Motorway fork sign

A blue sign with a diagram showing a branch off the road ahead and the following text.

Forward destinations: Preston; Penrith.

Exit destinations: Carlisle; A7; Workington; A689.

Junction number: 44.

This was, until 2008, the northern end of the M6. The rest of it - from here to the M1 at Rugby - was fully open to traffic by 1972. It had been built in its entirety in just 14 years.

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