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The M62 motorway is a 107-mile (172 km) west-east trans-Pennine route in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull while passing through major cities such as Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.

Construction of the motorway took place in stages from the early 1960s to 1976, tackling difficult terrain such as peat bogs and the Pennines, with the total cost adjusted for inflation being around £765 million.

It reaches the highest elevation of any motorway in England at 1,221 feet (372 m) near Windy Hill and has unique elements such as Stott Hall Farm, an 18th-century building preserved between carriageways to prevent demolition.