Secrets of The Motorway - M60 Part 2 

Our first tv in the 1950s was a Ferranti. When my dad told the 5year old me this, I got upset because I thought he meant my auntie was going to keep it...think about it...

"Up next is the...WT* is that? Is that a junction?" Best one liner since the M57 "Junction 6 exists". A joy to watch, Jon. Great work

My addiction to this series has driven me to go and get coffee and watch it in my car rather than watch it at home where I can feel my Mrs judging me.

That crazy junction also results in the motorway being restricted to 50mph as it bends under the various flyovers.

Great week, thank you, Jon. Hoping yours has been also. It seems to have stopped raining in Southern California, so less slipping on our slippery slip roads where the SR-94 flies over the SR-125 as it hauls up to the I-8 ... you do it so much better.

Absolutely brilliant John. Knowledge and humour 👌👌👌

Junctions 25 and 26 are the perfect little bits of chaos to satisfy my inner child. Wicked sweet awesome!

junction 26 reminds me of the Scalextric crossover track

Credit where credit is due for the sheer amount of effort in visiting all those cold and windy locations for a few seconds footage each time!

Hello Jon, how the devil are you, have you had a good Easter?

The northern stretch of the M60 is only named as such so that Manchester can claim to have a complete orbital like London. Uppity buggers. I still call it the M62.

Been watching these for a year or so and they are brilliant fun. My compliments to John...

John a quick suggestion since your in the areas filming these maybe include video footage from your pov as you drive along 1 of the many "oddities" im sure theres a few who watch these have never ventured onto the m60 and witnessed the mind buggery of a hgv appearing in lane 3 and trying to get over 😂

And who would have thought that we have mention of the Retro Encabulator on one oh Johns videos! Truly comedic timing!

That time of the week and a new episode. Wicked, sweet, awesome.

I’ve watched a few of your videos and you made me ‘lol’ a few times, especially on this episode, so I’ve subscribed. Also, living in Oldham, this is the closest section of the M60 to me, so it was quite interesting 👍🏻

Well you might have missed out Huddersfield completely, but glad to see Hazel Grove gets a mention!

The film 51st State (Samuel L Jackson, Meatloaf, Robert Carlyle ) used the completed, but not yet opened, M60 for the scenes where SLJ was picked up from Manchester Airport. A section about 2 to 3 miles from the M62/66 junction. I worked as a driver on it and was driving a coach alongside the Jag as general traffic when they filmed, but must have ended up in the bin because I'm certainly not in the actual film.

Brilliant Jon, really enjoy your posts and the time you spend on them and of course your humour

Wonderful Rockwell Retro Encabulator!

7:15 pride pendolino!

The Ferranti retro encabulator is a story that needs to be told

Loved your explanation of the flustercuck that is junction 25. Joining the motorway there from Bredbury normally involves a bit of breath holding and hoping that death isn't imminent! The A6(M) I think was planned to cross the A6 and head over to the airport; the south part of that (A6 - airport) was finally built in 2017 as the A555; but that took 45 ish years to happen. Whether the bit that links to the M60 will be built in anyone's lifetime remains to be seen.....

That shot at 1.20 is the best!

Great videos.. I used to live in didsbury (my daughter still does) right next to Stockport.. I lived in Mossley and now live in Bury. It's fascinating to see facts and sites regarding these specific motorways, as I drive down them everyday!...Ps I drive for a living so I drive down the many roads you mention 😂... 👍

I can actually add some of this video as an MCR resident: 1. The old M63 used to end just before what is now the site of the Pyramid building (which was, is and always will be a strange thing for a largely unprofitable, socialist banking establishment to build and move into in 1990's surburban Manchester. As someone mentioned below, the section between the Pyramid and where the A6(M) should be was formally a rail route, which if I recall went from Manchester Central (once named GMEX, now named Manchester Central again, but no longer a railway station) to London (either St. Pancras or Paddington - can't remember now). The section of the old track on the other side of river Mersey now forms part of the Metrolink network after standing disused since the early 1980's. I think it was the bridge under the A6 that was damaged, but I thought it was from explosives use, not a digger, however I agree, it was suspiciously well timed. 2. The fast line entry of the slip road at the site of what should have been the A6(M) is indeed spectacularly dangerous, if you aren't familiar with the route, as you can find yourself gunning round a blind bend, only to find a truck preoccupied with having to traverse left across three lanes of traffic right in front of you. That same section of motorway heading in the opposite direction has such a tight turn that it is equipped with cameras and a permanent 50mph average speed limit, which must be one of the shortest sections of such things on the UK motorway network and long predates the concept of smart motorways. 3. I turned sixteen in 1999 and the topic of our GCSE Geography project was the impact of the up coming completion of the Manchester orbital motorway. We stood next to the Roxy cinema and the print works looking down on a remarkably undeveloped strip of land right through where the motorway now runs. Also stood atop of Audenshaw reservoir. I seem to remember being told that this structure was losing it's third element entirely, so when I noticed years later when flying in and out of Manchester Airport, I presumed this part of the scheme had been reworked, incorrectly it would appear. 4. I now live near Sinister Island and a public consultation has recently completed in relation to upgrading this monstrosity a great deal. It's slated to be gaining a loop round, flyover junction off the south bound M66, which will completely bypass the roundabout altogether and join up with the west bound M60. I'm sure studied have been done indicating otherwise, but common sense would dictate that if there is only the cash to do this for one slip road, the one joining the east bound M60/M62 and east bound M60 proper would be the one best served. Currently the north bound M66 junction and the west bound M60 proper to M60/M62 west bound junctions do not need to use the roundabout at all. 5. You discussed this in the previous video, but worth mentioning here, the section of road from Sinister Island to the M56 junction(s) is absolute chaos, twice a day, every week day. This section has junctions leaving and merging to multiple motorways and dual carriageways, as well as passing by both the Trafford Centre and Trafford Park, the latter of which gets especially busy when United are at home on a weekday evening. I've completely given up with this section of motorway at peak times and depending on where I am going and at what time of day I will either go the long way round the M60, or just use regular roads instead...

Surprised you didnt mention the tight right hander bend around J25 thats so tight that theres a permanent 50 mph speed limit controlled by average speed cameras (the first one’s i’d ever seen) creating a never ending bottle neck. Also in the opposite direction is a sign saying “motorway liable to flooding” which was put up when that stretch of the motorway was built which begs the question “ why did you build a motorway that you knew was going to flood” answers on a postcard.

Your demeanor is oddly sincerely captivating, and I have a similar personality, thank you for putting yourself out there I feel not alone.

This is the best video I've ever seen about anything

I watch all your vidoes mate and find them all fascinating!! A a HGV driver I was wondering if you would do a video on actual motorway driving especially on how to join one! .. The number of people that i see on a daily basis who do it incorrectly is astonishing!! Love your content .. Jim

Hi Jon thanks for covering the Bredbury junction on the M60 with its notorious joining the M60 directly into the fast lane, even better when an artic needs to cross over into the inside lane. afterwards. As you correctly mentioned the Junction was designed for the M66 to by-pass Stockport to the A6 and then on to what is now the A555 relief road to Manchester Airport. One consequence is the Motorway coming from Denton towards Stockport performs a tight bend under what would have been the through road. Subsequent to road accidents at this spot a permanent 50MPH speed limit is enforced with average speed cameras. And yes the traffic does slow does even in the fast lane. You mention the narrow lanes through Stockport. When originally built this was a two lane motorway. By time they got around to building the missing link it was decided this and the new section would be upgraded to 3 and 4 lane standards providing extended slip roads from 24 to 22. Subsequent to opening in 2000 the section around the reservoirs has been plagued with surface water and subsidence from the numerous coal working below. As you will by now guess I am a regular user of this stretch of the M60.

Haha am learning to drive and Ive been through these a few times on the non motorway routes, always fun to see you covering local places

John " what the fuck is that! " made me laugh so much XD nice work John

My Sunday dose of motorway comedy, brilliant

Again..thanks for your brilliant presentations

How about a video showing how long it takes to get from one end of a motorway to the other end. But without using the motorway. A sort of "how we used to do it".

Best series on YT! Keep up the good work. 100k well deserved

Love this series!

great work again Jon 😀

Oh the retroincabuuullllaaatooorrrr! Well played sir...well played!

Whenever we drive along the motorway I do tend to spot out missing junctions and abandoned slip roads.

Happy Easter, another interesting video. Thanks Jayne

I don’t know what I’ll do with my Sunday afternoons once all motorways have been visited! 🤣🤣

Junction 25 is 1mile from my house, you have to accelerate from the roundabout to 60 miles an hour. Also it puts trucks in the outside lane of the motorway, crazy.

1:27 I sure that breaks one or two Health and Safety at Work regulations, but I digress. 🤔

John, you are an absolute legend. Enjoyed these episodes loads since the beginning 😁 come do the m53 mate, a proper quality ribbon on tarmac and bridges 🤣

Try navigating J25 roundabout heading north from M60 at rush hour. A lead foot is definitely required.

I was just on the section from J22-J3 clockwise on Friday

"Hello and welcome to another exiting.....stop stop stop. Swipe da eff outta this after that.😂😅

Great video John,as always very interesting.😀👌👍

Get the man to 100k subs for goodness sake.

Junction 22 reminds me of the roxy cinema stood, one of the first multiscreens.

Merging into lane 3 is generally ok. Except for the time the car in front of me came to a dead stop at the point of joining, and put it's indicator on to be let out into lane 2. That was.... Stressful....

Always looked like the M66 would go further south ...even when it was just J24 to 25. Obviously, it would have to connect up with its northern bit and I wondered how it would thread its way through Audenshaw reservoir. I though they might elevate it ...although filling in part of it works too. 25,26 & 27 always seem like a bit of a horlicks driving around that stretch and I'm not surprised people do stupid things - its a pretty stupid arrangement if you are from out of town. I'm guessing it was all meant to be different ...and as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

That junction at the A560 is what you would build on scaleltric track .wait and watch to see what would happen 😮

Awesome video

I'll be here in the summer to see Jon still wearing that beanie hat in thirty five degree heat.

The best Narrator 😂❤️😂😂

How the devil are you John. Interesting, amusing and good looking but enough about me😉. Great video as always.

The lion cub gets held aloft, signalling to all theIR eventual new king. And, after a moment of silence, the lion cub starts to speak: "Y'alright our kid?" IT'S THE CIIIIIIRCLE OF MAAAAAANCHESTER!

turboencabulator hahahaha love it

That was a turbo encabulator of an episode.

What a lot of litter!

Flying Scotsman is currently BRITISH RAILWAYS 60103

05:27 Yes

I swear the M60 is the most fucked motorway in the country when it comes to junctions, skinny lanes (which I'm surprised weren't mentioned), windy bits and wide bits.

Yes I liked it AGAIN

great vid jon

the dodgy slip rd must be a design by the us fall river designer we have 6 of these

Here in manchester we like to give motorist a challenge and make sure they are awake.

If they did the link from J25 it would now meet up with the end of the A555 and take you back to the airport.

1000 miles round the M60 coming up? and whats the lap record ?

snow ..... howja manage that then ? its grim up `t north

Who is writing the script, Stanley Unwin?

What the hell is this road layout, and it appears that shape road confused junction looks like Crossrail logo symbol (!), (and it doesn't sound as Elizabeth Line, though).

Another weekly update of why we convicts were sent to Australia. Thank goodness.😂😂😂 and the ol girdle spring in a computer have you had yours checked lately?

4:02 Funny to me

what's with those roundabouts that look like they were drawn by a child is a circle really that difficult?

5:44 what a stupid crossing

damm you i wanted o know more about frantti

4:02 4:03 lol

17 arches?

It’s amazing that even with the coloured lanes at jct 18, I still nearly got driven into twice on it yesterday because of people in the wrong lane.

How the devil are you ,I hope you had a good week ,I had an awesome week .

Computers! I didn't think Jon could top his previous Secrets of The Motorway series episodes... but then we get a Ferranti story! Awesome work!

Every Sunday, John checks in on me, asks how my week was, tells me some interesting things about the motorways, wishes me a good week, and leaves with a nice drone shot. I feel loved

Damn, I was hoping to experience a full 10 minutes of John talking about the MEC ;p

I love this series. John does a great job keeping his audience engaged in essentially what boils down to; "Well you see, the government thought we needed a bunch of new roads and motorways in (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, ect. ect.) so they either completely strangled the historic landmarks and structures in the way or just demolished them outright. Out of the proposed 1000 new motorways, 2 would actually be built, with 2 others left half-complete until the sun burns out.

Loving this series, deserves a terrestrial TV slot! That 100k is approaching fast too, well deserved.

The Coronation Street theme is really called "Lancashire Blues" by Eric Spears... thought I'd drop that in... you're welcome!

Why hasn’t itv or BBC got in touch with you? This series and all your other videos (Britains abandoned roads etc) are worthy of a TV series. Brilliant stuff John. Looking forward to another exciting episode of Secrets of the Motorway.

Manchester still confuses me, I first went up that way, driving professionally, before most of the motorways had been built. Every time I went back another bit of motorway had been added, then they started renumbering them just to add further confusion. I'm semi retired now, and full retirement will be soon, so I don't have to worry about any more changes confusing me around Manchester! Oh, nice vid by the way!

Just binge watched the whole of the northern motorways and they are fantastic. Surely the best show on the Internet? I now want to drive my Princess over the lot and cause a nostalgic traffic jam with a vintage breakdown.

LNER 4472 is known as 'Flying Scotsman'. No 'The'. 'The Flying Scotsman' is a named timetabled train service. 'Flying Scotsman' is the locomotive.

I live in Stockport and I'm nearly 50 and I'd like to say I'm approaching a point in my life where I'm starting to be comfortable with the motorway junctions here. They're all insane. It's definitely advanced class.

During construction around Redrock a digger 'accidentally' hit the Tiviot Dale railway tunnel under the church, securing it's fate. There was also a spectacular viaduct paralleling the motorway across near Portwood roundabout that got flattened and the junction was added

Looked at the thumbnail and thought wow the UK has a diverging diamond interchange. Then was brought back to down to reality to discover it's just another standard UK style fudge. Standard 😂

The Ferranti Mark 1 - a tidied up and commercial version of the Manchester Mk1 - As designed by a load of people who "just turned up" knowing more about computers than was possible having just been released from essential war work they couldn't talk about Also Tim Bereners-Lee's parents met whilst working on the Ferranti Mk1

3:19 - I counted the arches...there are 16. Now I must go...my left arm appears to have fallen off. ☮

Hahaha love the turbo encabulator cameo.