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The Preston Bypass, the first section of what is now the M6 was the first motorway in the country, built by Tarmac Construction and opened by the then Prime Minister, Harold Macmillam on 5 December 1958.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe 'Preston Bypass' in Lancashire was the first Motorway standard road to be opened in 1959. Later becoming part of the 'M6' Motorway. But the first full length Motorway to open in 1959 was the 'M1' running the length of the Country.
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∙ 12y agoThe Preston bypass was built to motorway standard and was eventually absorbed into the M6 but it is generally accepted that the M1 was the first motorway and it opened in 1959
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∙ 15y agoIn Germany, motorways (Autobahnen) were built in the 1930s, but the first in the UK was opened in 1958.
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∙ 14y agoThe first section of Motorway in the UK was The Preston By Pass, now a part of the M6.
It was officially opened on 5th December, 1958.
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