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{{UK motorway routebox|| motorway= M53| length-mi= 20| length-km= 32| direction= North - South| start= Wallasey
[Birkenhead
Ellesmere Port
Queensferry, Wales| end= Chester| completion-date= [1982-->

The M53 is a [motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It can also be referred to as the Mid Wirral Motorway. It is 20 Mile (32 km) long and runs between Wallasey in the north and Chester. 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.

Route Starting at the northern end, the motorway starts in Wallasey at the exit slip roads from the Kingsway Tunnel from Liverpool. It loops round the north west of Birkenhead and then runs south as a dual 3-lane route between Upton, Wirral, Woodchurch in the west and Prenton. From Junctions 1 to 3 it runs parallel to the Borderlands Line. It crosses this line south of junction 3. From this junction it proceeds south to the west of Bebington through junction 4 and then further south for 3 miles (where it crosses the Wirral Line), before narrowing to dual 2 lanes and turning sharply to the east. At junction 5, traffic for Wales can take the A41 road, A550 road & A494 road to join the A55 road near Ewloe. The road passes north and then east of Hooton, then to the east of Overpool and Wolverham and with Ellesmere Port to the west.

South of Junction 10 the route enters a more rural setting, passing under the M56 motorway at Junction 11. Finally it heads south and becomes the A55 North Wales Expressway at Junction 12.

History This motorway was originally two separate projects, the M53 and M531. The M53 was originally proposed to run from the Kingsway Tunnel to Backford . The M531 would have run from between the current junctions 4 & 5 and provided a connection with the M56 motorway for eastbound travel.

M531 The first section of the M531 was built to improve access to the Vauxhall Motors factory near Ellesmere Port. It was opened in 1968 as a non-designated road. Subsequently this road was extended further south to meet the A5117 road and was designated as the M531. In March 1981 the M531 was lengthened to meet the M56 and at this stage the whole route was redesignated as the M53.

M53 Construction on the M53 started in 1969. It was to be built in stages as part of a strategic route to North Wales for traffic from Merseyside. The route to North Wales was unresolved as there was even an option to run due west from south of Junction 4 and cross the River Dee on a barrage. In 1972 this first section from the Tunnel to junction 5 were it connected straight into the Vauxhall Motors road was opened. A junction was partially built to allow extension of the motorway further south west, around 1 mile west of junction 5. The unbuilt motorway would have provided a bypass of the A41 and would likely have terminated on the M56, though exactly where is unknown. The unfinished junction for this extension has now been demolished.

The final section of the M53 provided a link to Chester from the M56 and was opened in 1982. No plans are known to exist to complete the originally planned M53.

Dates

Junctions 1 to 5 were opened in 1972
Junctions 5 to 8 were redesignated as motorway in 1974 as part of the M531
Junctions 8 to 10 opened in 1975 as part of the M531
Junctions 10 to 11 were opened in 1981
Junctions 11 to 12 were opened in 1982

Junctions {| border=1 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=3 style="margin-left:1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse;"

|- align="center" bgcolor="0080d0" style="color: white;font-size:120%;"| colspan="3" | M53 Motorway

|- align="center" bgcolor="000000" style="color: white"| Northbound| Junction| Southbound

|- align="center"| Road continues as 'Kingsway Tunnel to Liverpool], Wallasey, A554 road'| J1| Bidston, Wallasey, A554

], Hoylake, (Upton - J2A) A5027 road| J2| West Kirby, Hoylake, (Upton - J2A) A5027

|- align='center'| Tranmere, Heswall, Woodchurch, Prenton, A552 road| J3| Tranmere, Heswall, Woodchurch, Prenton, A552

|- align='center'| Heswall A5137 road
Bebington, Port Sunlight List of B roads in Great Britain | J4| Heswall A5137
Bebington, Port Sunlight

|- align='center'| Eastham, Hooton A41
Queensferry (A550)] List of B roads in Great Britain| J6| Eastham Oil Terminal B5132

|- align='center'| Overpool, Vauxhall Motors B5132] B5132
Industrial Estate A5032 road| J8| Industrial Estate A5032

|- align='center'| Ellesmere Port, A5032
Stanlow Refinery, [Whitbyheath, Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet A5117
Queensferry (A550)], Warrington, Manchester M56], Helsby A56 road| J12| Chester A56|- align='center'| Start of Motorway|| Road continues as 'A55 to North Wales|}

See also

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database - M53
CBRD History of the M53/M531
Pathetic Motorways - M531
The Motorway Archive - M53

Junctions 1 to 5 were opened in 1972
Junctions 5 to 8 were redesignated as motorway in 1974 as part of the M531
Junctions 8 to 10 opened in 1975 as part of the M531
Junctions 10 to 11 were opened in 1981
Junctions 11 to 12 were opened in 1982

List of motorways in the United Kingdom

References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database - M53
CBRD History of the M53/M531
Pathetic Motorways - M531
The Motorway Archive - M53

Traffic England
Traffic Control Centre, Traffic England ... Traffic Conditions Covering England's Motorways and Major A-Roads. Highways Agency Managed Roads: Network Map Check the motorway ...

M53 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The M53 is a motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and Cheshire on the Wirral Peninsula in England. It can also be referred to as the Mid Wirral Motorway.

CBRD - Motorway Database - M53
Motorway Database. You are here: Home - Motorway Database - M53. Main - Images - Timeline - Exit List. This is a road that turned out very differently to the original plan.

CBRD - Motorway Database - M53 - Exit List
Liverpool (Tunnel) 2 miles, 3 lanes : 2 miles, 3 lanes: 2: Upton Moreton Hoylake A551 (A551) Upton Moreton Hoylake A551: 2 miles, 3 lanes : 2 miles, 3 lanes: 3: Heswall

M53 Motorway Junction Accident Compensation Claim - Camps Solicitors
M53 Motorway Junction Accident Compensation Claim . After being injured in a car accident that was not her fault, motorist Mrs Newton turned to the solicitors at Camps to help her ...

Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants & Guest Houses off the M53 Motorway
Food, accommodation, meeting places and other services off the M53 motorway junctions including hotels, pubs, inns, guest houses, b&b, bed and breakfast, farm house accomodation ...

The M53 Motorway (Southern Terminal Roundabout Section) Scheme 1988
Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 122. The M53 Motorway (Southern Terminal Roundabout Section) Scheme 1988

The M53 Motorway (Bidston Moss Viaduct)(50 Miles per Hour Speed Limit ...
Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 2912. The M53 Motorway (Bidston Moss Viaduct)(50 Miles per Hour Speed Limit) Regulations 2006

The A41 Trunk Road (Birkenhead (Wirral) to M53 Motorway) (Detrunking ...
Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 3824. The A41 Trunk Road (Birkenhead (Wirral) to M53 Motorway) (Detrunking) Order 2001

The Motorway Archive Mid Wirral Motorway M53
Statistics for Mid Wirral Motorway M53 ... The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53 and A55 Extension to the Welsh Border Statistics and options