COMPLETING THE M60 RING - STRATEGIC APPROACH AND EFFECTS

This article outlines the history of the UK's M60 motorway, which is the Manchester Outer Ring Road, describes its completion, and discusses its future prospects. It includes a map of the M60 and surrounding motorways. The M60's first section was opened to traffic in 1960. In the early and mid-1970s, the M62 motorway passed through the conurbation, including the north west part of the M60. The M63 was partly built in 1982, then extended in 1989. The final section of the M60 is currently under construction, and due to open to traffic in Summer 2000. When complete, the M60 will be 56km long with 27 junctions, with an average spacing of just over 2km. It will be an important distributor of traffic round the towns and cities of Greater Manchester, and it will be part of the important Transpennine route linking Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull. The carriageways are four-lane, three-lane, or two-lane. The Trafford Centre and other developments are generating considerable traffic pressure on the M60. A motorway incident detection and automatic signalling (MIDAS) system and variable message signs (VMS) are being installed on the final section, and the whole ring will have an advanced traffic management system. Future developments will make the M60 part of an integrated transport network for Greater Manchester.

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • Hewitt, N
• Publication Date: 1999-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 32-3
• Serial:
  • HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • Publisher: INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • ISSN: 0265-6868

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Beltways; Freeways; History; Incident detection; Intersections; Maps; Numbers; Road construction; Traffic congestion; Traffic lanes; Traffic signals; Urban areas; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 2992: Carriageway; 632: Congestion (traffic); 9096: History; 1632: Incident detection; 455: Junction; 4074: Map; 2752: Motorway; 6432: Number; 2729: Ring road; 3665: Road construction; 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 574: Variable message sign
• Subject Areas: Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780957
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2000 12:00AM