M53 motorway
motorway in North West England
The M53, or Mid-Wirral Motorway, is a motorway in North West England. It connects the A55 near Chester with the Kingsway Tunnel by Liverpool. The motorway is about 19 miles (31 km) long.[1][2]
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 Looking north near Storeton | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Highways England | ||||
| Length | 18.9 mi (30.4 km) | |||
| Existed | 1972–present | |||
| History | Opened: 1972 Completed: 1982 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Bidston 53°24′41″N 3°04′49″W / 53.4114°N 3.0802°W | |||
  J11 → M56 motorway | ||||
| South end | Hoole Village 53°12′52″N 2°51′24″W / 53.2144°N 2.8567°W | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Merseyside, Cheshire | |||
| Primary destinations | Wallasey Birkenhead Ellesmere Port Chester | |||
| Road network | ||||
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Junctions
change| M53 motorway junctions | |||||
| mile | km | Northbound exits (B carriageway) | Junction | Southbound exits (A carriageway) | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | End of motorway  Road continues as Wallasey Tunnel towards Liverpool |
J1 | Birkenhead, New Brighton, Wallasey A5139 (A554) Non-motorway traffic | |
Birkenhead  [Note 1] A5139
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Start of motorway 
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| Wallasey, Birkenhead A554 | |||||
| End of motorway West Kirby A551 (B5139) Moreton A551, Hoylake (A553) |
J2A | Start of motorway (Moreton Spur)
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| Upton A551 | |||||
| 6.5 | 10.5 | Hoylake, West Kirby (A551) | J2 | Hoylake, West Kirby (A551) | |
| 8.6 | 13.8 | Birkenhead A552 | J3 | Birkenhead, Heswall A552 | |
| 11.7 | 18.8 | Clatterbridge, Heswall, Bebington A5137 | J4 | Bebington, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Neston A5137 | |
| 15.8 | 25.4 | Birkenhead, Queensferry A41 | J5 | NORTH WALES, Queensferry, Eastham A41 | |
| 16.2 | 26.1 | Entering Merseyside | J6 | Vauxhall (Cars Only), Eastham Oil Terminal | |
| Vauxhall (Cars Only), Eastham Oil Terminal | Entering Cheshire | ||||
| 17.5 | 28.2 | Overpool, Whitby, North Road Industrial Estate B5132 | J7 | Overpool, Whitby, North Road Industrial Estate B5132 | |
| 18.3 | 29.5 | Netherpool and Rossmore Industrial Estates, Docks | J8 | Netherpool and Rossmore Industrial Estates, Docks | |
| 19.1 | 30.7 | Ellesmere Port (Centre), Boat Museum A5032 | J9 | Ellesmere Port (Centre), Stanlow, Boat Museum A5032 | |
| 20.9 | 33.7 | Queensferry, Stanlow A5117 | J10 | Queensferry, Stanlow A5117 | |
| 21.6 | 34.8 | Runcorn, Liverpool  , Warrington, (M6),
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J11 | Runcorn, Warrington, (M6), Manchester M56 | |
| 24.5 | 39.5 | Start of motorway
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J12 | Chester A56 | |
| 24.9 | 40.1 | Chester, Helsby A56 Non-motorway traffic |
End of motorway Road continues as A55 towards North Wales | ||
References
change- ↑ "Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ↑ "The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.