Manchester Inner Ring Road

Ring road in Greater Manchester, England

Manchester and Salford Inner Relief Route is a ring road in Greater Manchester, England. It is the product of the amalgamation of several major roads around Manchester and Salford city centres to form a circular route. It was completed in 2004 with the opening of a final section to Trinity Way.

A major component of the ring road is the Mancunian Way motorway to the south of Manchester city centre. When it was built, it was planned to be the first of many such inner-city elevated roads. The road is a pivotal part of the ring road for east–west traffic across the southern part of the city centre.

The principal section of Trinity Way opened in 1987 easing congestion on Deansgate and opening a route north-west of the city centre. During 2019-2021, improvements were made to Great Ancoats Street north-east of the city centre, making it mostly dual carriageway.^[1]

Great Ancoats Street (to the north and east), Trinity Way (to the north and west) and the Mancunian Way (to the south) almost formed a circle and it was decided to complete it. The final section to the south-west of Manchester city centre between the Mancunian Way near the Granada Studios and the end of Trinity Way at Salford Central railway station was completed on 29 November 2004.

References

^ "Controversial £9million overhaul of city centre road complete - is it the 'European boulevard' we were promised?". Manchester Evening News. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

External links

Ring Road Completion and History

Transport in Greater Manchester

Air

City Airport & Heliport
Manchester Airport

Map of England showing Greater Manchester

Bus

Operators	Arriva North West Bluebird Bullocks Diamond North West Finglands Coachways First Greater Manchester GM Buses Go North West Jim Stones Coaches JPT Magic Bus Manchester Community Transport Mayne Coaches Maytree Travel Rosso Stagecoach Manchester UK North Warrington's Own Buses
Routes	17 42 43 58 184 192 free bus route 1 free bus route 2 free bus route 3 V1 V2 V4

Road

European route E22
Kingsway
M6
M56
M60
M61
M62
M66
M67
M602
A57(M)
A627(M)
Manchester Inner Ring Road

Tram

Cycle

Rail

Stations	List of open railway stations List of closed railway stations
Lines	Buxton Calder Valley Crewe–Manchester Glossop Hope Valley Liverpool–Manchester Manchester–Preston Manchester–Southport Stafford–Manchester Stockport–Stalybridge Styal
Operators	British Rail (1948–1997) Regional Railways (1982–1996) Network NorthWest (1989–c.1992) First North Western (1997–2004) Northern Rail (2004–2016) Arriva Rail North (2016–2020) Northern Trains (2020-)