A601(M) motorway

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A601(M) motorway
Length 1.1 miles
1.7 km
Direction West - East
Start A6 near Carnforth
Primary destinations M6 Junction 35
End B6254 between Over Kellet and Carnforth
Construction dates 1960 - 1987
Motorways joined 35 -
M6 motorway
Looking along the M6 to the junction with the A601(M).
Looking along the M6 to the junction with the A601(M).

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 carrigeway to the west of the M6 and single carrigeway to the east where it terminates at a Give Way sign on a B road.

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[edit] History

The section between the M6 and Junction 35A was originally opened in 1960[1] as part of the Lancaster Bypass[2]. This was a 2 lane motorway. In 1970[2] 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 that would have connected the Furness Peninsula with the M6. This was scrapped for environmental reasons, but parts of it exist today along the A590[3].

In 1987 [4] 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). A junction number was not given to this terminus.

[edit] Junctions

A601(M) Motorway
Eastbound exits Junction Westbound exits
Carnforth, Over Kellet, Kirkby Lonsdale B6254 Terminus Start of Motorway
Lake District, Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow-in-Furness
Lancaster, Preston, THE SOUTH M6
J35 Lake District, Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancaster, Preston, THE SOUTH M6
Start of Motorway J35a
Terminus
Milnthorpe, Kendal, Morecambe, Carnforth A6

[edit] Trivia

  • One of 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 three different motorways that have a roundabout in the middle, without a flyover or underpass; the others being the M271 and the A627(M).
  • 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.

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Great Britain: M1M2M3M4M5M6M6 TollM8M9M10M11M18M20M23M25M26M27M32M40M42M45M48M49M50M53M54M55M56M57M58M60M61M62M65M66M67M69M73M74M77M80M90M180M181M271M275M602M606M621M876M898
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Northern Ireland: M1M2M3M5M12M22A8(M) edit
Past: M16M41M63A18(M)A40(M)A41(M)A102(M)A6144(M)    Unbuilt: M12M13M15M31M64    Future: M4 Toll
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