M60 motorway

The M60, also called the Manchester Ring Motorway or the Manchester Outer Ring Road, is a motorway. It is a ring road around Manchester, England, as well as other towns nearby. The M60 is about 36 miles (58 km) long. The M60 was created in 2000 by using old parts of the M62, M66, and all of the M63.

M60
Manchester Outer Ring Road
Looking south at Cutler Hill near Failsworth
Route information
Part of E20 and E22
Maintained by Highways England
Length	36.1 mi (58.1 km) 7 miles (11 km) are concurrent with the M62 motorway
Existed	1998–present
History	Opened: 1960 (as M62), 1971 (Middleton Link), 1974 (as M63) Renumbered: 1998 Completed: 2000
Major junctions
Orbital around Manchester
Major intersections	J4 → M56 motorway / J12 → M62 motorway/M602 motorway J15 → M61 motorway / J18 → M62 motorway/M66 motorway J24 → M67 motorway
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Greater Manchester
Primary destinations	Manchester, Stockport, Trafford Park, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← M58 M61 →

Junctions

M60 motorway junctions
mile	km	Anti-clockwise exits (B Carriageway)	Junction	Clockwise exits (A Carriageway)
0.0	0.0	Stockport (West & Centre) A5145	J1	Stockport (West) A5145
1.5	2.4	Cheadle A560	J2	No access (on-slip only)
		Cheadle, Wilmslow A34	J3	Cheadle, Wilmslow A34
		No access (on-slip only)	J4	Chester, Warrington, Manchester , Birmingham (M6) M56
4.5	7.3	Chester, Manchester , Birmingham (M6) A5103 (M56)	J5	Manchester (C), Didsbury A5103
6.0	9.7	Sale A6144	J6	Sale A6144
6.8	10.9	Manchester (C), Stretford, Altrincham A56	J7	Altrincham, Manchester (C), Stretford A56
7.5	12.0	End of variable speed limit	J8	Carrington A6144
		Carrington A6144		Start of variable speed limit
9.3	15.0	Trafford Park, Trafford Centre A5081	J9	Urmston B5158, Trafford Park A5081
10.3	16.5	Trafford Park, Urmston B5214	J10	Trafford Park B5214
11.4	18.4	Eccles, Irlam A57	J11	Irlam, Eccles A57
12.2	19.7	Manchester (C), Salford M602 (M6), Liverpool M62	J12	Liverpool, Warrington M62 Manchester (C), Salford M602
13.0	21.0	Swinton A572, Worsley A575	J13	Worsley, Leigh A575, Swinton A572
14.1	22.7	St. Helens, Leigh A580	J14	No access (on-slip only)
		(M6 North), Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61	J15	Preston, Wigan, Bolton M61
16.3	26.2	Salford, Kearsley A666	J16	No access (on-slip only)
18.5	29.7	Manchester City Centre, Prestwich, Whitefield A56	J17	Whitefield, Prestwich A56
19.8	31.8	Start of variable speed limit	J18 TOTSO	Burnley, Bury M66 Leeds, Huddersfield M62
		Leeds M62 Bury, Burnley, Blackburn M66		End of variable speed limit
21.0	33.8	Middleton A576	J19	Manchester City Centre, Middleton A576
22.6	36.4	No access (on-slip only)	J20	Middleton, Blackley A664
24.7	39.8	Rochdale, (A627(M)), Chadderton (A663)	J21	Manchester City Centre, Chadderton (A663)
26.3	42.3	Manchester City Centre, Oldham A62	J22	Oldham A62
28.6	46.0	Ashton-under-Lyne A6140	J23	Ashton-under-Lyne A635
30.6	49.3	Manchester City Centre, Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67)	J24	Denton A57, Hyde, Sheffield (M67) Manchester City Centre A57
		Bredbury A560	J25	Bredbury A560
		No access	J26	Stockport (E&C) A560
		Stockport (East) A560	J27	No access (on-slip only)
36.1	58.1	Motorway continues to J1