M6 Lancaster Bypass

Name
Lancaster Bypass
Opened
Route
Start point
Junction number at start: 33
Hampson Green
End point
Junction number at end: 35
Carnforth

This scheme continued north to Keer Level Roundabout, but the part north of J35 became A601(M).

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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