2021

SJ7371 : The upgraded M6 - not such a smart idea

taken 5 years ago, near to Allostock, Cheshire West And Chester, England

The upgraded M6 - not such a smart idea
The upgraded M6 - not such a smart idea
The M6 through Cheshire is currently operated as a 'smart' motorway following a lengthy and expensive conversion of the hard shoulder to a running lane, but there are already calls for this change to be reversed after a number of incidents with cars breaking down and causing delays or even collisions - indeed a couple of days earlier my journey had been delayed by a broken-down car in the inside lane causing a tailback of more than five miles. The location is looking south from Middlewich Road bridge near Allostock.

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M6 Motorway (provided by N Chadwick)

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby to the Gretna junction (J45). Here it becomes the A74(M) and M74 which continues to Glasgow.

The M6 is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom (232 miles) and one of the busiest. It incorporates the first length of motorway opened in the UK (the Preston bypass in 1958) and forms part of a motorway "Backbone of Britain", running north-south between London and Glasgow via the industrial north of England. It is also part of the east-west route between the Midlands and the east coast ports.

Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport other tags: M6 Motorway Smart Motorway Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · M6 Motorway [8] · Middlewich Road Bridge [6] · Near Allostock [4] · Cheshire [2] ·
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SJ7371, 55 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 26 June, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 7334 7145 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:14.3641N 2:24.0550W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 7333 7151
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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