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Bowdon Roundabout

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Bowdon Roundabout
Location Map ( geo)
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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.


The spur and roundabout in 1972

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

M56

Chester, Warrington, Preston (M6), Liverpool (M62)

M56

Manchester, Manchester Airport

A56

Altrincham, Dunham Massey

A556

B'ham (M6), Northwich, Tatton Park

A56

Lymm

M60

Manchester, Stretford

M60

B'ham (M6), Northwich (A556)

A556(M)

B'ham (M6), Northwich

GMWRR

Manchester, Bolton, Bury (M62, M61, M602), Partington




Bowdon Roundabout
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Other nearby junctions
Altrincham
Junctions on the M56 and related roads
M56Kingsway • 2 Sharston • 3 Junction 3 • 4 Wythenshawe • 5 Airport • 6 Hale Four Seasons • 7 Bowdon • 8 Bowdon • 9 Lymm • 10 Stretton • 11 Preston Brook • 11A Junction 11A • 12 Junction 12 • 14 Hapsford • 15 Stoak • 16 Dunkirk
A494Dunkirk • Parkgate • Woodbank • Deeside Park • Drome Corner • Queensferry • Plough Lane • St Davids Park • Ewloe • A55 Junction 33B • New Brighton Roundabout • Wylfa Roundabout • Gwernymynydd Roundabout • Druid • Bala Junction
A5103 & M56 spurMedlock Street Junction • Princess Parkway Interchange • 3A Junction 3A • 3 Junction 3
A555 & M56 spurAirport • Terminal 2 • Terminals 1 & 3 • Styal Road • Wilmslow Road • Gillbent • Woodford Road • Chester Road • Macclesfield Road • Buxton Road • Bredbury
A556Bowdon Roundabout • Millington Roundabout • Bucklow Hill Junction • Mere Junction • Mere Crossroads • Tabley Junction • Tabley Interchange • Oakmere Crossroads
Junctions on the A56
Hoole Way Roundabout • Hoole Roundabout • M53 J12 • Whitehouse Roundabout • Helsby Arms Junction •
Preston Brook Interchange • Daresbury Junction • Grappenhall Crossroads • Lymm Junction • Bowdon Roundabout • M60 J7 • White City Circle • Deansgate • Great Cheetham Street • Whitefield Interchange • M66 J1 • Edenfield Interchange • Rising Bridge Roundabout • Accrington Interchange • Huncoat Interchange • Nelson Post Office Junction • Pendle Roundabout • Skipton Road Roundabout • Broughton Roundabout


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