M55 motorway meet junction 4, where the motorway ends and becomes the A5230. The western part of the M55, and the first few hundred metres of the A5230, occupy the route of the old Blackpool Branch railway line. The first motorway constructed in Great Britain was the M6 Preston Bypass, opened in 1958. This ran from the current M6 junction 29 to the M55 junction 1. It was built as a two-lane route. In 1965 the M6 was extended north from what is the current day junction 32 to meet the Lancaster Bypass, and the M6 junction was rebuilt to its current
Orton, Eden Orton, Eden Orton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies south of Penrith, Cumbria, from Appleby-in-Westmorland and from the M6 motorway, near to the Lake District. It is set at the foot of Orton Scar in the upper Lune Valley. Just a few miles over the Scar is the Eden valley. Historically it was part of the county of Westmorland but is now in the Eden District of Cumbria. Orton Scar is renowned for its beautiful limestone pavements and also the views. From its summit you can see Blackpool Tower on a clear day, the A66