Manchester Road Network Map
The birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Manchester's street matrix integrates Victorian red-brick mill quarters, historic canal basins, and the modern Metrolink tram network.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Manchester
Urban Grid Pattern
Industrial Canal Grid & Radial Arterials
Estimated Road Ways
24,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
53.38, -2.35 to 53.55, -2.15
Primary Arterial Corridors
Deansgate, Market Street, Oxford Road, Mancunian Way (A57M), M60 Ring
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Manchester roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Manchester', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Manchester roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Manchester?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.