A601(M) motorway

A601(M) shield
A601(M)
The start of the A601(M) - geograph.org.uk - 766525.jpg
The former southern end of the A601(M) (now the B6601)
Route information
Length1 mi[1] (1.6 km)
Existed1960–2023
HistoryConstructed 1960
Major junctions
North end A6
Major intersections
South end1987-2020 B6254 between Over Kellet and Carnforth
2020-2023 M6 J35
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Road network
A404(M) A627(M)
Looking along the M6 to the junction with the A601(M).

The A601(M) was a motorway in Carnforth, Lancashire, England. It was at the time of its downgrade a 1.3 miles (2.1 km) long dual carriageway, meeting the M6 at Junction 35. It is no longer a motorway but remains open, as part of the B6601 and A6070.

Originally built in 1960 as the northern terminus of the M6 on the A6, the A601(M) became a spur to the M6 in 1970 when the mainline of the motorway was extended north. A short single-carriageway extension to the south of Junction 35 was opened in 1987, to connect to the B6254, and the road was renumbered the A601(M). This southern extension was reclassified as the B6601 in 2020, and the remainder of the motorway became part of the A6070 in 2023.

  1. ^ "Directions to A601(M)". Google. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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