A65 road
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| Length | 70 mi (110 km) | |||
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| Southeast end |  A58atLeeds | |||
 A59(  M6) | ||||
| Northwest end |  A6atKendal | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
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TheA65[1]is a majorroadinEngland.It runs north west fromLeedsinWest YorkshireviaKirkstall,Horsforth,Yeadon,Guiseley,IlkleyandSkipton,west ofSettle,IngletonandKirkby Lonsdalebefore terminating atKendalinCumbria.
Bypasses[edit]
Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £5.5 million dual-carriagewayBurley in WharfedaleBypass opened in April 1995.
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £4 millionAddinghambypass opened in January 1991.
- The £2.8 million Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
- The north section of the £16.4 million Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of theA59.
- North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 fromBradford,there have been plans for a bypass aroundGargrave,which is where the road crosses thePennine Way.
- The 4-mile (6.4 km) £8.5 millionSettle&GiggleswickBypass opened in December 1988.
- The 1-mile (1.6 km)Claphambypass is the earliest of these bypasses.[2]The National Archiveshave a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.[3]
Road safety[edit]
The A65 betweenLong Prestonand junction 36 of theM6 motorwayhas a poor safety record, according toEuroRAPbeing listed as amedium-high risk road.This 26-mile (42 km) stretch of single carriageway road suffered 48 fatal or serious injury accidents between 2002 and 2004. The road features in the list of highest risk roads in Britain (excluding motorcycle accidents).[4]The section between Leeds and Long Preston is listed as being alow-medium risk road.[5]
Junctions (A/B roads)[edit]
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- A58Leeds Inner Ring Road (start)
- B6157Kirkstall
- A6120Horsforth
- B6152Rawdon
- A658Yeadon
- B6153Guiseley(demerge)
- A6038Guiseley(merge)
- A6038Menston(demerge)
- A660Burley in Wharfedale(merge)
- B6382Ben Rhydding(demerge)
- B6382Ilkley(merge)
- A6034 & B6160Addingham
- A6069Skipton(demerge)
- A59Skipton(merge)
- A6131Skipton(demerge)
- B6265Skipton
- A59& A629Skipton(demerge)
- B6253Hellifield(demerge)
- A682Long Preston(merge)
- B6478Long Preston(demerge)
- B6480 nearSettle(demerge)
- B6480 (merge)
- B6480Clapham(demerge)
- B6480Clapham(merge)
- B6480 Newby (demerge)
- B6255Ingleton(demerge)
- A687Ingleton(demerge)
- A683Kirkby Lonsdale(merge)
- A683Kirkby Lonsdale(demerge)
- B6254Kirkby Lonsdale(demerge)
- B6446Kirkby Lonsdale(merge)
- A6070 (merge) & A590 (demerge) nearM6Junction 36
- B6385 Crooklands (demerge)
- B6254Kendal(merge)
- A6Kendal(demerge)
- A6Kendal(demerge)
- A6Kendal(demerge)
- A684Kendal(end)
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related toA65 road (England).
- ^Google map of A65
- ^On Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map The Three Peaks 1982
- ^"Record for: West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals".The National Archives.Retrieved18 May2013.
- ^EuroRAP 2006: British ResultsArchived26 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^Collins big road atlas 2019.Glasgow: Collins Bartholomew. 2018. p. xiii.ISBN978-0-00-827268-5.
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