Discover the story of the M66 motorway that literally divided a community in two. Learn about the impact and history of this divisive motorway.
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Wootton, J. and Baldwin, P. (2020). M66 Bury Easterly By-pass | CIHT. [online] Ciht.org.uk. Available at: https://ukmotorwayarchive.ciht.org.uk/motorways-by-region/m66/ [Accessed 21 Jul. 2024].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M66_motorway
https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m66
https://pathetic.org.uk/lost/m68/
CHAPTERS –
0:00 – 0:22 Intro
0:22 – 1:52 Before The Motorway
1:52 – 4:09 Start Of Motorway
4:09 – 4:36 Outro
12 Comments
I was on this motorway M66 / A56 last month on my way to Accrington and on to Blackpool after calling in the Trafford Shopping centre from Wrexham. Just strange how the motorway cuts through a housing estate, I got the impression there were houses pulled down to make this motorway ,until now there was a gap ready for this road, forward planning. Great video take care
Thanks
A very similar situation occurred on the M27 in Hampshire, at the point where it passes through the Paulsgrove estate.
Mispronunciation, not *mispronounciation.
Thanks another good insight to one of our Northern Motorways.
Just asking where do you reference the old Maps, think they're from the 70's 80's old Road Atlases we had, one's with the map having the Motorway shown in light blue?
As far as ( am concerned the Motorway numbering in this area is wrong. The part of the m'way NW of Manchester is the M62 as the through route. It should at least be marked M60/M62. The section of Motorway over Barton Bridge was originally M62, then M63 and then M60..
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Very few shits were given about sticking a motorway outside someones window back in the day… Many modern roads including I think some later parts of the M60 are in cuttings for no obvious engineering reason (presumably to placate residents) and are now very prone to flooding.
I may be wrong but I had always thought it was pronounced "EEdenfield" as in Garden of Eden, Can someone more local than I put me right? (I live in south Manchester btw)
Another great video 😀 (although I'm a bit biased 😂)
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1:23 Interesting shot of the junction of the A40 Westway and the short lived, shortest motorway in the country, the M41. Meant to be the link between the bottom of the M1 and via the M4 right down to the A3/M3, the people of West London whose bedrooms (& homes & streets, parks and cemeteries) were at risk put a stop to it
You can still see the old White City dog track/Empire Exhibition stadium top left too.
Prescott sneakily downgraded it to an A road overnight with scant warning. Result: tens of thousands of Pounds in speeding fines from the new 50mph limit.
The M66 motorway should have gone all the way to meet up with the M65 near Accrington and Burnley. But somehow it only ends after Bury which becomes the A56 and continues towards Accrington and passing through Rawtenstall that is north of Bury.