Bowdon Roundabout
Bowdon Roundabout | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
Inside the Roundabout | |||
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Location | |||
Bowdon, Cheshire | |||
County | |||
Cheshire | |||
Highway Authority | |||
National Highways | |||
Junction Type | |||
Extended Roundabout | |||
Roads Joined | |||
M56, A56, A556 | |||
Bowdon Roundabout is junctions 7 and 8 of the M56.
Junction 7 of the M56 produces a spur that leads to this junction. Junction 8 is simply the on slip from the southbound A556, a little bit south of the roundabout, to the westbound M56.
Originally this was just a T-junction between the A56 and the A556. At some date before 1963, it was converted to a "tangent-about" (like a roundabout but with southbound traffic from the A56 Altrincham to the A556 taking precedence). When the M56 to the east was built, it was converted into a larger roundabout, with some remains of the previous layout surviving in the middle. It opened in 1972, with the M56 to the west opening in 1974. The junction was modified in 2017 as part of the upgrading of the A556, with the addition of extra slip roads and a second smaller roundabout. A nearby weighbridge and HGV checkpoint were relocated to the middle of the large roundabout.
Routes
Route | To | Notes |
Chester, Warrington, Preston (M6), Liverpool (M62) | ||
Manchester, Manchester Airport | ||
Altrincham, Dunham Massey | ||
B'ham (M6), Northwich, Tatton Park | ||
Lymm | ||
Manchester, Stretford | ||
B'ham (M6), Northwich (A556) | ||
B'ham (M6), Northwich | ||
Manchester, Bolton, Bury (M62, M61, M602), Partington |