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Coordinates: 53°29′09″N 2°19′37″W / 53.4859°N 2.3270°W / 53.4859; -2.3270
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M602 shield
M602
Route information
Length4.0 mi (6.4 km)
Existed1971–present
HistoryConstructed 1971–82
Major junctions
FromEccles
Major intersections
J1 → M60 motorway

J1 → M62 motorway
ToSalford
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Salford
Road network

The M602 is a four-mile long motorway, leading traffic into Manchester and Salford by-passing the suburban town of Eccles.

The motorway itself was meant to be a part of a bigger scheme, the South Lancashire Motorway. To be designated M52, the route would link Liverpool and Manchester, and would be built to provide links to the growing UK motorway network.[1][2]

However, at the same time, the M62 was being extended north and east of Worsley, around the north of Manchester, and on to Yorkshire, to form part of the Trans-Pennine Motorway route. This would be an upgraded version to the original plan of the East Lancashire Road, the A580, but would link onto the existing route at Worsley. It was decided that the Trans-Pennine Motorway be extended to Liverpool too, to provide a cross-country trunk route. The M62 was re-coursed to run via the route of the M52 between Worsley and Liverpool. This would leave a short stump of motorway between the M62 and Salford – this was first renumbered M64[3] then M602, whilst the southern end of the M62 between Worsley and Stretford became the M63.

List of junctions

Template:RJLUK Template:RJLUKhdr |- align="center" Template:RJLUKkm | Continues as the M62 towards Liverpool and Warrington | rowspan=2|J1 | rowspan=2|Start of motorway |- align="center" | Ring Road South, Stockport, Manchester Airport M60
Ring Road North, Bolton, Leeds M60, (M62) |- align="center" Template:RJLUKkm | Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park A576 | J2 | Eccles, Salford Royal, Trafford Park A576 |- align="center" Template:RJLUKkm | Start of motorway | J3 | Road continues as the A57 Template:RJLUKfooter

References

53°29′09″N 2°19′37″W / 53.4859°N 2.3270°W / 53.4859; -2.3270