A601(M) motorway

UK motorway routebox
motorway= A601(M)
length-mi= 1.1
length-km= 1.7
direction= North - South
start= A6 near Carnforth
destinations= None
end= B6254 between Over Kellet and Carnforth
opening-date= 1960
completion-date= 1987
junctions= 35 -

The A601(M) is a motorway in Lancashire, England. It is 1.1 miles (1.7km) long, and meets the M6 at Junction 35. It is dual carriageway leading north from Junction 35 of the M6, and single carriageway leading south, where it terminates at a Give Way sign on a B road.

History

The section between the M6 and Junction 35A was originally opened in 1960, [ [http://www.iht.org/motorway/m6lbpstat.htm The Motorway Archive - Dates Page] ] as part of the Lancaster Bypass. [http://www.route6.co.uk/m6junction35.htm Route 6 - Junction 35] ] This was a 2 lane motorway. In 1970, the M6 was extended north, and a short spur was left to the A6. The terminal roundabout was given the junction number 35A. Plans existed to extend this as part of an Arnside link road, which would have connected the Furness Peninsula with the M6, but they were scrapped for environmental reasons - although parts of this road exist today, along the A590. [ [http://www.arnsidesilverdaleaonb.org.uk/asaonb/history.html Arnside Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty History] ]

In 1987, [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/a601m/ CBRD Motorway Database - A601(M)] ] a link was constructed with the B6254, to remove traffic for Over Kellet Quarries and Kirkby Lonsdale passing through Carnforth. The road was then renumbered as the A601(M). No junction number was given to this terminus.

Junctions

Trivia

* One of only two motorways to have a single carriageway section: the M58 is the other. The A6144(M) was another, but no longer has motorway status.
* One of four different motorways that have a roundabout in the middle, without a flyover or underpass; the others being the M271, the A627(M) and the M60.
* The A601(M) is not the A601 under motorway restrictions, as is the usual explanation for such a classification in the UK. The A601 itself is the Derby inner ring road, over 100 miles (160 km) away.

ee also

*List of motorways in the United Kingdom
*Great Britain road numbering scheme

References

External links

* [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/a601m/ CBRD Motorway Database - A601(M)]
* [http://pathetic.org.uk/current/a601m/ Pathetic Motorways - A601(M)]
* [http://www.route6.co.uk/m6junction35.htm Route 6 - Junction 35 History]
* [http://www.iht.org/motorway/m6lancbp.htm The Motorway Archive - M6 and Carnforth Link Roads]