M602 motorway
{{UK motorway routebox| motorway= M602
length-mi= 4 | length-km= 7 | direction= West - East | start= Eccles | destinations= Trafford Park
Salford | end= Manchester | opening-date= 1971 | completion-date= 1982 | junctions= 1 - M60 motorway
1 - M62 motorwayThe M602 motorway is a relatively short motorway, leading traffic into Manchester and Salford by by-passing the suburban town of Eccles.
The motorway itself was meant to be a part of a bigger scheme, the South Lancashire Motorway. To be designated M52, the route would link Liverpool and Manchester, and would be built to provide links to the growing UK mortorway network [1].
However, at the same time, the M62 was being extended north and east of Worsley, around the north of Manchester, and on to Yorkshire, to form part of the Trans-Pennine Motorway route. This would be an upgraded version to the original plan of the East Lancashire Road, the A580, but would link onto the existing route at Worsley. It was decided that the Trans-Pennine Motorway be extended to Liverpool too, to provide a cross-country trunk route. The M62 was re-coursed to run via the route of the M52 between Worsley and Liverpool. This would leave a short stump of motorway between the M62 and Salford - this was renumbered M602, whilst the southern end of the M62 between Worsley and Stretford became the M63.{| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"|- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;" | M602 Motorway|- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white" | Eastbound exits | Junction | Westbound exits | M60 Sale, Stockport, Manchester Airport
M60 towards Bolton (M61), Bury (M66), Leeds (M62)
M62 towards Liverpool, Birmingham (M6) | J1 | Start of Motorway |
| A576 Eccles, Hope Hospital, Trafford Park | J2 | A576 Eccles, Hope Hospital, Trafford Park |
| Start of Motorway | J3 | A57 Salford, Manchester, Hulme, Sheffield (A628), Ashton (A635)
A5063 Oldham (A62), Pendleton, Salford University
A5063 Salford Quays, Old Trafford, Stretford |
