Bolton

This article is about the town.
For the larger Highway Authority, see Bolton Council.

Bolton is a town in the Greater Manchester conurbation located within the traditional county of Lancashire.

1960s proposals for the town centre. Entrances to car parks are marked with P. Pedestrianised streets are shown solid grey.

Like many large towns and cities there were plans in the 1960s to redevelop the town centre and provide a modern road system. The plans called for an inner ring road with the north and east sides being grade separated. The south and west sides would primarily be at-grade.

By the early 1970s the proposals were altered so the junction of the A666 and A673 was simplified into a roundabout interchange. The A666 St Peters Way was already completed as far as St Georges Street by this time. The other changes from the 1960s was the junction of the A673 and the western side of the ring road became a trumpet. Another trumpet was planned for the southwest corner of the ring road.

These plans never came to fruition although the ring road was built in the 1980s to a lower standard.

Highways Management

Highways within Bolton are designed and maintained in house by by Bolton Council. Design and maintenance of traffic signals and decisions relating to the Greater Manchester Key Route Network are made by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Trunk Roads within Bolton

The following roads that run through Bolton are Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by Highways England:

• M61

Classified Roads

The following is a list of classified roads that are at least partially within Bolton:

Route	To	Notes
M61	Preston	Accessed via A676
M61	Leeds, Liverpool (M62), Manchester M61 (M60)	Accessed via A666
A58	Bury
A58	Wigan (A577) (Leigh) (A579)
A666	Manchester, M60
A666	Blackburn
A673	M61 (North), Chorley,(A6027)
A676	Deane
A673	Horwich
A675	Belmont
A676	Ramsbottom	Tourist Sign - Firwood Fold
A6099	Smithills Hall Country Park	Tourist Sign
B6209	Little Lever
B6226	Doffcocker