Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?
AFAIK, it’s because it was one of the first motorways to have 4 narrow lanes, and there were quite a few accidents at the time.
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up until a few years ago when it was widened, it used to endure big accidents nearly every friday night.
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?
IIRC some of our Rochdale drivers referred to it as “death valley” because fog could settle in the bottom fairly sudden like and it caused many pile ups. Bewick.
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?
have you seen it when its foggy ?
thats a good question id like to know that myself …
The fog dose come down realy fast and some times it can be realy bad. In the past there as been a lot of bad crash,s because of the fog.
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?
coz it`s a valley and lots of people have been killed there
what stretch is death valley???beetween which junctions??
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?
Its not actually on the 62 its on the 60
rocky 7:
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?Its not actually on the 62 its on the 60
Between J16 and J17 M60
kevmac47:
rocky 7:
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?Its not actually on the 62 its on the 60
Between J16 and J17 M60
I have known it as Death valley almost as long as it has been there, so not sure it has anything to do with death at all. The same reason why the other bit is called Windy Hill
rocky 7:
axletramp:
Does anyone know why Death Valley on the M62 is so called?Its not actually on the 62 its on the 60
it used to be the 62 until they changed the number, some of the old timers still get confused you know 