M56 motorway

The **M56**, or **North Cheshire Motorway**, is a motorway in North West England. It links Chester with Manchester. It also links to the A55, which links drivers to North Wales. The motorway also passes Manchester Airport. The motorway also crosses the M6, linking it to Chester and Manchester. The motorway is about  long.

## Junctions
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| colspan="5" | **M56 motorway junctions**
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| mile
| km
| Eastbound exits (B Carriageway)
| Junction
| Westbound exits (A Carriageway)
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| *Motorway merges onto* **M60** *continuing towards Stockport*
| M60 J4
| *Start of motorway(Sharston Spur)*
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| Manchester City Centre, Didsbury **A34**
| J1
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
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|  *No access (on-slip only)*
| J2
| Altrincham, Wythenshawe **A560**, Liverpool **(M62)**, Bolton **(M61)** **(M60)**
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|
| *End of motorway Road continues as* **A5103** *towards Manchester*
| rowspan=2| J3A
| Sharston, Altrincham, Baguley **A560**
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| Altrincham, Wythenshawe, Wythenshawe , Cheadle **A560**
| *Start of motorway(Princess Parkway Spur)* 
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| Manchester City Centre, **(M60(N&W))**, **(M62(W))**, **(M61)** **(A5103)**
| J3(TOTSO EB)
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
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|7.2
| 11.6
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
| J4
| Wythenshawe
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|
| *End of motorway* Wilmslow, Wythenshawe **A555** **(B5166)**, Business Park, **Terminal 3****Terminal 1**, 
| 
| *Start of motorway(Airport Spur)* 
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| Terminal 2
|
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
|- style="text-align:center;"
|7.8
|12.6
| Manchester 
| J5
| Manchester , **Quarry Bank Mill**
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|8.9
|14.3
| Hale, Wilmslow, Macclesfield **A538**
| J6
| Wilmslow, Hale, Macclesfield, **Manchester Airport Freight Terminal** **A538**
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| style=background:skyblue | *Entering Greater Manchester*
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| *River Bollin*
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| *River Bollin*
| style=background:skyblue | *Entering Cheshire*
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|12.4
|19.9
| Northwich **A556**, Altrincham **A56**
| J7
| Birmingham **(M6(S))**, Northwich **A556**,
Lymm **A56**
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|
|  *No access*
| J8
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
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|17.6
|28.3
| Preston, Birmingham **M6**, Leeds, Manchester (N) **(M62)**, Lymm **(A50)***Lymm Truck Stop*
| J9*Services*
| Preston **M6**, Liverpool **(M62)**, Warrington, Lymm **(A50)***Lymm Truck Stop*
|- style="text-align:center;"
|20.8
|33.4
| Warrington, Northwich **A49**
| J10
| Northwich, Warrington **A49**
|- style="text-align:center;"
|23.8
|38.3
| Runcorn (East), Warrington **A56**
| J11
| Preston Brook, Daresbury **A56**
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|
| bgcolor=#ffdead| **A533**
| bgcolor=#ffdead| J11A
| bgcolor=#ffdead| **A533**
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|26.8
|43.1
| Liverpool , Runcorn, Widnes **A557**
| J12
| Liverpool , Frodsham, Runcorn, Widnes **A557**
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| colspan=3 | *Weaver Viaduct*
|- style="text-align:center;"
|31.9
| 51.4
| Stanlow, Helsby **A5117***Chester services*
| J14*Services*
| Helsby, Stanlow, **Chester Zoo** **A5117***Chester services*
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|34.5
|55.6
|  *No access (on-slip only)*
| rowspan=2| J15
| Chester, Wrexham **M53**
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|  *No access (on-slip only)*
| Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead **M53**
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| *Start of motorway* 
| rowspan=2|J16
| *End of motorway Road continues as* **A494** *towards North Wales*
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| Ellesmere Port **A5117**, Whitchurch **(A41)***Non-motorway traffic*
| Hoylake, Chester **A540**, Birkenhead **(A550)**

## References