The central span of the curved motorway viaduct was designed to frame the railway viaduct when viewed from the realigned A685, itself on a new curved bridge over Borrow Beck. Were also currently resurfacing lane 4 with a low noise road surface system. Ten of these will be super-span gantries meaning theyll go across both carriageways. The following gallery shows some features of the M6 motorway as it passes south through Cumbria, and some places of interest beside it. These are to assess the ground conditions, for work to install the ducts and cables in the future. M56, The West Coast main railway line runs alongside the M6 for much of its length. To carry out this work we will need to cone off areas of the hard shoulder as we work during the day. Weve listened to the feedback from our customers, and as a result the work will be done in phases, starting from junction 24 to junction 26. Where we need any lane or full closures on the motorway we can only do this at night when the motorway is less busy. There is however some work that we can only do at night time which cannot be carried out safely with traffic using the road. Work to remove the street lights is planned from the 10 May for around three weeks. Work is expected to be completed by March 2022. on a smart motorway. The road between the N6 at Doughiska and the N59 is an 8 km dual carriageway, and probably a high-quality one. In October 2007, following a successful trial on the M42 in the West Midlands, the government announced that two stretches of the M6 would be upgraded to allow the hard shoulder to be used as a normal running lane during busy conditions under a scheme called active traffic management. Cost studies led to open abutments being selected generally, so that for standard situations overbridges have three or four spans, but most underbridges have single spans. This junction connects to the M58, and sees traffic moving to and from Wigan and Liverpool. Location in UK motorway network. The aim is to reduce congestion and queues. There will be a reduced speed limit of 50mph throughout our roadworks. M6 Traffic News, Updates & Travel Information The M6 is one of the busiest motorways in the UK - avoid its worst junctions, accident blackspots and planned roadworks with regular M6 traffic updates and news. Map of the M6 Motorway. The first motorway in Britain was the Preston Bypass, which was then incorporated into the M6 when construction was continued. What is Operation Stack? Junction 6 meets the A38 Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham. The much-beleaguered M6 Galway Bypass (Galway Transport Project) has had three Judicial Reviews lodged against its planning permission. The proposed road would cost at least 600 million." We will take steps to carry out the work as early in our shifts as possible. 2659: M6 Motorway: Widening between Junctions 20 and 21A (, Statutory Instrument 1991 No. We will take steps to minimise any overnight disturbance and carry out as much work as possible during the day. M6 Junction 10 - a major scheme is planned to start in 2018, ending in 2020. This will include narrowed lanes with a reduced speed limit. Over recent months weve been working around the clock to install new drainage and the bases for CCTV and gantries. A500, Between junctions 24 and 26, weve finished replacing all the deep drainage and the surface water drainage in the central reservation. M61, The M6 Motorway. However, there may be occasions where we need to cut them down. The overnight closures, between 9pm and 6am, will take place on the following: Clearly signed diversion routes will be in place for each closure. Sure enough, the bypass was left as a dual carriageway in the motorway redesignation round that was implemented in August 2009. 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Its not particularly busy, used by less than 50,000 motorists a day, but slowing to pay a toll can still lead to queues. Low standard DC : 9.8 km. Download full list in KML (for Google Earth and sat navs) | Show results as a list. Monday 30 January, Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 February, 9pm to 6am, M6 junction 26 to 23 southbound. 1293: M6 Birmingham To Carlisle Motorway (at Haighton) Special Roads Scheme 1997 Transfer Order 1997, Statutory Instrument 1998 No. [9][10] By 1965, the remaining sections of motorway StaffordPreston and PrestonLancaster had been completed. The northbound entry slip road at Lancaster (Junction 34) was unusually short, presenting problems for traffic joining the motorway. Where there are houses around junction 24 at Ashton-in-Makerfield, we are no longer working during the night. We'll come to you at home or work. Overnight lane closures are also needed to take down the street lights in the central reservation safely. Motorists were diverted to the old road while the UK road research laboratory at Harmondsworth pondered the importance of surface water drainage. In the outskirts of Galway, the N6, both existing and future, ends in the townland of Rosscam. Separately there is a Bus Connects plan for Galway which will see the reorganisation of the city's bus system and the provision of bus and cycle lanes. At night time we will also need to close lanes and, on occasion, slip roads to allow us to carry out our work safely. Nonetheless, we understand this will cause some disruption and would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74(M) which continues to Glasgow as the M74. It is located entirely within England, running for just over 230 miles (370 km) from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. Original text, photographs and graphics 2001-2022 Chris Marshall, except where stated. All three lanes will be open at all times. No exit from M40 southbound. All our closures are subject to the weather and traffic conditions not affecting them. As the motorway moves higher and away from the coast the frequency of snowfalls increases rapidly. The dates given on these Statutory Instruments relate to when the document was published, and not when the road was built. The bypass is riddled with 6 interchanges even though it's only 9 kilometres long. Any Since then, Compulsory Acquisition Notices have been issued to around 500 landowners along the favoured route. [16] The construction of the Heysham to M6 Link Road (The Bay Gateway) has completely re-modelled this junction with a wide additional bridge over the River Lune and other works repositioning slip roads with new acceleration lanes to modern standards. From the article: Update 14/10/2022: It is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38 (M) Aston Expressway in the Gravelly Hill area of Birmingham. Finally, some guesses as to numbering. [22] Sections to be illuminated included the M6 between junctions 10 and 11, and between junctions 20 and 27. ZjZhYzgwYzk1YThhY2JkMGIyMGJiOWYwMThlYzQ3NzgyMWFhZjkzMDBlMWRh However, unforeseen circumstances such as poor weather may mean changes occur at short notice and this may change the dates above.