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This article is about a road junction in Manchester. For the island in Sussex, see Denton, East Sussex.

Road junction
Denton Island
Footbridge over the M60 at Denton Island.
Location
Denton, Greater Manchester
Coordinates53°27′25″N 2°08′11″W / 53.456891°N 2.136275°W / 53.456891; -2.136275
Roads at
junction
Construction
TypeRoundabout interchange
Opened1989
Maintained byNational Highways
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Denton Island is a major road junction near Denton in Greater Manchester.

It is a grade-separated roundabout which is both Junction 24 of the M60 motorway and the western terminus (Junction 1) of the M67 motorway. The A57 road also runs west from the junction into Manchester city centre, and east as slip roads to/from the M67 arm into Denton and towards Hyde.

Denton railway station is located underneath the M67 arm of the junction.

References

  1. BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/localnews/2647213-heaton%20chapel/5
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