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In December 2001, when I first created the Motorway Database, I wrote this about the M606:
"If asked to choose just one word to describe this motorway, I think I'd pick 'messy'. It's badly planned, ugly, poorly maintained and was never finished. ...The end junction itself is clearly unfinished, with overpasses where the M606 should go under but doesn't."
How things change! Okay, so this motorway has still never been finished to its full intended length. But most of the other criticisms I had have now been resolved. Most significantly, the northern terminus on the Ring Road has been partly rebuilt to alleviate the chronic congestion it previously suffered. The previously useless underpasses have now been put to good use and the motorway has a much tidier and smarter terminus.
In addition, the route into Bradford - through that right turn and around notoriously busy roundabouts - has been tidied up too, with a new interchange to prioritise the right turn onto the A641 and other work done to make the journey more bearable.
The motorway itself has had some general maintenance done too - it's had the resurface it obviously needed, and its leaning, peeling light columns have been replaced by new ones. It's getting very hard to find something to complain about with the M606!
The works to fix Staygate junction have had one negative effect though - all the shiny new signs declare it to be junction 1. That means there's now two junctions by that number on the M606, with junction 2 in the middle. Oops.
Factfile
| Start | Cleckheaton (M62) |
| Finish | Bradford (A6177) |
| Passes | None |
| Length | 3 miles |
| Terminates | None |
| Spurs | None |
| Meets | None |
Images
Views of the M606 from on and off the road. If you have a photo to contribute, contact me.
Heading in to Bradford from the Manchester direction, the direct sliproad sweeps us around, and about half of the M606 lies out in front of us.
Photo by Steven Jukes
At the northern terminus, not long ago, the entire motorway diverted up to the Staygate roundabout and the carriageway ahead was abandoned. This photo was taken when renovation work had already begun, so there is a sub-surface on the road and new lights over it.
Photo by Steven Jukes
Construction Timeline
When the various parts of the M606 were built, listed in chronological order.
| Open | Jct | Section |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | J2-3 | A6177 - Cleckheaton Road |
| 1973 | J1-2 | Cleckheaton Road - M62 |
Exit List
All the junctions and destinations along the route.
| Junction | Southbound | Northbound | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds Hull M62  |
A58 M62 |
SOUTH A638  |
M62 A58 |
N/A    |
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| Huddersfield Manchester M62 |
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| Batley Dewsbury A638   |
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2 miles, 2 lanes  |
 2 miles, 3 lanes |
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| 2 | Euroway Trading Estate |
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Euroway Trading Estate  |
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| 1 mile, 2 lanes |
1 mile, 3 lanes |
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| 1 | N/A |
A6177 |
 NORTH |
A6036 A6177 |
Odsal Wibsey A6036 |
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| Ring Road City Centre A6177 |
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| Ring Road Bowling A6177    |
With thanks to Aleks for information in this section.
