General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I can think of a few reasons why that idea wasn't adopted, but in the late 1980s early 90s the route 225 proposals, which nearly got that road built, there were five route proposals to extend the M6 from Orrell to Westhoughton, they were the Pink, Black, Green, Blue and Yellow routes, and the Pink route proposal did go from the end of the slip road, at the Top Island Marus Bridge, Junction 25.