M53 motorway

M53
M53
	M53 highlighted in blue ; Shown in North West England ; Shown with the UK motorway network
	Looking north near Storeton
Route information
	Maintained by National Highways
Length	18.9 mi (30.4 km)
Existed	1972–present
History	Opened: 1972; Completed: 1982;
Major junctions
North end	Bidston; 53°24′41″N 3°04′49″W / 53.4114°N 3.0802°W
	; J11 → M56 motorway
South end	Hoole Village; 53°12′52″N 2°51′24″W / 53.2144°N 2.8567°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Merseyside, Cheshire
Primary; destinations	Wallasey; Birkenhead; Ellesmere Port; Chester;
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The M53 is an 18.9-mile-long (30.4 km) motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside and the borough of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in England.^[1] It is also referred to as the Mid Wirral Motorway.^[2] It runs between the Kingsway Tunnel, at Wallasey in the north, and the A55 at Chester.^[1]

The main reason for the motorway was to provide a through route to the new Mersey Road Tunnel, Kingsway, which was built at the same time. Part of this motorway was originally the M531.

^ ^a ^b "Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.
^ "The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[cbrd-1] "Motorway Database: M53". CBRD. Retrieved 12 August 2008.

[iht-2] "The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border". The Motorway Archive. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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