Editing North West England (section)

====Cheshire====
In Cheshire, there are four motorways: the M6, the M56 (linking Chester to the east), the M53 (linking Chester to [[Birkenhead]]) and the M62, which runs just along the county's northern border with Merseyside and Greater Manchester. The Cheshire road system is made up of {{cvt|3417|mi|km}} of highway and the principal road (M6) carries 140,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshire.police.uk/showcontent.php?pageid=76 |title=Road Policing |publisher=Cheshire Police Web Site |access-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230217/http://www.cheshire.police.uk/showcontent.php?pageid=76 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> vehicles in the county daily, linking the North West to the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]].

The county town of Chester is served by the [[A55 road|A55]], [[A483 road|A483]] and A494 roads, amongst others. To the west of the M6, [[Crewe]], [[Northwich]] and [[Sandbach]] are served by the [[A54 road|A54]], [[A51 road|A51]], [[A49 road|A49]], A533, A556 and A530 roads; these all eventually link up connecting the towns to the larger cities, including [[Stoke-on-Trent]] to the south. To the east of the M6 in Cheshire lies the [[Peak District]] and towns such as [[Macclesfield]] and [[Congleton]], which are served by the [[A6 road (Great Britain)|A6]], A537, A536, [[A34 road (Great Britain)|A34]], A523 and A566 roads.