Editing Lancashire (section)

===Roadways===
[[File:M6 motorway near Carnforth.jpg|thumb|right|The M6 near [[Carnforth]]]]
The Lancashire economy relies strongly on the [[M6 motorway]] which runs from north to south, past Lancaster and Preston. The [[M55 motorway|M55]] connects Preston to Blackpool and is 11.5 miles (18.3 km) long. The [[M65 motorway]] from [[Colne]], connects Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn to Preston. The [[M61 motorway|M61]] from Preston via [[Chorley]] and the [[M66 motorway|M66]] starting {{convert|500|m|mi|1}} inside the county boundary near [[Edenfield]], provide links between Lancashire and Manchester, and the trans-Pennine [[M62 motorway|M62]]. The [[M58 motorway|M58]] crosses the southernmost part of the county from the M6 near Wigan to Liverpool via [[Skelmersdale]].

Other major roads include the east–west [[A59 road|A59]] between Liverpool in Merseyside and [[Skipton]] in North Yorkshire via Ormskirk, Preston and Clitheroe, and the connecting [[A565 road|A565]] to [[Southport]]; the [[A56 road|A56]] from [[Ramsbottom]] to [[Padiham]] via [[Haslingden]] and from Colne to Skipton; the [[A585 road|A585]] from [[Kirkham, Lancashire|Kirkham]] to [[Fleetwood]]; the [[A666 road|A666]] from the A59 north of Blackburn to Bolton via [[Darwen]]; and the A683 from [[Heysham]] to [[Kirkby Lonsdale]] via Lancaster.

Several bus companies run [[bus|bus services]] in the Lancashire area serving the main towns and villages in the county with some services running to neighbouring areas, [[Cumbria]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[Merseyside]] and [[West Yorkshire]]. Some of these include: 
* [[Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire]]
* [[Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire]]
* [[Bee Network]]
* [[Transdev Blazefield]]
* [[Preston Bus]]