Region: North West
M61. Manchester to Preston
Statistics and options.
| Section | Construction started | Opened to traffic |
Worsley Braided Interchange to Horwich - Advanced works | Feb 1967 & Feb 1968 | December 1970 |
| WBI to Horwich - Main works | January 1969 | |
Horwich to Preston - Advanced works | January 1967 | November 1969 |
| Northern contract | January 1968 | |
| Southern contract | June 1968 |