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 M67 highlighted in blue Shown with North West England motorway network | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by National Highways | ||||
| Length | 5.0 mi (8.0 km) | |||
| Existed | 1978–present | |||
| History | Constructed 1978–81 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Denton Island | |||
  J1 → M60 motorway | ||||
| East end | Hattersley | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Manchester, Denton, Hyde, Sheffield, Barnsley | |||
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The M67 is a 5-mile-long (8 km) urban motorway in Greater Manchester, England, which heads east from the M60 motorway passing through Denton and Hyde before ending near Mottram. The road was originally conceived as the first section of a trans-Pennine motorway between Manchester and Sheffield that would connect the A57(M) motorway with the M1 motorway; however, the motorway became the only part to be built.
Numerous calls have been made over the decades to complete the motorway link between Manchester and Sheffield, the second and ninth most populous urban areas within the United Kingdom.[1][2] Traffic between the cities is mainly divided between the Snake (A57) and Woodhead (A628) passes, which traverse the Peak District. Several plans were suspended and a proposal to link the two cities with a tunnelled scheme underneath the Peak District did not go ahead. In 2024, plans for the Longdendale Bypass, a road that will bypass the heavily congested section of the A57 in Mottram, were approved and cleared for construction.[3][4]
- ^ "2011 Census - Built-up areas". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "Peak District tunnel idea 'should be looked at'". BBC News. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "Mottram A57 bypass plans to progress as legal challenge fails". BBC News. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Lythgoe, George (26 April 2024). "This road's been talked about since 1965 - now it's finally set to be built". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 August 2024.