M58 Skelmersdale and Up Holland Bypass

Name
Skelmersdale and Up Holland Bypass
Opened
Current route
Start point
Junction number at start: 4
Glenburn Road
End point
Junction number at end: 6
Orrell
Original route

This scheme saw the existing A506 Regional Road upgraded to motorway.

Road scheme and chronology data is courtesy SABRE (where much of it was gathered by member Ross Spur), with additional data from the UK Motorway Archive, the Scottish Roads Archive and the Northern Ireland Roads Site.

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