M56 motorway
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The M56 motorway serves the Cheshire and Greater Manchester areas of England. It runs east to west from junction 4 of the M60 at Gatley, south of Manchester, to Dunkirk, approximately four miles (six kilometres) north of Chester. With a length of 33.3 miles (53.6 km), it connects North Wales and the Wirral peninsula with much of the rest of North West England, serves business and commuter traffic heading towards Manchester, particularly that from the wider Cheshire area, and provides the main road access to Manchester Airport from the national motorway network.[1]
M56 | ||||
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North Cheshire Motorway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Part of E22 | ||||
Maintained by National Highways | ||||
Length | 33.3 mi (53.6 km) | |||
Existed | 1971–present | |||
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Major junctions | ||||
East end | Cheadle | |||
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West end | Mollington | |||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | Greater Manchester, Cheshire | |||
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Between junctions 9 and 16, the motorway forms part of the unsigned European route E22 on its route in the UK between Holyhead in Anglesey and Immingham in Lincolnshire.