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Hi David, The reason that The M6 doesn`t pass close to Preston town centre is because when it was built, it was called `The Preston By-Pass`. It was the very first stretch of motorway to be built in Britain and was two lanes either way, running from The Tickled Trout to Bamber Bridge. I well remember driving along it on the very first day it opened to to `see what it was like`.
As a matter of interest we DO have the only ringroad in Britain that doesn`t go around the town and indeed ends in the centre. So Ringway is a contradiction in terms!