The M57 motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, is a motorway in England. Designed as a ring road for Liverpool, it is 10 miles (16 km) long between Tarbock Green and Switch lsland, and links various towns east of the city, as well as the M62 and M58 motorways.
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Motorways of Liverpool City RegionView of the M57 northwards from the bridge on Knowsley Lane. On the left can be seen the three tower blocks of Stockbridge Village.
The M57 was planned to be a complete bypass of Liverpool, meeting some of the key routes out of the city.[1] As is normal in the United Kingdom, the M57 was to be built in stages. The first two opened were:[2]
Junctions 4 to 7 were opened in 1972 as phase 1.
Junctions 1 to 4 were opened in 1974 as phase 2.
Phase 1 was approved by Lancashire County Council's highways and bridges committee in April 1969, estimating to cost around £3.9million with construction work anticipated to start several months later.[3] By the end of 1969, work had not yet commenced, although the Minister of TransportFred Mulley announced in December 1969 that a grant of around £2.9million had been made to Lancashire County Council towards the road's cost. Following conclusion of an invitation to tender process in January 1970, construction work was expected to start around March 1970. The road was planned with dual 24 foot (7.3 m) wide carriageways and a wide central reservation which allowed for future carriageway widening.[4] The scheme was proceeded with more rapidly as there had been industrial growth in the area, and it was considered important to improve traffic connections as soon as possible.[5] The original plans for the route anticipated an extension south to the A562.[5]
The road opened to traffic in April 1972, three months ahead of schedule. Shortly before opening, the second phase was announced by the council as being close to starting construction, with an estimated cost of £11.5million.[6]
At Switch Island, the junction was constructed to allow an extension of the M57 towards the A565 near Thornton and the end of the M58 has provision for slip roads to that extension to be constructed.[7] Contemporary maps also showed a proposed southern extension, eventually constructed in the 1990s as the A5300.[8] A new road was opened in August 2015 to join the A565 at Thornton to Switch Island junction at the M57 and M58 motorways respectively; the road was appropriately named the A5758 road.
At the southern end of the M57 where it meets the M62 (Tarbock Island) and also the A5300 southern extension, a £38million improvement scheme to create a free-flow link with the M62 eastbound was completed on 14 November 2008. At the same junction a free-flow link from the M62 Westbound to the M57 northbound was completed on 12 December.
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The M57 motorway also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road is a motorway in England Designed as a ring road for Liverpool it is 10 miles 16 km long between Tarbock Green and Switch lsland and links various towns east of the city as well as the M62 and M58 motorways M57M57 highlighted in blue Show interactive mapShown with North West England motorway network Show North West England motorways mapRoute informationMaintained by National HighwaysLength10 mi 16 km Existed1972 presentHistoryConstructed 1972 1974Major junctionsSoutheast endHuytonMajor intersectionsJ1 M62 A5300 J5 A580 J7 M58 A59 A5036Northwest endSwitch Island AintreeLocationCountryUnited KingdomPrimarydestinationsLiverpoolRoad networkRoads in the United KingdomMotorways A and B road zones M56 M58Motorways of Liverpool City RegionView of the M57 northwards from the bridge on Knowsley Lane On the left can be seen the three tower blocks of Stockbridge Village Contents 1 Route 2 History 3 Junctions 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksRoute EditStarting at the Tarbock Interchange in Tarbock at the end of the A5300 the motorway heads north to the east of Huyton and west of Prescot and crosses the Liverpool and Manchester Railway It then runs across the northeast of Huyton before running west of Knowsley Village After meeting the A580 at a split junction numbered 4 amp 5 it continues northwest through Kirkby passes under the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Merseyrail Northern Line before ending on Switch Island near Aintree The motorway provides one of the main access routes to Aintree Racecourse History EditThe M57 was planned to be a complete bypass of Liverpool meeting some of the key routes out of the city 1 As is normal in the United Kingdom the M57 was to be built in stages The first two opened were 2 Junctions 4 to 7 were opened in 1972 as phase 1 Junctions 1 to 4 were opened in 1974 as phase 2 Phase 1 was approved by Lancashire County Council s highways and bridges committee in April 1969 estimating to cost around 3 9 million with construction work anticipated to start several months later 3 By the end of 1969 work had not yet commenced although the Minister of Transport Fred Mulley announced in December 1969 that a grant of around 2 9 million had been made to Lancashire County Council towards the road s cost Following conclusion of an invitation to tender process in January 1970 construction work was expected to start around March 1970 The road was planned with dual 24 foot 7 3 m wide carriageways and a wide central reservation which allowed for future carriageway widening 4 The scheme was proceeded with more rapidly as there had been industrial growth in the area and it was considered important to improve traffic connections as soon as possible 5 The original plans for the route anticipated an extension south to the A562 5 The road opened to traffic in April 1972 three months ahead of schedule Shortly before opening the second phase was announced by the council as being close to starting construction with an estimated cost of 11 5 million 6 At Switch Island the junction was constructed to allow an extension of the M57 towards the A565 near Thornton and the end of the M58 has provision for slip roads to that extension to be constructed 7 Contemporary maps also showed a proposed southern extension eventually constructed in the 1990s as the A5300 8 A new road was opened in August 2015 to join the A565 at Thornton to Switch Island junction at the M57 and M58 motorways respectively the road was appropriately named the A5758 road At the southern end of the M57 where it meets the M62 Tarbock Island and also the A5300 southern extension a 38 million improvement scheme to create a free flow link with the M62 eastbound was completed on 14 November 2008 At the same junction a free flow link from the M62 Westbound to the M57 northbound was completed on 12 December Junctions EditCeremonialcounty Location mi km Junction Destinations NotesMerseyside Huyton 0 0 1 coord 1 nbsp M62 Huyton Liverpool city centre Manchester Warrington Widnes nbsp A5300 Liverpool south Runcorn nbsp A5080 Cronton Huyton Whiston Road continues south as A53002 6 4 2 2 coord 2 nbsp A57 Liverpool Prescot Whiston nbsp A58 St HelensB5194 Knowsley villageKnowsley 4 3 6 9 3 coord 3 nbsp A526 Liverpool Prescot HuytonB5194 Knowsley village No north eastbound exit or south eastbound entrance6 2 10 0 4 coord 4 nbsp A580 Liverpool Bootle St Helens Kirkby nbsp A5207 Kirkby6 5 10 5 5 coord 5 nbsp A580 St Helens No north eastbound exit or south eastbound entranceKirkby 7 5 12 1 6 coord 6 nbsp A506 Liverpool Walton Fazakerley Kirkby10 0 16 1 7 coord 7 nbsp M58 Skelmersdale Preston nbsp A59 Southport Ormskirk nbsp A5036 Bootle nbsp A5758 Southport Formby1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete accessCoordinate list 53 23 54 N 2 48 30 W 53 3982 N 2 8084 W 53 3982 2 8084 Junction 1 of M57 53 25 40 N 2 49 17 W 53 4279 N 2 8213 W 53 4279 2 8213 Junction 2 of M57 53 26 11 N 2 51 19 W 53 4365 N 2 8553 W 53 4365 2 8553 Junction 3 of M57 53 27 40 N 2 52 40 W 53 4612 N 2 8779 W 53 4612 2 8779 Junction 4 of M57 53 27 50 N 2 53 00 W 53 4639 N 2 8834 W 53 4639 2 8834 Junction 5 of M57 53 28 24 N 2 54 05 W 53 4734 N 2 9013 W 53 4734 2 9013 Junction 6 of M57 53 29 34 N 2 57 11 W 53 4928 N 2 9531 W 53 4928 2 9531 Junction 7 of M57 See also EditList of motorways in the United KingdomReferences Edit Pathetic Motorways M57 The Motorway Archive M57 Dates Page Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Autumn start on ring road section Liverpool Echo 21 April 1969 p 11 2 75m for ring road scheme Liverpool Echo 9 December 1969 p 3 a b The Motorway Archive M57 Scheme Page Archived 3 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine City ring road s flying start Liverpool Echo 2 February 1972 p 7 The Motorway Archive M58 Archived 25 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Pathetic Motorways M57 MapExternal links EditKML file edit help Template Attached KML M57 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