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M57
M57
Route information
Length	10 mi (16 km)
Existed	1972–present
History	Constructed 1972–1974
Major junctions
South end	Huyton
	; M62 motorway; ; M58 motorway; ; A5036; A59
North end	Switch Island, Netherton
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Liverpool
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

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The M57 motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, is a road in England. Designed as a bypass road for Liverpool, it is 10 miles (16 km) long and links various towns east of the city, as well as the M62 and M58 motorways.

Route

Starting at the Tarbock Interchange in Tarbock, at the end of the A5300, the motorway heads north to the east of Huyton and west of Prescot and crosses the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It then runs across the north east of Huyton before running west of Knowsley Village. After meeting the A580 at a split junction (numbered 4 & 5), it continues north west between Fazakerley and Kirkby, passes under the Kirkby and Ormskirk branches of the Merseyrail Northern Line before ending on Switch Island near Aintree. The motorway provides one of the main access routes to Aintree Racecourse.

History

The M57 was planned to be a complete bypass of Liverpool, meeting each of the main roads out of the city.^[1] As is normal in the United Kingdom, the M57 was to be built in stages. The first two opened were:^[2]

Junctions 1 to 4 were opened in 1974 as phase 2.
Junctions 4 to 7 were opened in 1972 as phase 1.

Phase 1 was proceeded with more rapidly as there had been industrial growth in the area, and it was considered important to improve traffic connections as soon as possible.^[3] The original plans for the route anticipated an extension south to the A562.^[3]

At Switch Island, the junction was constructed to allow an extension of the M57 towards the A565 near Thornton and the end of the M58 has provision for slip roads to that extension to be constructed.^[4] Contemporary maps also showed a proposed southern extension, eventually constructed in the 1990s as the A5300.^[5] A new road was opened in August 2015 to join the A565 at Thornton to Switch Island junction at the M57 and M58 motorways respectively; the road was appropriately named the A5758 road.

At the southern end of the M57 where it meets the M62 (Tarbock Island) and also the A5300 southern extension, a £38 million improvement scheme to create a free-flow link with the M62 eastbound was completed on November 14, 2008. At the same junction a free-flow link from the M62 Westbound to the M57 northbound was completed on December 12.

Junctions

M57 motorway
Northbound exits	Junction	Southbound exits
Huyton, Liverpool (Central), Manchester, Warrington, Widnes M62	J1	Road continues as A5300 to Runcorn and Liverpool Airport
Start of motorway	J1	Huyton, Liverpool (Central), Manchester, Warrington, Widnes M62
Prescot, St. Helens A57	J2	Prescot A57
No access	J3	Huyton A526
St. Helens, Bootle A580	J4	Knowsley, Industrial Estates A580
No access	J5	St. Helens A580
Kirkby, Fazakerley A506	J6	Kirkby, Fazakerley A506
Liverpool (Central) Southport, Ormskirk A59 Docks, Bootle A5036 Skelmersdale, Wigan, Preston M58	J7 Switch Island Terminus	Start of motorway

References

^ Pathetic Motorways – M57
^ The Motorway Archive – M57 Dates Page Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b The Motorway Archive – M57 Scheme Page Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Motorway Archive – M58 Archived 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pathetic Motorways – M57 Map

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[1] Pathetic Motorways – M57

[2] The Motorway Archive – M57 Dates Page Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine

[ma-3] The Motorway Archive – M57 Scheme Page Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

[4] The Motorway Archive – M58 Archived 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Pathetic Motorways – M57 Map

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 ==History==
-The M57 was planned to be a complete bypass of Liverpool, meeting each of the main roads out of the city.<ref>[http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/ Pathetic Motorways – M57]</ref> As is normal in the United Kingdom, the M57 was to be built in stages.  The first two opened were:<ref>[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lostat.htm The Motorway Archive – M57 Dates Page]</ref>
+The M57 was planned to be a complete bypass of Liverpool, meeting each of the main roads out of the city.<ref>[http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/ Pathetic Motorways – M57]</ref> As is normal in the United Kingdom, the M57 was to be built in stages.  The first two opened were:<ref>[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lostat.htm The Motorway Archive – M57 Dates Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311050441/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lostat.htm |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref>
 *Junctions 1 to 4 were opened in 1974 as phase 2.
 *Junctions 4 to 7 were opened in 1972 as phase 1.
-Phase 1 was proceeded with more rapidly as there had been industrial growth in the area, and it was considered important to improve traffic connections as soon as possible.<ref name="ma">[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lpoolorr.htm The Motorway Archive – M57 Scheme Page]</ref>  The original plans for the route anticipated an extension south to the [[A562 road|A562]].<ref name="ma" />
+Phase 1 was proceeded with more rapidly as there had been industrial growth in the area, and it was considered important to improve traffic connections as soon as possible.<ref name="ma">[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lpoolorr.htm The Motorway Archive – M57 Scheme Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903120050/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lpoolorr.htm |date=2006-09-03 }}</ref>  The original plans for the route anticipated an extension south to the [[A562 road|A562]].<ref name="ma" />
-At Switch Island, the junction was constructed to allow an extension of the M57 towards the [[A565 road|A565]] near [[Thornton, Merseyside|Thornton]] and the end of the M58 has provision for slip roads to that extension to be constructed.<ref>[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m58aintreem6.htm The Motorway Archive – M58]</ref> Contemporary maps also showed a proposed southern extension, eventually constructed in the 1990s as the [[A5300 road|A5300]].<ref>[http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/maps/ Pathetic Motorways – M57 Map]</ref>  A new road was opened in August 2015 to join the A565 at Thornton to Switch Island junction at the M57 and M58 motorways respectively; the road was appropriately named the [[A5758 road]].
+At Switch Island, the junction was constructed to allow an extension of the M57 towards the [[A565 road|A565]] near [[Thornton, Merseyside|Thornton]] and the end of the M58 has provision for slip roads to that extension to be constructed.<ref>[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m58aintreem6.htm The Motorway Archive – M58] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025225738/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m58aintreem6.htm |date=2006-10-25 }}</ref> Contemporary maps also showed a proposed southern extension, eventually constructed in the 1990s as the [[A5300 road|A5300]].<ref>[http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/maps/ Pathetic Motorways – M57 Map]</ref>  A new road was opened in August 2015 to join the A565 at Thornton to Switch Island junction at the M57 and M58 motorways respectively; the road was appropriately named the [[A5758 road]].
 At the southern end of the M57 where it meets the M62 (Tarbock Island) and also the A5300 southern extension, a £38 million improvement scheme to create a free-flow link with the M62 eastbound was completed on November 14, 2008. At the same junction a free-flow link from the M62 Westbound to the M57 northbound was completed on December 12.
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 **[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/badjunctions/57-58-59.shtml Bad Junctions – M57/M58/A59 [Switch Island)]
 *[http://pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/ Pathetic Motorways – M57]
-*[http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lpoolorr.htm The Motorway Archive – M57]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060903120050/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m57lpoolorr.htm The Motorway Archive – M57]
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