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Shap Interchange

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Shap Interchange
Location Map ( geo)
M6 southbound - Geograph - 3483158.jpg
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Location
Hardendale Fell
County
Westmorland
Highway Authority
National Highways
Junction Type
Diamond
Roads Joined
M6,

Shap Interchange is junction 39 of the M6, and one of the highest motorway junctions in the country. It is a simple diamond giving a bizarre primary length of the B6261 a reason to exist, even though the fork signs on the mainline simply state "(A6)" and signs adjacent to the interchange are coloured white rather than green.

Unlike nearby J38 and J37, there are no cattle grids on the slip roads despite the altitude and remote grazing land close by.

Engineering notes say that this junction was going to be "T-shape", but it was modified to include a local link road, because the county surveyor wanted to ensure that the link to the A6 was designated B6261, rather than motorway.

Routes

Route To Notes

M6

The NORTH, Penrith, Carlisle

M6

The SOUTH, Lancaster

B6261

Shap, Kendal (A6), Orton
Hardendale




Shap Interchange
Related Pictures
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M6 southbound - Geograph - 3483158.jpgB6261 primary.jpgJunction 39, M6 - Geograph - 1531505.jpg
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