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M66

Simister Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Mar 01, 2008 by Schult

Exiting the M60 to get onto the M60

Sign at the exit. whats that? traffic lights? on the mainline? grrrrr......

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Feb 22, 2008 by RoadaddictReece

Junction 4 M66 South

about teatime.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 14, 2008 by Schult

Junction 18

Manchester Ring Road

Junction 18 of the M60/M62 at Simister

Southern end of the M66 Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Mar 01, 2008 by Schult

M66 Ramsbottom

The M66 at Ramsbottom, looking north. The motorway cuts through the east side of the town, but you would never guess you were passing through an urban area. Note that it is also unlit here.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Sep 12, 2005 by PeterA5145

Simister Island in Fog

M66 Peel Brow Bridge

M66 Towards Bury

M66

Original RCS on the M66.

Services advisory sign on the M66.

Old Manchester 1. M62 J18

It's the very first bit to the M66 to be 'finished'. It doesn't seam to end at an island though just a T junction with the A576? Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 04, 2005 by Mediaman_12

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M66 towards Pilsworth
Looking along the M66 from the Castle Road bridge towards Pilsworth and Bury.

M66 towards Simister
Looking along the M66 towards the Simister Island junction with the M60 and M62. Taken from the Hills Lane bridge.

Looking north along the Ferngrove Estate in Bury. The M66 dominates the area.

Another view of the Ferngrove Estate. A ramp emerges from one of two subways under the motorway. At night the motorway is no longer lit so some of the visual intrusion is reduced.

The western side of the M66 has not got the luxury of green space; prior to the M66 construction it looks like a junction was intended at this location. The motorway put paid to all that leaving only two subways and a convoluted loop further north as accesses between the two sides of the estate.

Screenshot for video of M66 motorway

A555 or M555? Manchester

The Manchester A555 was it ever planned as a motorway? Perhaps to connect to the projected A6(M) Stockport north / south bypass? Well this scan from a 1988 'Reader's Digest' Road Atlas has the tell tale blue dashed line to say 'projected motorway'.

OP jim

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on Apr 17, 2005 by M4Simon

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M66

J3, original on-ramp signage.

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 09, 2007 by snowdon

M66

J3, original signage. Note emphasis on M62, and M66 leading to Manchester...

Originally uploaded to Coppermine on May 09, 2007 by snowdon

M66 at Shuttleworth, Stubbins URC Church in distance (since demolished).

See additional photos: http://www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk/cpg/displayimage.php?album=26&pos=599

and

http://www.rossendale-fhhs.org.uk/files/rawtenstall_churches/church_050.html

Originally planned freeflow links at Simister Island

Planned layout of Castle Hill Interchange (Stockport) which would have provided the missing north facing connection from the local road network onto the M66 at Bredbury Interchange. In the end these slip roads were built at Bredbury making this junction redundant.