M56 Motorway

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{{UK motorway routebox|| motorway= M56| length-mi= 35| length-km= 56| direction= East - West| start= Cheadle, Greater Manchester| destinations= Manchester Airport
Wythenshawe
Warrington
Runcorn
Ellesmere Port
Chester| opening-date= [1971| junctions= 1 -
[M60 motorway
9 -
M6 motorway
15 -
M53 motorwayThe M56 is a motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. It runs from Junction 4 of the M60 motorway to Mollington and is 35 miles (56 km) in length. The motorway is often busy with long-distance commuter traffic towards North Wales as well as providing access to Manchester Airport from the national motorway network.

The road forms part of the unsigned International E-road network European route E22.

Route Although the mainline of the motorway starts as a continuation of the A5103 road, the M56 actually begins on the Sharston Spur. After passing through junctions 1 and 2, the spur joins the mainline at junction 3, going up from two lanes to four, to accommodate Manchester Airport traffic.

The road now heads south to the west of Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport until it reaches junction 6, where it turns west. It then runs to the south of Hale, Greater Manchester, going down to three lanes. It passes junctions 7 and 8 which are part of the same complex. Junction 8 was planned to be used by the proposed A556(M) Pathetic Motorways - A556(M)). The current proposals are to upgrade the A556 to a dual carrigeway Highways Agency Press Release. Traffic for the southbound M6 leaves here and this junction can suffer from congestion. The motorway then enters a more rural setting, continuing between Broomedge and High Legh.

After meeting the M6 motorway it passes south of Appleton Thorn. After reaching junction 11, it runs through the outskirts of Runcorn and Frodsham. Between junctions 12 and 14, and the missing junction 13, it runs parallel to the River Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal. After meeting the M53 motorway, the road finally returns to two lanes, it proceeds between Chester to the south and Ellesmere Port to its termination at a roundabout at Mollington.

Traffic for North Wales can take either the M53 or A5117 road to reach the A55 road.

History The first proposal for a road along this route was agreed in 1958 and it entered the Trunk Road Programme for 1967/1968 The Motorway Archive - M56 Scheme Introduction. Construction began in 1968 The Motorway Archive - M56 Dates Page and the motorway opened in stages between 1971 and 1981 CBRD Motorway Database - M56 Timeline:

Junctions 1 to 3 opened in 1975.
Junctions 3 to 7 opened in 1972.
Junctions 7 to 9 opened in 1974.
Junctions 9 to 11 opened in 1975.
Junctions 11 to 14 opened in 1971.
Junctions 14 to 16 opened in 1981.

Proposals did exist for an extension into North Wales across the proposed River Dee, Wales Barrage The Motorway Archive - M56 J16 to J14, but these have not happened House of Commons Hansard Debates for 23 July 1993 - Column 403.

Junctions {| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

|- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;"| colspan="3" | M56 Motorway

|- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white"| Eastbound exits| Junction| Westbound exits

|- align='center'| Stockport M60 motorway
Leeds M62 motorway| M60 J4| Start of motorway (Sharston Spur)

|- align='center'| Didsbury A34 road| J1| No exit

|- align='center'| No exit| J2| Wythenshawe, Altrincham, A560 road (M60)

|- align='center'| Altrincham, Wythenshawe & Hospital, Cheadle, Greater Manchester A560| J3a| Start of motorway (Princess Parkway spur)

|- align='center'| Altrincham, Congleton, Wythenshawe A5103
Manchester Ring Road (M60)], Macclesfield A538 road| J6| Wilmslow, Hale, Macclesfield A538

|- align='center'| Altrincham A56 road| J7| Birmingham (M6 motorway)
Northwich A556 road
Lymm A56

], Birmingham, Leeds (M62 motorway) M6| rowspan="2" | J9| Preston, Liverpool (M62) M6

] A50 road
Poplar 2000 Services], Lymm A50
Poplar 2000 Services

|- align='center'| Warrington, Northwich A49 road| J10| Northwich, Warrington A49

|- align='center'| Runcorn (E), Warrington A56| J11| Preston Brook, Daresbury A56

], Northwich A557 road| J12| Frodsham, Runcorn, Widnes A557

], Helsby A5117
Chester Services]
Chester, Wrexham M53 motorway

|- align='center'| Start of Motorway| J16| North Wales, Queensferry, Wales A5117|}

See also

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database - M56
The Motorway Archive - M56

Junctions 1 to 3 opened in 1975.
Junctions 3 to 7 opened in 1972.
Junctions 7 to 9 opened in 1974.
Junctions 9 to 11 opened in 1975.
Junctions 11 to 14 opened in 1971.
Junctions 14 to 16 opened in 1981.

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database - M56
The Motorway Archive - M56

CBRD - Motorway Database - M56
Motorway Database. You are here: Home - Motorway Database - M56. Main - Images - Timeline - Exit List. Poetically described as the North Cheshire motorway, the M56 has the ...

CBRD - Motorway Database - M56 - Images
The M56 totso at junction 3 - ahead is the A5103, and the motorway exits to the left. This junction appears to be submitting an entry for a 'most destinations on a sign gantry ...

Manchester Airport Directions | Easy to access from the M56 motorway
Manchester Airport Directions | Easy to access from the M56 motorway. Manchester airport is very easy to access from the M56 motorway junction 5.

M56 Services off the motorway
The M56 motorway runs for 34 miles from Gatley on the outskirts of Manchester to Capenhurst: The M56 motorway runs for 34 miles from the outskirts of Manchester to ...

Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants & Guest Houses off the M56 Motorway
Food, accommodation, meeting places and services just off the M56 motorway. Stay in hotels, pubs, inns, guest houses, b & b, farmhouse, restaurants and cafes just off the M56 at ...

M56 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M56 is a motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, England. It runs from Junction 4 of the M60 to Dunkirk, Cheshire and is 35 ...

The M56 Motorway (Hapsford to Lea-by-Backford Section) and Connecting ...
Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 2262. The M56 Motorway (Hapsford to Lea-by-Backford Section) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1976 (Partial Revocation) Scheme 2006

Image:UK-Motorway-M56.svg - Wikimedia Commons
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The A556(M) Motorway (M6 to M56 Link) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1996
Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1648 The A556(M) Motorway (M6 to M56 Link) and Connecting Roads Scheme 1996 - continued

The Gateway To Wales Hotel, Deeside, near Chester
The Gateway To Wales Hotel is ideally located for visiting Chester and North Wales, enjoying first class links to the M56 motorway and the A55 along the North Wales Coast.