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That's right, it just carved through the land, including former childhood haunts like the 'Flat Lanes' and 'Seven Sisters' a great source for newts and sticklebacks. M53 kicked that into touch
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I remember being told that there was a plan to build a new road up the middle of the Wirral after the war. There used to be a (normal-sized)roundabout on Woodchurch Road where the M53 interchange is now that I was told was part of this plan. The roundabout had no other exits than on Woodchurch Road.
The Old Maps site shows it on 1954 six inch - 1 mile and 1955 25"-1 mile maps.
I was also told that a girder bridge over the Welsh Road at Sealand was also part of this plan.
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Interestingly the M53 is one of the few motorways that didn't follow or 'upgrade' an existing road, like the A1/M1, A6/M6, A56/M56 etc. - there was no road running down the centre of Wirral in the same orientation as the M53..... It doesn't even follow the track of the A53 which runs to the east of M6 - nowhere near M53.
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