M62 motorway

The M62 is a motorway in Northern England. It connects Liverpool and Manchester with Leeds and Hull. It is about  long. Around seven miles of the motorway is shared with the M60.

Junctions
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| colspan="5" | M62 motorway junctions
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| mile
| km
| Westbound exits (B Carriageway)
| Junction
| Eastbound exits (A Carriageway)
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|  No access (on-slip only)
| rowspan=2 | 
| Knotty Ash, Childwall, Broadgreen ,  A5080Non-motorway traffic|- style="text-align:center;" 
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| End of motorway Road continues as A5080 towards Liverpool| Start of motorway 
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| Knotty Ash, Huyton A5080
| J5
| Huyton A5080
|- style="text-align:center;"
|7.9
|12.7
| Liverpool (S) &  A5300, Huyton A5080Southport M57
| J6
| Prescot M57, Runcorn, M56 A5300
|- style="text-align:center;"
|10.2
|16.5
| Widnes A557, Prescot A57, St. Helens A570
| J7
| St. Helens A570, Warrington A57, Widnes A557
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| style=background:skyblue | Entering Merseyside|
| style=background:skyblue | Entering Cheshire|- style="text-align:center;"
|14.5
|23.3
| Warrington (West) (A574)Burtonwood services| J8 Services| Warrington (West) (A574)Burtonwood services|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=2| 16.6
|rowspan=2| 26.7
|rowspan=2| Warrington, Newton A49
|rowspan=2| J9
| Warrington (Central), Newton A49
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Start of variable speed limit 
|- style="text-align:center;"
|18.1
|29.1
| Birmingham, Chester (M56) M6(S)Preston M6(N)
| J10
| Preston M6(N)Birmingham, Manchester (S) &  M6(S)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=2| 20.7
|rowspan=2| 33.4
|rowspan=2| Warrington (East), Birchwood A574
|rowspan=2| J11
| Warrington (East), Birchwood A574
|- style="text-align:center;"
| End of variable speed limit 
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| style=background:skyblue | Entering Cheshire|
| style=background:skyblue | Entering Greater Manchester|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan=2 | 26.9
| rowspan=2 | 43.3
| End of variable speed limit 
| rowspan="2"  J12
| Manchester  M60(S&E)Manchester City Centre, Salford M602
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Start of motorway| Start of variable speed limit 
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| colspan="3"  Concurrency with M60
|- style="text-align:center;"
|35.1
|56.5
| Ring Road (E & S), Manchester (E & C), Manchester  M60(E)Blackburn, Bury M66
|  J18
| Start of motorway|- style="text-align:center;"
|37.8
|60.9
| Birch services| Services| Birch services|- style="text-align:center;"
|40.1
|64.5
| Middleton, Heywood A6046
| J19
| Middleton, Heywood A6046
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan=2 | 42.5
| rowspan=2 | 68.4
| Start of variable speed limit 
| rowspan=2 | J20
| Rochdale, Oldham A627(M)
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Rochdale, Oldham A627(M)
| End of variable speed limit 
|- style="text-align:center;"
|43.7
|70.3
| Milnrow, Shaw (A640)
| J21
| Milnrow, Shaw (A640)
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| colspan=3 | Rakewood Viaduct|- style="text-align:center;"
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| style=background:skyblue | Entering Greater Manchester|
| style=background:skyblue | Entering West Yorkshire|- style="text-align:center;"
|46.8
|75.4
| Saddleworth A672
| J22
| Ripponden, Saddleworth A672, Sowerby Bridge (A58)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|54.0
|86.9
|  No access (on-slip only)| J23
| Huddersfield (West) A640
|- style="text-align:center;"
|55.5
|89.4
| Huddersfield, Halifax A629
| J24
| Huddersfield, Halifax A629
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=2 |59.1
|rowspan=2 |95.2
| End of variable speed limit 
|rowspan=2 | J25
| Brighouse, Dewsbury A644
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Huddersfield (A62), Brighouse A644
| Start of variable speed limit 
|- style="text-align:center;"
|60.6
|97.7
| Hartshead Moor services| Services| Hartshead Moor services|- style="text-align:center;"
|62.5
|100.7
| Halifax A58Bradford M606
| J26
| Cleckheaton A638Bradford, Leeds Bradford  M606
|- style="text-align:center;"
|66.5
|107.1
| Batley A62
| J27
| Batley A62Leeds M621
|- style="text-align:center;"
|69.7
|112.2
| Leeds, Leeds/Bradford , Dewsbury A653
| J28
| Dewsbury A653
|- style="text-align:center;"
|72.3
|116.5
| The SOUTH M1(S)Leeds (M621) M1(N)
| J29
| The NORTH, Leeds M1(N)The SOUTH, Wakefield M1(S)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan=2 |
|rowspan=2 |
| Start of variable speed limit 
|rowspan=2 | J30
| Rothwell, Wakefield A642
|- style="text-align:center;"
| Wakefield, Rothwell A642
| End of variable speed limit 
|- style="text-align:center;"
|77.7
|125.2
| Normanton, Castleford A655
| J31
| Castleford, Normanton A655
|- style="text-align:center;"
|80.5
|129.7
| Pontefract, Castleford A639
| J32
| Pontefract, Castleford A639
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| The NORTH, Wetherby A1(M)
| J32A
| The NORTH, The SOUTH A1(M)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|84.7
|136.4
| The SOUTH A1, Pontefract A645Ferrybridge services| J33Services 
| Ferrybridge A162Ferrybridge services|- style="text-align:center;"
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| style=background:skyblue | Entering West Yorkshire|
| style=background:skyblue | Entering North Yorkshire|- style="text-align:center;"
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| Selby, Doncaster A19
| J34
| Selby, Doncaster A19
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| style=background:skyblue | Entering North Yorkshire|
| style=background:skyblue | Entering East Riding of Yorkshire|- style="text-align:center;"
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| The SOUTH, Doncaster M18, Scunthorpe, Humberside , Doncaster Sheffield  (M180)
| J35
| The SOUTH M18, Scunthorpe, Humberside , Doncaster Sheffield  (M180)
|- style="text-align:center;"
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| Goole A614
| J36
| Goole A614
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| colspan=3 | Ouse Bridge|- style="text-align:center;"
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| Howden A614, Selby (A63)
| J37
| Bridlington, York, Howden A614
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| Start of motorway 
| rowspan=2 | J38
| North Cave, Gilberdyke
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| Newport B1230Non-motorway traffic| End of motorway Road continues as A63 towards Hull''

Major incidents
In 1974, the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a coach, killing 12 people. In 2001, a car veered off the road onto a railway track, causing a train crash which killed 10 people.

Coordinates

References

Motorways in England