Manchester and by-passing the suburban town of Eccles.

The motorway itself was originally intended to be a part of a bigger scheme, the South Lancashire Motorway. To be designated M52, the route would link Liverpool and Manchester, and would be built to provide links to the growing UK motorway network.[1][2]

However, at the same time, the M62 was being extended north and east of Worsley, around the north of Manchester, and on to Yorkshire, to form part of the Trans-Pennine Motorway route. This would be an upgraded version to the original plan of the East Lancashire Road, the A580, but would link onto the existing route at Worsley. It was decided that the Trans-Pennine Motorway be extended to Liverpool too, to provide a cross-country trunk route. The M62 was re-coursed to run via the route of the M52 between Worsley and Liverpool. That left a short stump of motorway between the M62 and Salford, which was initially renumbered M64 and then became the M602.[3] The southern end of the M62 between Worsley and Stretford became the M63.

List of junctions

Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information.[4]

M602 motorway
mile	km	Westbound exits (B carriageway)	Junction	Eastbound exits (A carriageway)
0.0	0.0	M60 Sale, Stockport, Manchester Airport M60 towards Bolton (M61), Bury (M66), Leeds (M62) M62 towards Liverpool, Birmingham (M6)	J1	Start of motorway
2.0	3.2	A576 Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park	J2	A576 Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park
4.3	6.9	Start of motorway	J3 Terminus	Road continues as A57

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References

CBRD Motorway Database: M602
Pathetic Motorways: M52
Pathetic Motorways: M64 Eccles Bypass
"Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map". Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup. Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

External links

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[1] CBRD Motorway Database: M602

[2] Pathetic Motorways: M52

[3] Pathetic Motorways: M64 Eccles Bypass

[Locations_extracted_from_Traffic_Camera_Popup_identifier_text-4] "Traffic England Live Traffic Condition Map". Locations extracted from Traffic Camera Popup. Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2009.