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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Lee Grimsditch

Manchester's 'pathetic' motorway is shortest in England whose existence was 'hidden' for years

If you are a regular motorist commuting in and around Manchester, there's a chance you've used this tiny motorway without realising it's a motorway.

Forming a small part of the easternmost section of Mancunian Way, the A635(M) didn't even appear on maps until recently. According to the SABRE Wiki site - an archive of British and Irish road networks - it consists of a single flyover.

The mini motorway is signed as part of the A57(M) and is officially the shortest motorway in England, measuring just 0.3 miles. However, it held the title of shortest motorway in the whole of the UK for nearly 25-years until an even shorter one was built in 2016.

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