Work on the final ten mile section, which runs from the north to the east of Greater Manchester, was completed in 2000 and the route passes through eight of the ten Greater Manchester boroughs.
Mr Atkinson said he came up with idea for the calendar while sat in traffic.
“There’s a lot of tradition in Britain about stupid calendars,” he said.
“Council tips abandoned mattresses, roundabouts, car parks so I thought well I’ll give it a go,” he said.
He has also created a calendar dedicated to electricity pylons across Britain which he described as a “much overlooked but ever-present feature of our landscape”.
