The A6144(M) was an excellent idea - sure, it didn't fit what people expect a motorway to look like, but it was perfectly appropriate and legit.
The former A6144(M) and the old A6144 through Sale now look identical on maps, which is a real disbenefit.
www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/A6144(M)
Just published - it's the twentieth anniversary of an inconsequential administrative change in Greater Manchester. Why do people still remember the short-lived A6144(M)? It's the latest post in my occasional series, Imperfectly Odd. open.substack.com/pub/roadsorg...
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It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. Why was it so fascinating - and why is it still so fondly remembered today?
