M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
When We Were Ten
When We Were Ten!
To celebrate our tenth birthday in 2004, we published an online activity pack for our younger visitors packed with games puzzles and information.
Access the activity pack and start the fun!
View the text only version of this information.
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Competition Winner
As part of the celebrations, we invited children to send in posters to illustrate the role passengers must play to promote safe driving.
Here is the winning poster from our "Positive Passengers" competition. The picture was drawn by Matthew Denham - he won a cool CD/MP3 player!
