M62 motorway

The M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. Along the way, it passes the cities of Salford, Manchester, Warrington, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield, and crosses the Pennine hills.

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Liverpool - Hull - England - Salford - Manchester - Warrington - Bradford - Leeds - Wakefield - Pennine

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The motorway is the most important east-west road in northern England. Great efforts are made to keep the road clear of snow in winter months, when other cross-Pennine routes are often shut. This stretch of motorway is the highest in the UK.

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Motorway - UK

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The building of the M62 between Rochdale and Huddersfield, crossing the Pennines, is considered to have been one the most daring road construction projects to have taken place in England due to the nature of the terrain. At the highest point of the motorway, the road divides into two to negotiate the hilly terrain, and a farm, built in 1737, is situated in between the two halves. The inhabitants, Ken and Beth Wild, have lived and worked there since 1971 and are known to have helped travellers stuck on the motorway in bad weather. The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons; a myth persists that it is because they refused to be moved out of the way during its construction.

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Rochdale - Huddersfield - 1737 - 1971

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The section of the M62 around Manchester, between junctions 12 and 18, has been renumbered as the M60 Manchester Outer Ring Road road. Another section of the orbital road, formerly known as the M63, was originally built as a section of the M62. At the M62/M60 interchange, a road leads into Salford , called the M602. This was to be the M62, but further development was shelved

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M60 - Salford

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