The M621 is a loop of motorway in West Yorkshire, England that takes traffic into central Leeds between the M1 and M62 motorways.

History The first section of the M621 to open, known at the time as the 'South West Urban Motorway', extended from the M62 to junction 3 in central Leeds where it used to terminate at a roundabout which was also the terminus of the M1 motorway. This section opened in stages

First stage M62 to junction 1 opened in 1971 (this was originally numbered M65).

Second stage Junction 1 to junction 3 opened on 27 November 1973, known as Gildersome Street - Leeds.South Yorkshire Times Saturday 24 November 1973, page 1 It finished at the Beeston Interchange.Huddersfield Daily Examiner Tuesday 20 November 1973, page 8

Third stage Construction started in December 1975 by A.F. Budge of Nottinghamshire, the Leeds South West Urban Motorway and Ingram Road Distributor, costing £5.5million, , to take27 months.Retford Times Friday 6 December 1974, page 5Retford Times Friday 14 February 1975, page 13

Redesignation When the M1 was diverted away from Leeds when the 'M1 – A1 Lofthouse to Bramham' extension opened in 1999 adjustments were made to junction 3 and the Leeds section of the M1 was re-designated as M621, given junction 3 to junction 7).

Junctions {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |+M621 motorway junctions |- !scope=col|County !scope=col|Location !scope=col|mi !scope=col|km !scope=col|Junction !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="10"|West Yorkshire |Morley |0 |0 |— |  - Manchester; - Bradford; - Leeds, Birstall

|rowspan="9"|Leeds |3.2 |5.1 |1 | - Leeds ring road

|3.9 |6.2 |2 | - Leeds

|4.3 |7.0 | bgcolor="ffdddd" |2a | bgcolor="ffdddd" | - Beeston, Holbeck | bgcolor="ffdddd" |Eastbound entrance only |- |4.8 |7.8 |3 | - Leeds Centre, Beeston

|5.2 |8.4 |4 | - Leeds Centre, Hunslet

|5.6 |9.0 |5 | - Leeds Centre, Beeston

|6.3 |10.1 | bgcolor="ffdddd" |6 | bgcolor="ffdddd" |Belle Isle | bgcolor="ffdddd" |Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only |- |6.9 |11.1 |7 | - Leeds, Stourton; - Robin Hood

|8.0 |12.9 | bgcolor="ffdddd" |— | bgcolor="ffdddd" |  - London | bgcolor="ffdddd" |Northbound entrance and southbound exit only

*Ceremonial Counties Coordinate list

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References

External links

CBRD Motorway Database – M621