Editing Liverpool (section)

====Roads====
[[File:Queensway Tunnel (3).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Liverpool city centre]] entrance to the [[Queensway tunnel]] under the [[River Mersey]]]]
The city sits at the centre of a much larger metropolitan area. The city's suburbs run contiguously into the neighbouring boroughs defined by the ONS as the [[Liverpool Built-up Area]]. The wider City Region and Merseyside in general is densely urbanised and divided by several motorways and major roads. The city is served by a network [[List of motorways in the United Kingdom|motorways]]. The three motorways in closest proximity are the [[M58 motorway|M58]] to the north, and [[M62 motorway|M62]] and [[M57 motorway|M57]] to the east.

To the north, the [[M58 motorway]] runs 12 miles and provides links to the neighbouring counties of [[Lancashire]] and [[Greater Manchester]], finally joining with the M6 west of Wigan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M58|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m58|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230011/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m58|url-status=live}}</ref>

To the east, the M62 runs across the north of England, ultimately connecting Liverpool with [[Kingston-upon-Hull|Hull]] on the opposite coast, and along the route with several large cities including [[Manchester]], [[Leeds]] and [[Bradford]]. The M62 also provides a connection to both the [[M6 motorway|M6]] and [[M1 motorway]]s, providing indirect links to more distant areas including [[Birmingham]], London, [[Nottingham]], [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and [[Sheffield]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M6|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m6|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230012/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M62|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m62|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230011/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m62|url-status=live}}</ref>

To the east, but running north-south, the [[M57 motorway|M57]] acts as a 10-mile ring road for the city itself and links the M62 and M58 motorways, as well as the [[A580 road|A580 East Lancashire Road]] providing a link directly to the [[A5300]] that links to the bridges that cross the Mersey to the south of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M57 and A5300|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m57|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230012/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m57|url-status=live}}</ref>

To the south, Liverpool is connected to [[Widnes]] and [[Warrington]] via the [[A562 road|A562]] and [[A5300]] and across the [[River Mersey]] to [[Runcorn]] in [[Cheshire]], via the [[Silver Jubilee Bridge|Silver Jubilee]] and [[Mersey Gateway]] bridges. The [[M56 motorway]] then provides routes into parts of the neighbouring counties, with connections to the Wirral and North Wales, and a direct route to [[Manchester Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M56|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m56|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230011/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m56|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Kingsway Tunnel|Kingsway]] and [[Queensway Tunnel]]s connect Liverpool with the settlements on the [[Wirral Peninsula]] across the Mersey to the west, including [[Birkenhead]], and [[Wallasey]]. The [[A41 road]] and [[M53 motorway]], which both begin in Birkenhead, link to Cheshire and [[Shropshire]] and via the [[A55 road|A55]], to [[North Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Motorway Database: M53|url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m53|access-date=4 October 2023|website=roads.org.uk|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008230013/https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m53|url-status=live}}</ref>