A601(M) motorway

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A601(M) shield
A601(M)
The start of the A601(M) - geograph.org.uk - 766525.jpg
The former southern end of the A601(M) (now the B6601)
Route information
Length1 mi[1] (1.6 km)
Existed1960–present
HistoryConstructed 1960
Major junctions
North end A6
Major intersectionsJunction 35.svg UK-Motorway-M6.svg
South endM6
Road network
← A404(M)→ A627(M)
Looking along the M6 to the junction with the A601(M).

The A601(M) is a motorway in Carnforth, Lancashire, England. It is 1.3 miles (2.1 km) long, and meets the M6 at Junction 35. The A601(M) is not the A601 under motorway restrictions, as is the usual explanation for such a classification in the UK. The A601 itself is the Derby inner ring road, over 100 miles (160 km) away.

The motorway has a dual carriageway section leading north from Junction 35 of the M6, and until 2020 had a single carriageway section (one of the only 3 single carriageway sections with motorway status in the United Kingdom) leading south, where it terminated at a T junction on a B road.

History[]

The section between the M6 and Junction 35A was originally opened in 1960,[2] as part of the Lancaster Bypass.[3] This was a 2 lane motorway. In 1970,[3] the M6 was extended north, and a short spur was left to the A6. The terminal roundabout was given the junction number 35A. Plans existed to extend this as part of an Arnside link road, which would have connected the Furness Peninsula with the M6, but they were scrapped for environmental reasons, but parts of this road exist today, along the A590.[4]

In 1987, a link was constructed with the B6254, to remove traffic for Over Kellet Quarries and Kirkby Lonsdale passing through Carnforth. The road was then renumbered as the A601(M). No junction number was given to this terminus.

In early 2020 the link road was downgraded to become the B6601 road, and in late 2021 Lancashire County Council issued a revocation order for the remaining portion of the motorway to be downgraded to non-motorway status.[5]

Junctions[]

A601(M) motorway
Southbound exits Junction Northbound exits
Lake District, Carlisle, Kendal, Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancaster, Preston, THE SOUTH M6
Carnforth, Over Kellet, Kirkby Lonsdale B6254 		J35
Terminus 		Start of motorway
Start of motorway J35a
Terminus 		Milnthorpe, Kendal, Morecambe, Carnforth A6

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Directions to A601(M)". Google. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. ^ The Motorway Archive – Dates Page Archived 1 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Route 6 – Junction 35
  4. ^ "History of designation". Landscapes for Life. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  5. ^ Paul Faulkner (8 November 2021). "Lancashire's one-mile long A601(M) motorway in Carnforth set to be downgraded - saving millions in maintenance costs". Lancaster Guardian. Morecambe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links[]

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