M602 motorway

Motorway in England

M602

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Route information

Maintained by National Highways

Length

4.0 mi (6.4 km)

Existed

1971–present

History

Constructed 1971–82

Major junctions

West end

Eccles

Major intersections

J1 → M60 & M62 motorway

East end

Ordsall, Salford

Location

Country

United Kingdom

Primary
destinations

Salford

Road network

Roads in the United Kingdom

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M275

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M606

The M602 motorway is a 4-mile (6.4 km) motorway, leading traffic into Salford, Greater Manchester, England, towards Manchester city centre and by-passing the town of Eccles.

History

The first section from Worsley to Eccles (now Junction 2) opened in 1971, and the second section from Eccles to Ordsall was completed in 1982.

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 have linked Liverpool and Manchester, and would have been 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 of 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-routed to run via the route of the M52 between Worsley and Liverpool. That left a short stump of the original M52 between the M62 and Ordsall, which was initially renumbered M64 and then became the M602.^[3] The southern end of the M62 between Worsley and Stretford became the M63 and later the M60.

List of junctions

County	Location	mi	km	Junction	Destinations
Greater Manchester	Eccles	0	0	1^{[coord 1]}	M62 - Liverpool M60 - Manchester Outer Ring Road
	Eccles	1.5	2.4	2^{[coord 2]}	A576 - Trafford Park, Salford
	Salford	2.4	3.9	3^{[coord 3]}	A5063 - Old Trafford, Salford A57 - Central Manchester
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

*Ceremonial Counties

Coordinate list

^ 53°29′13″N 2°22′34″W / 53.487°N 2.376°W / 53.487; -2.376 (Junction 1 of M602)
^ 53°29′10″N 2°19′48″W / 53.486°N 2.330°W / 53.486; -2.330 (Junction 1 of M602)
^ 53°28′44″N 2°16′55″W / 53.479°N 2.282°W / 53.479; -2.282 (Junction 1 of M602)

References

^ CBRD Motorway Database: M602
^ Pathetic Motorways: M52
^ Pathetic Motorways: M64 Eccles Bypass

External links

KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/M602 motorway

KML is from Wikidata

CBRD Motorway Database – M602
CBRD Videos M602 / A57(M)
Lancashire County Council – Historic Highways – M602
The Motorway Archive – M602
Pathetic Motorways – M602

Motorways in the United Kingdom

Great Britain

M1 M11 M18 M180 M181 A1(M) A167(M) A194(M) A1077(M)
M2 M20 M23 M25 M26 M27 M271 M275
M3 M32 A3(M) A38(M) A308(M) A329(M)
M4 M40 M42 M45 M48 M49 A48(M) A404(M)
M5 M50 M53 M54 M55 M56 M57 M58 A57(M) A58(M)
M6 M6 Toll M60 M61 M62 M65 M66 M67 M69 M602 M606 M621 A64(M) A66(M) A627(M)
M73 M74 M77 A74(M)
M8 M80 M876 M898 A8(M) A823(M)
M9 M90

Northern Ireland

M1
M2
M3
M5
M12
M22
A8(M)

Former

M10
M41
M63
M85
A18(M)
A40(M)
A41(M)
A102(M)
A601(M)
A6144(M)

Unbuilt

M12
M15
M16
M31
M64
M4 relief road

Junctions
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Category)

Bridges

Category
Commons

v t e Strategic road network in England
South West	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 A4 A30 A36 A38 A40 A46 A303
Area 3 (South)	M3 M4 M27 M271 A3(M) A308(M) A404(M) A3 A27 A31 A34 A303 A404
Area 4 (South East)	M2 M20 M23 A2 A20 A21 A23 A26 A27 A259 A2070
Area 5 (DBFO) (M25 links)	M1 M3 M4 M11 M20 M25 M26 A1(M) A1 A2 A3 A13 A20 A23 A30 A40 A282 A316 A405 A1089 A3113
East	M1 M11 A1(M) A1 A5 A11 A12 A14 A47 A120 A141 A414 A421 A428 A1307
Area 7 (East Midlands)	M1 M6 M45 M69 A1 A5 A6 A14 A38 A42 A43 A45 A46 A50 A52 A453 A516 A5111
Area 9 (West Midlands)	M5 M6 M40 M42 M50 M54 M69 A5 A38 A40 A45 A46 A49 A50 A446 A449 A458 A483 A500 A4510 A5148
North West	M6 M53 M55 M56 M57 M58 M60 M61 M62 M65 M66 M67 M602 A74(M) A627(M) A41 A55 A56 A66 A483 A494 A550 A556 A585 A590 A595 A663 A5036 A5103 A5117
Area 12 (Yorks/Lincs)	M1 M18 M62 M180 M181 M606 M621 A1(M) A1 A57 A61 A63 A64 A160 A162 A180 A616 A628 A1033
Area 14 (North East)	A1(M) A66(M) A194(M) A1 A19 A66 A184 A696
Other DBFO	M1 M40 M62 A1(M) A6 A19 A30 A35 A50 A69 A168 A174 A249 A417 A419 A1053
Toll roads	M6 Toll

Transport in Greater Manchester

Air

Map of England showing Greater Manchester

Bus

Operators	Arriva North West Bluebird Bullocks Diamond North West Finglands Coachways First Greater Manchester GM Buses Go North West Jim Stones Coaches JPT Magic Bus Manchester Community Transport Mayne Coaches Maytree Travel Rosso Stagecoach Manchester UK North Warrington's Own Buses
Routes	17 42 43 58 184 192 free bus route 1 free bus route 2 free bus route 3 V1 V2 V4

Road

European route E22
Kingsway
M6
M56
M60
M61
M62
M66
M67
M602
A57(M)
A627(M)
Manchester Inner Ring Road

Tram

Cycle

Rail

Stations	List of open railway stations List of closed railway stations
Lines	Buxton Calder Valley Crewe–Manchester Glossop Hope Valley Liverpool–Manchester Manchester–Preston Manchester–Southport Stafford–Manchester Stockport–Stalybridge Styal
Operators	British Rail (1948–1997) Regional Railways (1982–1996) Network NorthWest (1989–c.1992) First North Western (1997–2004) Northern Rail (2004–2016) Arriva Rail North (2016–2020) Northern Trains (2020-)