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.
m602, motorway, mile, motorway, leading, traffic, into, salford, greater, manchester, england, towards, manchester, passing, town, eccles, m602m602, highlighted, blue, show, interactive, mapshown, north, west, england, show, north, west, englandroute, informat. The M602 motorway is a 4 mile 6 4 km motorway leading traffic into Salford Greater Manchester England towards Manchester and by passing the town of Eccles M602M602 highlighted in blue Show interactive mapShown in North West England Show map of North West EnglandRoute informationMaintained by National HighwaysLength4 0 mi 6 4 km Existed1971 presentHistoryConstructed 1971 82Major junctionsWest endEcclesMajor intersectionsJ1 M60 amp M62 motorwayEast endOrdsall SalfordLocationCountryUnited KingdomPrimarydestinationsSalfordRoad networkRoads in the United KingdomMotorways A and B road zones M275 M606 Contents 1 History 2 List of junctions 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 editCounty Location mi km Junction Destinations NotesGreater Manchester Eccles 0 0 1 coord 1 nbsp M62 Liverpool nbsp M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road1 5 2 4 2 coord 2 nbsp A576 Trafford Park SalfordSalford 2 4 3 9 3 coord 3 nbsp A5063 Old Trafford Salford nbsp A57 Central Manchester1 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 edit CBRD Motorway Database M602 Pathetic Motorways M52 Pathetic Motorways M64 Eccles BypassExternal links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML M602 motorwayKML 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title M602 motorway amp oldid 1209293586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
