A601(M) motorway

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A601(M) motorway
Length	1.1 miles 1.7 km
Direction	West - East
Start	A6 near Carnforth
Primary destinations	M6 Junction 35
End	B6254 between Over Kellet and Carnforth
Construction dates	1960 - 1987
Motorways joined	35 - M6 motorway

Looking along the M6 to the junction with the A601(M).

The A601(M) is a motorway in Lancashire, England. It is 1.1 miles (1.7km) long and meets the M6 at Junction 35. It is dual carrigeway to the west of the M6 and single carrigeway to the east where it terminates at a Give Way sign on a B road.

1 History
2 Junctions
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The section between the M6 and Junction 35A was originally opened in 1960^[1] as part of the Lancaster Bypass^[2]. This was a 2 lane motorway. In 1970^[2] 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 that would have connected the Furness Peninsula with the M6. This was scrapped for environmental reasons, but parts of it exist today along the A590^[3].

In 1987 ^[4] 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). A junction number was not given to this terminus.

[edit] Junctions

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

[edit] Trivia

One of two motorways to have a single carriageway section; the M58 is the other. The A6144(M) was another, but no longer has motorway status.
One of three different motorways that have a roundabout in the middle, without a flyover or underpass; the others being the M271 and the A627(M).
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.

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	Motorways in the United Kingdom
Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898
A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M)

	Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M)	edit

Past: M16 • M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M) Unbuilt: M12 • M13 • M15 • M31 • M64 Future: M4 Toll