Chorley

Chorley is a town in Lancashire, the road network was improved as part of the Central Lancashire New Town plan, which enlarged the town, and nearby Leyland.

History

Town Centre Bypass

The bypass opened in 3 phases.

Phase 1: The 800m D2 road from Preston Road to Stump Lane was opened on 12 December 1989. Cost £1.15 million.

Phase 2: The D2 road from Stump Lane to Chapel Street was opened on 12 June 1990 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Contract value £1.26 million.

Phase 3 (final phase): D2 road from Chapel Street to Bolton Street. Lancashire Evening Post of 17 February 1994 reported that the £6 million Town Centre Bypass had been officially declared open (Lancashire County Council Red Rose Collections transcription).

Eaves Green Link Road

Myles Standish Road. The 0.9 mile road was completed in November 2007 per Hansard. Chorley Guardian of 14 November 2007 reported that it was to be officially opened next week (Lancashire County Council Red Rose Collections transcription). Cost was £8 million. It was the final phase of the Chorley Westerly Bypass linking to A6.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
M61	Preston, Lancaster (M6), B'pool (M55), B'burn (M65)
M61	Manchester, Bolton
A6	Clayton-le-Woods, Leyland avoiding low bridge
A6	Manchester (M61)
A581	Euxton, Southport (A565)
A673	Bolton
A674	Wheelton
A5106	Standish, Wigan (A49)
B5251	(M6 South), Coppull
B5252		forms loop around the western edge of the town
B6228
B6229
A580	Standish, Wigan