M53 motorway

M53
M53
	Looking north near Storeton
Route information
	Maintained by Highways England
Length	18.9 mi (30.4 km)
Existed	1972–present
History	Opened: 1972; Completed: 1982
Major junctions
North end	Bidston; 53.4114°N 3.0802°W
	; J11 → M56 motorway
South end	Hoole Village; 53.2144°N 2.8567°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Merseyside, Cheshire
Primary; destinations	Wallasey; Birkenhead; Ellesmere Port; Chester
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M53, or Mid-Wirral Motorway, is a motorway in North West England. It connects the A55 near Chester with the Kingsway Tunnel by Liverpool. The motorway is about 19 miles (31 km) long.[1][2]

Junctions

M53 motorway junctions
mile	km	Northbound exits (B carriageway)	Junction	Southbound exits (A carriageway)
0.0	0.0	End of motorway Road continues as Wallasey Tunnel towards Liverpool	J1	Birkenhead, New Brighton, Wallasey A5139 (A554) Non-motorway traffic
		Birkenhead ^{[Note 1]} A5139		Start of motorway
		Wallasey, Birkenhead A554
		End of motorway West Kirby A551 (B5139) Moreton A551, Hoylake (A553)	J2A	Start of motorway (Moreton Spur)
		Upton A551	J2A
6.5	10.5	Hoylake, West Kirby (A551)	J2	Hoylake, West Kirby (A551)
8.6	13.8	Birkenhead A552	J3	Birkenhead, Heswall A552
11.7	18.8	Clatterbridge, Heswall, Bebington A5137	J4	Bebington, Bromborough, Clatterbridge, Neston A5137
15.8	25.4	Birkenhead, Queensferry A41	J5	NORTH WALES, Queensferry, Eastham A41
16.2	26.1	Entering Merseyside	J6	Vauxhall (Cars Only), Eastham Oil Terminal
16.2	26.1	Vauxhall (Cars Only), Eastham Oil Terminal	J6	Entering Cheshire
17.5	28.2	Overpool, Whitby, North Road Industrial Estate B5132	J7	Overpool, Whitby, North Road Industrial Estate B5132
18.3	29.5	Netherpool and Rossmore Industrial Estates, Docks	J8	Netherpool and Rossmore Industrial Estates, Docks
19.1	30.7	Ellesmere Port (Centre), Boat Museum A5032	J9	Ellesmere Port (Centre), Stanlow, Boat Museum A5032
20.9	33.7	Queensferry, Stanlow A5117	J10	Queensferry, Stanlow A5117
21.6	34.8	Runcorn, Liverpool , Warrington, (M6), Manchester M56	J11	Runcorn, Warrington, (M6), Manchester M56
24.5	39.5	Start of motorway	J12	Chester A56
24.9	40.1	Chester, Helsby A56 Non-motorway traffic	J12	End of motorway Road continues as A55 towards North Wales

References

"Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
"The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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[cbrd-1] "Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

[iht-2] "The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[Note 1]