time of its opening the Manchester Evening News referred to it as the "highway in the sky". The scheme cost was £5.5million (£million in today's figures). Extension as the A635(M) In 1992, the westbound junction was rebuilt to replace a temporary flyover, whereby the A56 passed over a roundabout where the A57(M) originally ended. At the same time, a new flyover was built at the eastern end, over the A6, but was legally designated as the A635(M) in 1995. Oddities Just before the junction with the A34 is an unfinished slip road (stub) that ends 20 feet in the air, although development next to Mancuian Way has meant much of the stub was demolished in October 2018. The last ½ mile (0.80 km) of the Mancunian Way in the east is part of the A635, the A57 heading south east from the same junction as the A6, though it states A57(M) on the signage as one enters westbound. Department for Transport documentation states differently, so officially the Mancunian Way consists of two motorways, the A57(M) and the A635(M). Part of the easternmost non-motorway section of Mancunian Way collapsed into a 40 ft (12 m) sinkhole on 14 August 2015, after almost half a month's worth of rain fell in parts of Manchester in just six hours. The closure caused significant congestion on the remaining part of Mancunian Way and other nearby roads. It fully reopened on 15 June 2016 after 10 months of repair work. Cultural references The 2006 Take That album Beautiful World includes a track entitled "Mancunian Way", which is about the city of Manchester and the local vicinity and notable events. The group was formed in Manchester and three of the five original members are from the Greater Manchester area. Junctions Note: motorway has no junction numbers See also List of motorways in the United Kingdom References Further reading "The Mancunian Way – Manchester's Prestressed Concrete Elevated Roadway". Concrete Quarterly (72) January–March 1967. (Detailed construction information). External links Mancunian Way Manchester Archives+ CBRD Motorway Database – A57(M) CBRD Videos M602 / A57(M) Pathetic Motorways – A57(M) The Motorway Archive – A57(M) 5-0057 5-0057 5-0057 Buildings and structures in Manchester History of Manchester