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 M53 highlighted in blue Shown in North West England _map.svg) Shown with the UK motorway network | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by National Highways | ||||
| Length | 18.9 mi (30.4 km) | |||
| Existed | 1972–present | |||
| History |
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| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Bidston 53°24′41″N 3°04′49″W / 53.4114°N 3.0802°W | |||
  J11 → M56 motorway | ||||
| South end | Hoole Village 53°12′52″N 2°51′24″W / 53.2144°N 2.8567°W | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Merseyside, Cheshire | |||
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The M53 is an 18.9-mile-long (30.4 km) motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside and the borough of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in England.[1] It is also referred to as the Mid Wirral Motorway.[2] It runs between the Kingsway Tunnel, at Wallasey in the north, and the A55 at Chester.[1]
The main reason for the motorway was to provide a through route to the new Mersey Road Tunnel, Kingsway, which was built at the same time. Part of this motorway was originally the M531.
- ^ a b "Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
- ^ "The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.