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202-546: A King George's Field in memorial to King George V . It also has one of the biggest dogs' homes in Merseyside, Dogs' Trust, located on Whiston Lane. Huyton has many public houses including The Huyton Park Hotel, The Stanley Arms (named after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby ), The Crofters, Seel Arms, Queens Arms, Oak Tree, The Old Bank, Longview Social Club and The Swan. The former Wheatsheaf/Rose And Crown reopened as The Barker's Brewery on 23 January 2011, as part of
303-407: A One Stop store and spread across another three businesses. Merseyside Police later revealed the blaze was caused by an attempted burglary. The area is served by Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park (Longview Drive) and King George V Sports Centre (Longview Lane). Huyton-with-Roby has two 18-hole golf courses : Huyton & Prescot Golf Club (founded in 1905) and Bowring Golf Club (according to
404-549: A sleep-deprived driver, swerved off the M62 onto the East Coast Main Line near Selby . While he was calling the emergency services , a GNER southbound train collided with his Land Rover and derailed into the path of an oncoming freight train . Ten people were killed, including the drivers of both trains, and 82 others were injured. Hart was later convicted of ten counts of causing death by dangerous driving , and
505-543: A 3–0 away win in Andorra . Goals came from Steven Gerrard (2) and David Nugent. Both players were educated at Cardinal Heenan High School. Huyton has many amateur football teams at both junior and senior level, but only one FA Charter Standard Club, Paramount Community Football Club. Despite producing so many pro footballers, Huyton has never been able to sustain a semi-pro club for long. Nearby Kirkby Town changed their name to Knowsley United in 1988 and moved to Alt Park ,
606-611: A cost of £78,000,000. Work started in March 2022 to upgrade the existing Dynamic Hard Shoulder smart motorway to add newer safety features to the motorway, such as a concrete central reservation, new emergency areas and drainage improvements. Currently, this work does not have an end date proposed. Work started in early 2021 to upgrade the M6 from junction J21A to J26 to the all lane running standard of smart motorway, with an estimated cost of between £100 million - £250 million. The smart motorway
707-547: A new motorway in 2004, 'The Expressway' following a roughly parallel course to the existing M6. In July 2006, the government announced its decision to abandon the Expressway proposal, and favoured widening accompanied by demand-management measures, and launched a study to consider options for providing additional capacity. After the stretch between junction 10a and 13 was upgraded to a managed motorway in February 2016, it
808-557: A partial collapse of the framework caused by bolts joining a cross-beam to a trestle shearing. Problems with the bridge delayed the opening of the section east of Goole to May 1976. In 1987, the Department of Transport proposed a parallel relief road to combat congestion around Manchester. It would have been restricted to long-distance traffic, and the current route, part of the Manchester Outer Ring Road (later
909-565: A project to install hard shoulder running and a smart motorway system between junctions 25 and 30. Work started in 2014 to install the system around the M62 – M60 section. The section between junctions 18 (with the M60) and 29 (with the M1) through Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire has been identified as one of the most congested roads in Britain. The motorway provides a direct link between three of
1010-493: A project which "should be" completed by 1973. Sections to be illuminated included the M6 between junctions 10 and 11, and between junctions 20 and 27. In March 2006, after 15 years of debate, the government authorised the construction of a 6-mile (9.7 km) extension of the M6 from its then northern terminus near Carlisle to the Anglo-Scottish border at Gretna (the so-called " Cumberland Gap "), where it links into
1111-424: A scheme called active traffic management . The two stretches, between junctions 4 and 5 and between junctions 10a and 8, are two of the busiest sections on the entire motorway. It was then proposed that the system could be extended onto other stretches of the M6 while the government undertook a feasibility study to determine other likely locations for this technology to be used. The stretch between junctions 4 and 5
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#17327880839661212-572: A short distance. The next junction 33 serves the A162 and A1 roads, and Ferrybridge service station. After Ferrybridge, the motorway becomes relatively flat. At junction 35, the motorway meets with the northern terminus of the M18 at a triangle (semi-directioinal-T) interchange. Soon after, there is a 1-mile (1.6 km) bridge that crosses the River Ouse . For approximately 10 miles (16 km) after this,
1313-553: A sign at the course, the oldest municipal golf course in England). Huyton has its own cricket club , located off Huyton Lane which was founded in the mid-1860s by the Stone family and the town has produced at least one first class cricketer: Reginald Moss . Huyton also had a professional rugby league club from 1968 to 1985. It was formed from Liverpool Stanley (1934–1951) and Liverpool City (1951–1968). Huyton RLFC struggled in
1414-519: A split-level cutting above the railway in the descent from Shap Fell through the Lune Gorge into southern Cumbria. The northbound entry slip road at Lancaster (Junction 34) was unusually short, presenting problems for traffic joining the motorway. The M6 crosses the River Lune at this point and unless the bridge had been made wider, there was no space to build a longer slip road. This junction
1515-533: Is a 107-mile-long (172 km) west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England , connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester , Bradford , Leeds and Wakefield ; 7 miles (11 km) of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester. The road is part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 ( Shannon to Saint Petersburg ) and E22 ( Holyhead to Ishim ). The motorway, which
1616-689: Is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley , Merseyside , England. Part of the Liverpool Built-up Area , it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot , Knotty Ash and Netherley . Historically in Lancashire , Huyton was an ancient parish which in the mid-19th century contained Croxteth Park , Knowsley and Tarbock . It was part of the hundred of West Derby , an ancient subdivision of Lancashire covering
1717-921: Is also part of the east–west route between the Midlands and the east-coast ports. The section from the M1 to the M6 Toll split near Birmingham forms part of the unsigned E-road E 24 and the section from the M6 Toll and the M42 forms part of E 05 . The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 and the A14 in Catthorpe near Rugby in central England. It passes Coventry , Birmingham , Stafford , Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent . The motorway has major junctions with
1818-696: Is covered by six local government wards: Stockbridge, Page Moss, Roby, St. Gabriel's, St. Michael's, and Swanside. Stockbridge ward includes Longview (in Huyton) as well as Stockbridge Village (outside Huyton). Huyton is located just west of the M57 motorway which marks its border. Liverpool city centre is 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west via the M62 motorway . There are three surrounding motorway junctions (M57 J2, M62 J5 and J6) making Huyton very easily accessed via road. Huyton railway station , formerly called Huyton Gate,
1919-433: Is on Princess Drive. The shopping centre of Huyton is still referred to by local people as "the village" or "the villie", which dates back to the days when the centre was a rural village community. An Asda Walmart complex has been built nearby. There are also around 100 other independent shops and previously hosted an indoor market, which has since been closed. The area is host to Huyton Library (Civic Way) and before 2014
2020-587: Is served by regular City Line services to and from Liverpool, St. Helens , Wigan and further afield. Huyton bus station is on Huyton Hey Road, adjacent to the shopping centre and 140 metres away from the Huyton railway station . Buses from Huyton bus station serve destinations as far afield as Liverpool , Kirkby , St. Helens , Warrington , Runcorn and Liverpool John Lennon Airport . Huyton has one secondary school — Lord Derby Academy on Seel Road—and fifteen primary schools . A construction training college
2121-597: Is the longest viaduct in Great Britain. Junction 6 in Birmingham, which opened in May 1972, is widely known as Spaghetti Junction because of its complexity and round and curvy-like design. On the elevated ground between Shap and Tebay , the north and south-bound carriages split apart. At this point a local road (to Scout Green ) runs between the two carriageways without a link to the motorway. The section of
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#17327880839662222-640: The A574 and the Omega Development Site , while in January 2006, junction 32a was opened to link to the upgraded A1(M) . The UK's first motorway high-occupancy vehicle lane was opened at junction 26 in 2008 for eastbound traffic from the M606 with more than one occupant. Pre-2009 proposals to widen the motorway between junctions 25 and 28 to four lanes were withdrawn in January 2009 and replaced by
2323-449: The Earl of Derby 's Knowsley estate. Thereafter, throughout the 1930s, the city built four large housing estates in the north-west of Huyton-with-Roby. These Liverpool ‘overspill' housing estates were Fincham, Huyton Farm, Longview and Woolfall Heath. Other smaller developments were commissioned by the urban district council or privately commissioned. By 1950 the population was over 55,000,
2424-547: The FA Cup , only to be beaten by Carlisle United at home. The momentum did not last and Knowsley United ceased to be a senior semi-pro side in 1998. Huytonians wishing to support a local semi-pro outfit have Prescot Cables located at Valerie Park in the Northern Premier League (Premier Division) less than 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Huyton-with-Roby has several Beatles connections. As The Quarrymen ,
2525-556: The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (another station, Huyton Quarry , closed in 1958). The railway's construction was supervised by George Stephenson and, when it opened in 1830, it became the world's first regular passenger train service. On the day of the railway's official opening, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington alighted the train at Roby station . During the Second World War, Huyton suffered bombing from
2626-468: The Luftwaffe but the scale of destruction was far less than that experienced in Liverpool, Bootle , and Birkenhead . Schoolchildren were not evacuated from Huyton, instead schools and homes were provided with air-raid shelters . Huyton hosted three wartime camps: an internment camp , a prisoner-of-war camp , and a base for American servicemen. The internment camp may have been one of the largest in
2727-571: The M56 and M62 near Warrington , giving access to Chester , Manchester and Liverpool . It also meets the M65 at Junction 29, south of Preston, which connects Blackburn and Burnley , and the M55 at junction 32, north of Preston which links it to Blackpool . The M6 then heads north past Wigan , Preston and Lancaster . After the latter two cities it passes through Cumbria with some parts very close to
2828-556: The M602 motorway in 1971. The Eccles–Pole Moor section of the M62 opened in 1971. Between Eccles and Pole Moor, 67 motorway crossings were required, including seven viaducts and eight junctions. Much of the Worsley Braided Interchange was built on undeveloped mossland where deep peat deposits had been covered with waste. Between Worsley and Milnrow , some underlying coal seams were still actively worked when
2929-699: The M73 ) in the north to Exeter (via the M5 ) and to London (via both the M42 / M40 and the M1 ) in the south. The M6 Toll , Britain's first toll motorway , which bypasses the West Midlands conurbation to the east and north of Birmingham and Walsall and was built to alleviate traffic congestion through the West Midlands, opened in December 2003. Before the opening of the toll motorway, this section of
3030-674: The Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at the Catthorpe Interchange , near Rugby before heading north-west. It passes Coventry , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Stoke-on-Trent , Preston , Lancaster and Carlisle before terminating at Junction 45 near Gretna . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74(M) which continues to Glasgow as
3131-691: The Ministry of Transport , but the scheme was added to the Road Plan in 1963. Formal planning began on Wednesday 12 July 1961, when Ernest Marples authorised the two surveyors of Lancashire and the West Riding - Sir James Drake of Lancashire and Stuart Maynard Lovell of the West Riding, to plan a 50-mile (80 km) motorway from Worsley, in Lancashire, to Ledsham (now the Selby Fork) in
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3232-494: The cut-and-cover method, are for traffic travelling between the M1 south-bound and the M62 west. The tunnel under the M62 is 147 m (482 ft) in length. Two contracts were awarded for the section between Lofthouse and Ferrybridge in 1972, and both were completed in 1974. On the first contract, care was needed at the River Calder crossing due to the alluvial bedrock. On the second contract precautions were taken as
3333-460: The rock strata and deposited on adjacent hillsides. The geology of the moors resulted in the engineers splitting the carriageways for 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) in the middle of this section, sparing Stott Hall Farm from demolition. The farm, which was built in the 18th century, remains the only one situated in the middle of a UK motorway. The motorway crosses Scammonden Dam on an embankment between junctions 22 and 23. Preparatory work in
3434-601: The A1 through Bawtry and Retford , to Markham Moor where it rejoins the A1. The next junction also serves a spur route: the M621 motorway, before bypassing Leeds to the south to the interchange with the M1 motorway, Lofthouse Interchange, at junction 29. East of Leeds, the motorway serves Wakefield at junction 30 and crosses by the River Calder . At junction 32a, the road is crossed by the A1(M) motorway , which also runs parallel to it for
3535-648: The A644 road at junction 25. Between junctions 22 and 25, the road is used as a border between the metropolitan boroughs of Calderdale and Kirklees . At junction 26, Chain Bar, the motorway interchanges with several roads: the M606, a spur into Bradford, the A58 road , which runs between Prescot and Wetherby , and the A638 road , which runs to Doncaster , then follows the old route of
3636-648: The Deanhead Valley began in August 1964 and the dam in 1966. The motorway's opening on 20 December 1970 was dependent on completion of the dam. Two other notable constructions on the Pennine section are the pedestrian bridge carrying the Pennine Way , which is curved downwards with 85-foot (26 m) long cantilevers , and Scammonden Bridge , the longest single-span non-suspension bridge in the world when it
3737-832: The Fab Four played the MPTE Social Club in Finch Lane. The Beatles also played 15 times in a hall in Page Moss (Hambleton Hall, St David Road; later became a Probation Office) between January 1961 and January 1962. On 21 March 1961, The Swinging Blue Jeans , fronted by Huyton-born Ray Ennis (born Raymond Vincent Ennis on 26 May 1942), introduced the Beatles to their first-ever Cavern Club evening slot. Paul McCartney 's auntie Jin lived in Dinas Lane. In 1963, this
3838-692: The Huyton camp was Bert Trautmann , who later went on to be the 1950s goalkeeper for Manchester City . From 1944, American servicemen were temporarily stationed in Huyton. Huyton was brought to national attention in 2005 after the racially motivated murder of black teenager Anthony Walker in McGoldrick Park. Two local youths were later found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life imprisonment . They were 17-year-old Michael Barton (brother of footballer Joey Barton ) and 20-year-old Paul Taylor. In July 2008, an 18-year-old teenager Michael Causer
3939-572: The M6 carried 180,000 vehicles per day at its busiest point near Wolverhampton (between the junctions with the M54 and M5 motorways), compared with a design capacity of only 72,000 vehicles. Usage, at about 50,000 vehicles, was lower than expected and traffic levels on the M6 were only slightly reduced as a result. The high toll prices, which were set by the operating company and over which the UK Government has no influence until 2054, were blamed for
4040-402: The M6 for Manchester , was abandoned in 2006 due to excessive costs, anticipated construction problems and disappointing levels of use of the M6 Toll. In October 2007, following a successful trial on the M42 in the West Midlands, the government announced that two stretches of the M6 would be upgraded to allow the hard shoulder to be used as a normal running lane during busy conditions under
4141-496: The M6 gained the first motorway service station to be built for thirteen years. Located off Junction 1 at Rugby and opened on 30 April 2021, the facility, run by Moto Hospitality , includes the largest electric vehicle charging facility in the UK, run by Ecotricity and Gridserve . Work started in 2020 to reconstruct the bridges above the motorway at junction 10, due to frequent congestion at peak times, due to be completed in 2024 at
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4242-583: The M6 that runs over Shap Fell in Cumbria at Shap Summit is 1,036 ft (316 m) above sea level, one of the highest points on any motorway in the UK (Junction 22 of the M62 on Moss Moor is higher). The motorway engineers here chose to follow the route of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway engineered by Joseph Locke (now part of the West Coast Main Line) where the motorway runs in
4343-528: The M60 motorway. Junction 13, signposted Leigh , is situated 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) from junction 12, leaving exiting motorists the hazard of crossing the still-merging M62 traffic. Worsley Braided Interchange serves Junctions 14 and 15 and Junctions 1 to 3 of the M61 which terminates to Preston . Between junction 21 and junction 22, the motorway has four lanes eastbound to climb Windy Hill, before crossing
4444-508: The M60 section around Eccles. The M62 coach bombing of 1974 and the Great Heck rail crash of 2001 are the largest incidents to have occurred on the motorway. Stott Hall Farm , situated between the carriageways on the Pennine section, has become one of the best-known sights on the motorway. The M62 has no junctions numbered 1, 2 or 3, or even an officially numbered 4, because it was intended to start in Liverpool proper, not in its outskirts. Between Liverpool and Manchester, and east of Leeds,
4545-421: The M60), used for local traffic. The proposal suggested the closure of junction 13. The proposal was designated a "long term" improvement in 1994, and cancelled on 23 November 1995. In 1998, the section between Eccles Interchange and Simister Interchange (junctions 12 to 18) was designated the M60. Since then, two junctions were opened—in December 2002, the missing junction 8 was opened to allow access to
4646-408: The M74. Its busiest sections are between junctions 4 and 10a in the West Midlands, and junctions 16 to 19 in Cheshire; these sections have now been converted to smart motorways . It incorporated the Preston By-pass , the first length of motorway opened in the UK and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north–south between London and Glasgow via the industrial North of England. It
4747-399: The Pennines (junction 22) in 2006 and 78,000 cars west of the Pennines. The figures were increases from 90,000 and 70,000 respectively in 1999. By way of comparison, the UK's busiest motorway, the M25 carried 144,000 cars between junctions 7 and 23 in 2006. On 4 February 1974, a bomb was detonated on a coach travelling between Chain Bar (junction 26) and Gildersome (junction 27). The coach
4848-423: The Preston by-pass was closed because of rapid surface deterioration over a stretch of 100 yards (91 m) "due to water freezing and then thawing". Motorists were diverted to the old road while the UK road research laboratory at Harmondsworth pondered the importance of surface water drainage. The second phase of construction was completed in 1960, forming the Lancaster by-pass. Some 100 miles (160 km) south,
4949-428: The Stafford by-pass was completed in 1962. By 1965, the remaining sections of motorway Stafford–Preston and Preston–Lancaster had been completed. 1966 saw junction 11 to 13 completed. 1968 saw the completion of the Walsall to Stafford link as well as the Penrith by-pass some 150 miles (240 km) north in Cumberland . In 1970, the Lancaster–Penrith link was completed, along with a short section of motorway by-passing
5050-425: The Stretford–Eccles Bypass. The first part of the M62 to be built was the Stretford–Eccles Bypass, which is now the section between Junctions 7 to 13 of the M60 . Construction started in 1957, and the motorway opened in 1960. It was originally built as a two-lane motorway only. It was later re-numbered M63. The section of the planned M52 between the interchange with the Stretford-Eccles Bypass and Salford opened as
5151-489: The UK. Some internees were refugees from the Nazis , including socialists such as Kurt Hager and a large number of artists attacked in Germany and elsewhere for their "degeneracy". Huyton internees included artists Martin Bloch, Hugo Dachinger, and Walter Nessler, dancer Kurt Jooss , musicians, sociologist Norbert Elias , anthropologist Eric Wolf and composer Hans Gál . More than 40 per cent of Huyton's internees were over 50 years old. The camp, first occupied in May 1940,
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#17327880839665252-437: The United States in 1962, his experience of the Interstate Highway System led him to conclude that the Merseyside Expressway, planned to run between Liverpool and the M6 , would need to be extended to the Stretford-Eccles Bypass and beyond, to create a continuous motorway between Liverpool and Ferrybridge (a link between Ferrybridge and Hull was not considered until 1964). Initially the plans were unpopular and not supported by
5353-399: The West Riding. From either end, the plan was that there would be 'improved roads' from the eastern end, at the Selby Fork , eastwards to Hull, and 'improved roads' from the western end, at Worsley (now the Worsley Braided Interchange ), westwards to Liverpool. It was the intention to build an urban motorway in Liverpool. The M62 was intended to terminate at Liverpool's Inner Motorway, which
5454-472: The Wetherspoon chain of pubs. Several former landmark pubs have been demolished for new projects since the late 1990s: The Dovecot, Bluebell Inn, Farmers Arms, Hillside, Eagle and Child, The Quarry Inn and The Quiet Man. In January 2012, the Longview Social Club was destroyed by a fire on the premises. In the early hours of 16 April 2015, four supermarkets at Longview Shops were destroyed by fire and later demolished due to extensive damage. The fire started at
5555-458: The border into Yorkshire and interchanging with the rural A672 road, reaching the highest point of any motorway in England 1,221 feet (372 m). There is then a 7-mile (11 km) travel through the Pennines to the next junction, passing Scammonden Reservoir and Stott Hall Farm. The next junction is 23, which is accessible only for westbound traffic. After this, the road dips through a valley to junction 24 and drops slowly before interchanging with
5656-540: The choice of either St. Helens or Widnes Vikings , both of whom are 6 miles (9.7 km) away from Huyton). In football, the town has produced two outstanding midfield England internationals: Peter Reid ( Everton ) and Steven Gerrard ( Liverpool ). Other footballers include Joey Barton , Craig Hignett , Tony Hibbert , David Nugent , Lee Molyneux , Leon Osman , John Relish , Greg Tansey , Lee Trundle and Callum McManaman . Notably, on 28 March 2007, two of Huyton's most prominent footballers starred for England in
5757-411: The city. South of Manchester, there is no true motorway replacement for the old road. The M1 acts as a bypass for long-distance traffic in the south, from the Kegworth junction near Nottingham , to Luton and St. Albans near London; but, it is not an alternative for local traffic as the routes diverge by more than 15 miles (24 km) while passing through Northamptonshire . Across the Pennines ,
5858-402: The construction of a link between the M57 and M6 motorways. Simultaneously, a contract to link the M6 with Manchester was underway, which required land drainage and the removal of unsuitable earth. This section was completed in August 1974, creating a continuous link between Ferrybridge and Tarbock. Two motorways were planned, the M52 from Liverpool to Salford and the M62 to link Pole Moor with
5959-434: The east and west have spans of 21 m (69 ft). The M62 overbridge has a reinforced concrete multi-cellular deck of four spans. Two other pre-stressed reinforced concrete bridges carry slip roads over Longthorpe Lane, the B6135. Another bridge with no motorway access carries Longthorpe Lane over the M1. Two skew tunnels were constructed beneath the original junction between 1996 and 1999. The tunnels, constructed using
6060-469: The edge of the Lake District with a short stretch within the national park boundaries and then passes Carlisle on its way to Gretna , before the motorway becomes the A74(M) a few hundred metres short of the Scottish border. The first section of the motorway and the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass . It was built by Tarmac Construction and opened by the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 5 December 1958. In January 1959
6161-409: The existing A74(M) . The road opened on 5 December 2008, the 50th anniversary of the M6 Preston By-pass. The project, which was a mixture of new road and upgrade of the existing A74, crosses the West Coast Main Line and had an estimated costs of £174 million. It completed an uninterrupted motorway from just south of Dunblane (via the M9 , the recently opened M80 section near Cumbernauld and
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#17327880839666262-414: The five largest metro areas in England, and is the most practical route for HGVs and other commercial traffic between Manchester and Leeds. There are a significant number of warehouses in these urban areas, which require commercial delivery to the ports at Merseyside and around the Humber , all of which are transported via the M62. Annual average daily traffic flows of 100,000 cars were recorded east of
6363-403: The former home of Huyton Rugby league Club. In United's first five seasons they were successful. In 1988–89 they finished runners-up in the North West Counties Football League . The following season they were champions and won promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One. They were accordingly promoted to the Premier Division. The following season they reached the first round proper of
6464-413: The length was built on old coal mine workings. The section between Ferrybridge and North Cave was the last to be planned and built. The Ouse Bridge , across the River Ouse west of Goole , commenced in January 1973 and is nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long and rises to 98.4 feet (30.0 m) above ground level. Completion of the bridge was delayed due to "steel supplies [being] a chronic headache" and
6565-474: The loss of 805 lives, including the Captain, 12 of his officers, 42 of his crew and 37 military guards), the deportations ended. Most of the internees were released before the camp closed in 1942. The camp was sited in and around what became known as the "Bluebell Estate" and many of the streets were given names of the great battles of WWII. The prisoner of war camp closed in 1948. Some inmates "went native", stayed in Britain and married local women. Among those in
6666-404: The low usage. Much traffic continues to use the M6 or the continued on the M1 and took the A50 or A52 . As of July 2012 the road between Junctions 3A and 11A now carries 120,000 motor vehicles every day. A proposed extension to the M6 Toll known as the ' M6 Expressway ', which would have continued from the M6 Toll as far as Knutsford , at which point much of the existing M6 traffic leaves
6767-408: The motorway downgrades near North Cave, 16 miles (26 km) to the west. The western end of the motorway is at Queen's Drive, on Liverpool's middle ring road from where it runs eastward to the outer ring road, the M57. The route has four exits for Warrington: junction 7, an interchange with the A57 road , junction 8, which also houses IKEA , junction 9, which interchanges with the A49 road , which
6868-399: The motorway was constructed and allowances had to be made to counteract possible future subsidence. The motorway crosses the Irwell Valley and the Pendleton Fault on a 200-foot (61 m) single-span bridge 65 feet (20 m) above the river . Surveying for the Pennine section began in November 1961 and its route was determined in July 1963. Construction between Windy Hill and Pole Moor
6969-455: The night to ensure people's safety. Members of the public who lived in Milnrow and Newhey climbed up onto the motorway with food and drinks for the trapped people in their cars and trucks. A barrier between the carriageways was removed to facilitate moving most of the vehicles. The road remained closed the next day due to the weather conditions. In addition to passing Warrington , Manchester, Huddersfield, Halifax , Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield,
7070-412: The old A6 , which it does along the northern section starting with the Preston Bypass. However, a much closer approximation to the overall actual route of the M6 (heading north from its southern terminus) is provided by following the A45 , A34 , A50 , A49 , then the A6 . South of Preston, the A6 route is instead supplemented by the M61 as far as Manchester , with the M60 acting as a bypass around
7171-526: The old road remains the main local through-route, and long-distance fast traffic between Derby and Manchester must instead take either the A50 and M6, or M1 and M62. Once all sections of the motorway were constructed, and it was finally all linked together, the result was an uninterrupted motorway length of 230 miles (370 km). In July 1972, the Minister for Transport Industries, John Peyton , announced that 86 miles (138 km) of UK motorway particularly prone to fog would benefit from lighting in
7272-578: The road runs towards Hull, serving Howden and North Cave, before downgrading to the A63 road . Data from driver location signs is used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Notes Bibliography M6 motorway The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over 230 miles (370 km) from
7373-676: The route for a trans-Pennine motorway, the Lancashire–Yorkshire Motorway, was laid down, with Ferrybridge at the eastern terminus rather than Selby. By the 1960s, the proposed A580 upgrade to dual carriageway was considered inadequate, and there was an urgent need to link Liverpool to the motorway network. The route of the Lancashire-Yorkshire motorway was considered inadequate as it failed to cater for several industrial towns in Yorkshire. When James Drake visited
7474-441: 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 statutory instruments relating to the route of the M6. [REDACTED] Geographic data related to M6 motorway at OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: Huyton Huyton ( / ˈ h aɪ t ən / HY -tən )
7575-855: The same time, it was envisaged that a route between Liverpool and Hull was needed to connect the ports to industrial Yorkshire. After the Second World War , the Minister of Transport appointed engineers to inspect road standards between the A580 East Lancashire Road in Swinton and the A1 road near Selby . The 1949 Road Plan for South Lancashire identified the need to upgrade the A580 to dual carriageway with grade separation and provide bypasses at Huyton and Cadishead . In 1952,
7676-473: The second division of the Rugby Football League until 1985 when they were replaced by Runcorn Highfield . This club, later renamed Highfield , struggled on near the bottom of the pro game: in 1995–1996 they gained just one point all season and changed their name to Prescot Panthers , before folding at the end of the 1997 season. (Huytonians still interested in supporting pro rugby league have
7777-466: The south of Walsall. The most northerly section of the motorway also opened in 1970, running to the designated terminus north of Carlisle. By 1971 the full route was completed between the junction with the M1 motorway at Rugby and the A38 road several miles north-east of Birmingham city centre, including Bromford Viaduct between Castle Bromwich (J5) and Gravelly Hill (J6), which at 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
7878-522: The south-west of the county. Huyton was first settled about 600–650 AD by Angles . The settlement was founded on a low hill surrounded by inaccessible marshy land. The first part of the name may suggest a landing-place, probably on the banks of the River Alt . Both Huyton and Roby are mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, Huyton being spelt Hitune . Huyton-with-Roby is situated near to
7979-520: The south-western extremity of the former Lancashire coalfield. In the 19th century, Welsh workers settled in the area to work in nearby collieries. A Welsh-speaking Non-conformist chapel ( Calvinistic Methodists ) was founded in Wood Lane, Huyton Quarry. Nearby Cronton Colliery finally ceased production in March 1984, shortly before the UK miners' strike (1984–1985) . Both Huyton and Roby have stations on
8080-532: The structural integrity of the surrounding residential areas. The motorway was constructed only as far as the Queens Drive inner ring road , which is junction 4. The section west of Manchester was intended to be a separate motorway, the M52 to link Liverpool and Salford, but a continuous motorway between Leeds and Liverpool was deemed more feasible, Construction between Liverpool and Manchester started in 1971, with
8181-604: The terrain along which the road passes is relatively flat. Between Manchester and Leeds it traverses the Pennines and its foothills, rising to 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level slightly east of junction 22 in Calderdale , not far from the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire. The motorway's origins are found in the 1930s, when the need for a route between Lancashire and Yorkshire had been agreed after discussion by their county highway authorities. At
8282-401: The towns of Huyton , St Helens , Widnes , Bury , Rochdale , Oldham , Pontefract , Selby and Goole are designated primary destinations along the road. Many of the professional and semi-professional teams playing rugby league in England are connected by the M62 motorway and so the term M62 corridor is sometimes used to refer to the area where rugby league is most popular. The motorway
8383-604: The uphill section towards Windy Hill is the Rakewood Viaduct which carries the road over the Longden End Brook . The first section of the motorway in Yorkshire was completed between the county boundary at Windy Hill and Outlane in 1970. To build this section, 12,000,000 cubic yards (9,200,000 m) of material was moved, 8,000,000 cubic yards (6,100,000 m) of which was solid rock and 650,000 cubic yards (500,000 m) of peat which had to be cut from
8484-659: The vast majority of whom had moved to the area from the city of Liverpool. After the Second World War , the district successfully fought off absorption into the Liverpool City Council boundaries. However, its application for borough status failed in 1952. Huyton Municipal Building was completed in 1963. On 1 April 1974, Huyton-with-Roby became part of the new metropolitan borough of Knowsley . By convention, Huyton-with-Roby contains Huyton Park, Roby, Longview, Huyton Quarry, Page Moss , Woolfall Heath, Bowring Park , Fincham, and Court Hey. Today this area
8585-626: Was also served by Page Moss Library (Stockbridge Lane). There is also a contemporary art gallery at Huyton Library. There are eight public parks: Court Hey Park , Bowring Park (the oldest public park in Knowsley, opened in 1907), Huyton Lane Wetland, Jubilee Park (Twig Lane/Dinas Lane), McGoldrick Park (Rydal Road), Sawpit Park (Hall Lane/Sawpit Lane), Stadt Moers Park (covers more than 220 acres (0.89 km ) of land between Whiston and Huyton) and St. John's Millennium Green (Manor Farm Road). There are also nine children's playgrounds. Huyton has
8686-463: Was battered to death in a homophobic attack at a house in Huyton. In 1894, the township was included in the Huyton with Roby Urban District . "Since the First World War , Huyton-with-Roby has been transformed into a residential suburb of Liverpool , while agriculture, formerly the area's main occupation, has almost disappeared". In 1932 Liverpool City Council purchased a large area of
8787-460: Was built between 1965 and 1967. Owen Williams and the Babtie Group were the engineers. Located where the M62 crosses above the M1 motorway , it is a complex three-level junction with eight bridges including a roundabout supported by four long curved bridges on 12-metre (39 ft) piers above both motorways. The roundabout's north and south bridges have spans of 28 m (92 ft) and
8888-439: Was built. It carries a B road 120 feet (37 m) above the motorway. The 1-mile (1.6 km) section between Pole Moor and Outlane suffered fewer problems as the summer weather was satisfactory. The section of the motorway between Gildersome and Lofthouse was built at the same time, resulting in the demolition of a significant proportion of the village of Tingley to build the eponymous interchange. Lofthouse Interchange
8989-506: Was completed during December 2009 while the stretch between junctions 10a and 8 was completed during March 2011. This was then followed by a stretch between junctions 5 and 8 which started construction in April 2012 and was completed in October 2014. After plans of the government to improve reliability and capacity between Junctions 11 by Cannock and Junction 19 near Knutsford it favoured
9090-570: Was depicted in a BBC trailer for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England. The M62 is a terminus to two motorways: the M57 near Prescot and the M18 near Rawcliffe ; and has four spur routes: the M602 , which serves Manchester, the A627(M) , which serves Oldham and Rochdale, the M606 , which serves Bradford, and the M621 , which serves Leeds. Despite Hull being listed as a primary destination,
9191-440: Was difficult through inhospitable hilly terrain, peat bog, and in undesirable weather conditions. The motorway's highest point, 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level at Windy Hill near Denshaw ( 53°37′47″N 2°01′07″W / 53.62982°N 2.018561°W / 53.62982; -2.018561 ( Windy Hill ) ) is the highest point of any motorway in England. A notable structure between junctions 21 and 22 on
9292-817: Was first proposed in the 1930s, and conceived as two separate routes, was opened in stages between 1971 and 1976, with construction beginning at Pole Moor near Huddersfield and finishing at that time in Tarbock on the outskirts of Liverpool. The motorway absorbed the northern end of the Stretford - Eccles bypass, which was built between 1957 and 1960. Adjusted for inflation to 2007, its construction cost approximately £765 million. The motorway has an average daily traffic flow of 144,000 vehicles in West Yorkshire , and has several sections prone to traffic congestion , in particular, between Leeds and Huddersfield and
9393-473: Was formed around several streets of new, empty council houses and flats and then made secure with barbed wire fencing. Twelve internees were allocated to each house, but overcrowding resulted in many sleeping in tents. Initially, the camp was only meant to hold the internees until they could be shipped to the Isle of Man . However, largely in response to the torpedoing of the transport ship, Arandora Star (and
9494-434: Was intended to be a motorway, and junction 11. Between these is junction 10, which is a cloverstack interchange with the M6. The M62 crosses Chat Moss before interchanging with the M60 motorway . Owing to the original plan to extend this section of the motorway into Manchester, motorists must turn off to stay on (a TOTSO ) the route into Yorkshire. In Greater Manchester, the motorway shares seven junctions, 12 to 18, with
9595-542: Was not built. The proposed route would have followed the railway into Liverpool as far as Edge Hill , with junctions at Rathbone Road and Durning Road where it would drop to two lanes before terminating at the Islington Radial. Difficulties arose building the Liverpool urban motorway resulting in delays, with the section between Tarbock and Liverpool the last to be completed in 1976. In total, two viaducts , ten bridges and seven underpasses were constructed to secure
9696-427: Was originally due to be fully open in 2023, but is now delayed until 2025. Download coordinates as: Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Where a junction spans several hundred metres (yards) and the start and end distances are known, both distances are shown. Each motorway in England requires that a statutory instrument be published, detailing
9797-459: Was sentenced to five years in prison. On 1 March 2018, a Highways England car fire in severe weather conditions ( the beast from the East ) caused up to 3,500 vehicles to become trapped on the eastbound Pennine section between junctions 20 and 24. Up to 200 people spent the night in their vehicles. The military, mountain rescue , fire services and Highways England worked alongside the police through
9898-575: Was the site of Paul's eventful 21st birthday party, at which John Lennon got drunk and beat up a local DJ for insinuating he was a homosexual . Huyton Parish Church churchyard is the final resting place of the Beatles' original bass guitarist , Huytonian Stuart Sutcliffe . The Boys from the Blackstuff episode "Jobs for the Boys" was partly filmed in Woodlands Road, Roby. Huyton
9999-426: Was then proposed to introduce a managed motorway between junction 13 and 19, later divided into two separate stretches, between junctions 16 and 19 and junctions 13 and 15. The stretch between junctions 16 and 19 started construction in December 2015 and was completed in March 2019 while construction on the stretch between junctions 13 and 15 commenced in March 2018 and was completed in August 2022. In April 2021,
10100-422: Was transporting off-duty army personnel and their family members. Twelve people were killed and 38 were injured. Hartshead Moor services was used as a makeshift hospital and base for investigations. The Provisional Irish Republican Army was deemed responsible. A memorial to the victims was erected at Hartshead Moor services in 2009. The Selby rail crash happened on 28 February 2001, at 06:13 after Gary Hart,
10201-515: Was upgraded from an earlier emergency-vehicles-only access point, which explains the substandard design. The construction of the Heysham to M6 Link Road (The Bay Gateway) has completely re-modelled this junction with a wide additional bridge over the River Lune and other works repositioning slip roads with new acceleration lanes to modern standards. The route was originally intended to replace
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