Overnight closure on the M62
Date published: 04 December 2015
The M62 will be closed in both directions at J19 and J20 between 9.30pm Saturday (5 December) and 10.00am Sunday.
The 95.1-mile long M62 motorway crosses the Pennines and connects Liverpool to Hull via Manchester and Leeds.
It was completed in 1976 and includes the highest point of the country’s motorway network where it crosses Saddleworth Moor at 1442 ft above sea level.
Near to the highest point is the landmark Stott Hall Farm which is situated in between the M62s east and westbound carriageways. The farm remains due to the geography of the surrounding land which means the westbound carriageway had to be constructed higher than the eastbound.
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