The M67 motorway runs for 7.6km (4.7 miles) on the east side of Manchester and forms part of the main route between Manchester and Sheffield. The eastern end opened first in 1978, bypassing the busy A57 through the town of Hyde. The western end followed with the bypass of Denton in 1981. In both cases, the bypasses run straight through the middle of the dense urban areas. To the east of Hyde, the motorway enters a more rural setting and raises up a gradient of 1:30 to an altitude of about 200m (660ft) at the terminal roundabout, offering views back over Manchester city centre from the top.
The M67 has the dubious distinction of being unfinished at either end.
At the western end, there is a stub of a flyover left unused, referred to locally as the "ski ramp". Has this been completed, the motorway would have continued along the A57 route towards city centre Manchester.
At the eastern end, there were plans for an extention to create a grand crossing of the Pennine hills to meet the M1 about 25 miles to the east, providing an alternative route to the M62. Of this, only the last few miles from Stocksbridge to the M1 has ever been constructed, although only as an improved single carriageway. Instead traffic is dumped at the end of the M67 onto the overloaded A57, which results in frequent delays, even outside of peak traffic conditions.