The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_By-pass" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Preston By-pass">Preston By-pass</a>, the UK's first stretch of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorway" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Motorway">motorway</a>, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6_motorway" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="M6 motorway">M6</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M55_motorway" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="M55 motorway">M55</a> motorways.)