M621 motorway
| M621 motorway in the UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operator: | Highways Agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start of the street: | M62 motorway , exit (junction) 27, at Gildersome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End of street: | Rothwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall length: | 12.4 km (7.7 mi ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The M621 from Middleton Road Bridge (photo 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The M621 motorway ( English for highway M621 ) is a 12.4 km long approximately semicircular running motorway in England , by the motorway M62 and the M1 motorway from access to the center of the city of Leeds taught. The western branch to Junction 3 was opened in 1971 and 1973, the eastern branch arose from the rededication of part of the M1 in 1999.