What Junction is Ainley Top on M62?

What Junction is Ainley Top on M62?

junction 24
Ainley Top is also the name of the roundabout just south of the village. This is the junction of the A643 and the A629 and also gives access to junction 24 of the M62 motorway.

What Junction is 24 on M62?

See M62 Junction 24, Huddersfield, on the map The Most Popular Urban Mobility App in Yorkshire.

How high is the M62?

1,221 feet
The motorway’s highest point, 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level at Windy Hill near Denshaw (53.62982°N 2.018561°W) is the highest point of any motorway in England.

When was Elland bypass built?

The Elland Bypass is younger than the junction, opening in 1976, and this resulted in the current issues the junction faces today. Owing to its location and since it forms the main connection for both Huddersfield and Halifax it is today one of the busiest roundabouts in Yorkshire.

What Junction is Huddersfield on M62?

Junction 24
M62 EASTBOUND FROM MANCHESTER Exit the M62 at Junction 24 onto the A629 and follow the signs towards Huddersfield Town Centre.

Which is the highest motorway in England?

The M62
The M62 is the country’s highest motorway. The uppermost point, known as the “M62 Summit”, is in the middle of Saddleworth Moor in the Peak district and is 1,222 feet above sea level.

What Junction is 22 on M62?

Between Manchester and Leeds the M62 traverses the Pennines and its foothills, rising to 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level east of junction 22 at Rishworth Moor not far from the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

What is the highest motorway in England?

How long did it take to build M62?

Just seven miles long but seven years in the building, the M62’s Pennine stretch is as spectacular now as it was when it opened exactly 40 years ago. Cutting an eight-lane motorway through the bleak Pennine hills and moorland had been a mammoth task.

What is the highest motorway in the UK?

When did the M60 open?

1960
M60 motorway (Great Britain)