Motorway Achievement : Building the Network - the North-West of England

by Yeadon, Harry L.

• ISBN13: 9781860773525
• ISBN10: 1860773524
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

Harry Yeadon is a former Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Table of Contents

Illustration Acknowledgements	vii
Preface	ix
General Introduction	x
Characteristics of the Region	1	(5)
Topography	1	(1)
Geology	2	(4)
The Origins of the Motorways of the Region	6	(7)
The Early Years	6	(3)
Planning for the Future in the Post-War Period	9	(4)
The North-South Motorway M6	13	(37)
Preston By-pass	13	(12)
Lancaster By-pass and Carnforth Link Road A601(M)	25	(2)
Warrington-Preston Section	27	(5)
The M6 in Cheshire	32	(3)
Preston-Lancaster	35	(3)
Penrith By-pass	38	(3)
The M6 through Westmorland	41	(5)
Carlisle By-pass and Penrith-Carlisle	46	(4)
The Manchester Outer Ring Road M60	50	(16)
The Stretford-Eccles By-pass (M62/M63) and Carrington Spur A6144(M)	50	(4)
Sale Eastern and Northenden By-pass (M63) and Sharston By-pass (M56/M63)	54	(5)
Stockport East-West By-pass (M63)	59	(2)
Portwood to Denton (M63/M66)	61	(2)
Denton-Middleton	63	(3)
The Manchester-Preston Motorway M61	66	(7)
Horwich Link to Preston By-pass M6	66	(3)
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich Link and Kearsley Spur A666(M)	69	(4)
The Lancashire-Yorkshire Motorway M62	73	(10)
Eccles to the County Boundary	73	(4)
The South Lancashire Section: Queens Drive (Liverpool) to Eccles	77	(6)
The Rochdale-Oldham Motorway A627(M)	83	(3)
The Mancunian Way A57(M)	86	(3)
The Eccles-Salford Motorway M602	89	(8)
Eccles By-pass	89	(4)
Extension: Eccles to Salford	93	(4)
The Liverpool Outer Ring Road M57	97	(4)
Preston Northern By-pass M55	101	(5)
Bury Easterly By-pass M66 and A56 Extension to M65	106	(5)
Bury Easterly By-pass M66	106	(4)
A56 Extension to M65	110	(1)
The Aintree-Skelmersdale Motorway M58	111	(4)
Hyde By-pass and Denton Relief Road M67	115	(3)
The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border	118	(5)
The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53	118	(3)
The A55 Extension to the Welsh Border	121	(2)
The North Cheshire East-West Motorway M56	123	(8)
Introduction	123	(1)
Hapsford to Preston Brook	124	(2)
Bowden to Wythenshawe	126	(1)
Preston Brook to Bowden	127	(2)
Hapsford to Lea-by-Backford	129	(2)
The Calder Valley Motorway M65	131	(12)
Introduction	131	(1)
Burnley-Colne	132	(4)
Whitebirk-Burnley	136	(3)
M6/M61 to Whitebirk	139	(4)
Major Influences affecting the Development of the Motorway Network in the Region	143	(12)
The Effect of Periods of Financial Restraint	143	(1)
Route Location and Public Consultation	144	(3)
`Land-take'	147	(1)
The North Western Road Construction Unit (NWRCU)	147	(3)
The Design of Bridges	150	(1)
Earthworks and Carriageway Construction	151	(4)
The Benefits to the Region	155	(8)
Traffic and Road Safety	155	(1)
Economic	156	(5)
Environmental	161	(2)
The Achievement	163	(12)
APPENDICES
1. Highway Authorities and Consulting Engineers	167	(1)
2. The Principal Main Contractors	168	(1)
3. The Senior Personnel of the Various Organisations	169	(6)
Bibliography	175	(1)
General Index	176