View west from M61 towards Tramway Lane, 12 December 1997
View west from M61 towards Tramway Lane (see all photos of the same view)
The M61 interchange is already open to traffic, because of the need to allow movements between the Walton Summit Motorway and the M61. The sliproads to and from the M65 are blocked until the road opens in another few days.
Structure 14/14a (M61 interchange bridges)
M61 motorway
Walton Summit Motorway
What's new
The long way round
When a road is closed, why isn't the diversion route just the quickest way past the closure?
Signs and sensibility
The one great attempt to make London’s streets logical - and how one retired chauffeur’s favourite routes changed the way you get around the capital.
A bridge under troubled bridges
A bridge that was ruined by another bridge, and a type of highway planning beyond any of the UK’s worst nightmares.
Have you seen...
Linnyshaw Moss
The UK's widest motorway is not where you might expect to find it — in fact, it's on the unassuming M61 near Manchester. This gallery offers an overhead view of one of the UK's most unique and spacious interchanges.
