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To the north is the Potteries conurbation, which is served from the M6 by the A500. The A500, via Newcastle under Lyme, serves as a business loop from the M6 to the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. At junction 16, the northernmost junction for the A500, the M6 crosses from Staffordshire into [[Cheshire]].
To the north is the Potteries conurbation, which is served from the M6 by the A500. The A500, via Newcastle under Lyme, serves as a business loop from the M6 to the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. At junction 16, the northernmost junction for the A500, the M6 crosses from Staffordshire into [[Cheshire]].
Much of the traffic on the M6 for the [[Manchester]] built-up area leaves the road at junction 19 for the A556. To the north, just south of Warrington, is the M56 where traffic leaves for [[Chester]], the [[Wirral]] and North Wales. Crossing the Mersey into [[Lancashire]], the motorway bypasses Warrington to the east, meeting the M62 at Croft (junction 21A), where traffic heads either west for Liverpool or east for Manchester, Bolton and, ultimately, the major Yorkshire cities such as Leeds.
Much of the traffic on the M6 for the [[Manchester]] built-up area leaves the road at junction 19 for the A556. To the north, just south of Warrington, is the M56 where traffic leaves for [[Chester]], the [[Wirral]] and North Wales. Crossing the Mersey on the Thelwall Viaduct into [[Lancashire]], the motorway bypasses Warrington to the east, meeting the M62 at Croft (junction 21A), where traffic heads either west for Liverpool or east for Manchester, Bolton and, ultimately, the major Yorkshire cities such as Leeds.
Near [[Golborne]], at junction 23, the road meets the A580, which was historically the main south Lancashire route prior to the M62. Today, it mainly serves traffic from the M6 to [[Leigh]], [[Newton-le-Willows]] and [[St Helens]]. Around [[Wigan]], the M58 branches off from the M6 and takes traffic approaching from the north to Liverpool. The section around 20 miles to the north, just east of [[Preston]], is the first length of motorway to be opened in the UK, being opened as the Preston Bypass in 1958. The Preston area has since become somewhat of a hub for motorways; the M65 takes traffic from the M6 towards Blackburn and Burnley, the M61 serves southbound traffic to Bolton and Manchester, while the M55 serves traffic for [[Blackpool]]. To the north, the M6 runs close to the [[Irish Sea]] coast for much of the section between Preston and [[Lancaster]], which it bypasses to the east. North of Lancaster, the M6 enters [[Westmorland]].
Just south of Kendal is junction 36, which serves traffic heading for Kendal itself, as well as Barrow and the southern [[Lake District]].
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