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Construction between Windy Hill and Pole Moor 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 (53.62982°N 2.018561°W) is the highest point of any motorway in England.
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The motorway's origins date to the 1930s, when the need for a route between Lancashire and Yorkshire had been agreed after discussion by their county highway authorities.At 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 Tran...
Liverpool to Worsley
It was the intention to build an urban motorway in Liverpool. The M62 was intended to terminate at Liverpool's Inner Motorway which 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.The section between Tarbock and Liverpool was the last to be completed in 1976 because of difficulties building the urban motorway. In tot...
Around Manchester
Two motorways were planned, the M52 from Liverpool to Salford and the M62 to link Pole Moor with 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 2-lane motorway only. It was later re-numbered M63 motorway. The section between the interchange with the Stretford-Eccles Bypass and Salford is...
Milnrow to Outlane
Surveying for the Pennine section began in November 1961 and its route was determined in July 1963. Construction between Windy Hill and Pole Moor was difficult through inhospitable hilly terrain, peat bogs, and in undesirable weather conditions. The motorway's highest point, 1,221 ft above sea level at Windy Hill near Saddleworth Mooris the highest point of any motorway in England. A notable structure between junctions 21 and 22 on the uphill section towards Windy Hill is the Rakewood Viaduct...
The section between Halifax and Gildersome is one of the most congested roads in Britain,and regularly slows to gridlock at junction 27. Annual average daily traffic flows of 100,000 cars were recorded east of 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 1...
M62 J25 to J30 managed motorway
Before 2009 there were proposals in place to widen the M62 between junctions 25 and 28 to four lanes. In January 2009 the schemes were withdrawn and replaced by a wider project to install hard shoulder running and a managed motorway system between junctions 25 and 30.
The 18th-century Stott Hall Farm on Moss Moor, above Booth Wood Reservoir is situated between the carriageways between junctions 22 and 23. The road divides for much of its length between the Windy Hill and Deanhead cuttings because of surrounding geology but a local myth persists that it was split because the owners refused to sell the land. The f...
In addition to passing Warrington, Manchester, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, the towns of Huyton, St Helens, Widnes, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Dewsbury, Pontefract, Selby and Goole are designated primary destinations along the road. The M62 is a terminus to two motorways: the M57 near Prescot and the M18 near Rawcliffe; and ha...
Chris's British Road DirectoryThe Motorway ArchiveJun 29, 2021 · Discover Windy Hill in Ripponden, England: The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.
Mar 13, 2022 · Unfortunately, obtaining a suitable new site in Saddleworth proved to be too difficult, and so the existing transmitter on Windy Hill, built in 1951 was adopted as the backbone site instead....
Mar 7, 2020 · Windy Hill Transmitter. Just south west of Junction 22 on the M62 in the Saddleworth Moor part of the South Pennines, you can spot a huge transmission mast. The Windy Hill transmitter...
Jun 20, 2002 · Windy Hill The study of British and Irish roads - their construction, numbering, history, mapping, past and future official roads proposals and general roads musings. There is a separate forum for Street Furniture (traffic lights, street lights, road signs etc).
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