A58 (Great Britain)
A58 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 75 mi (121 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  A57  M57 at Prescot | |||
 A580
 A61 | ||||
| East end |  A168  A661 at Wetherby | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | St Helens Bolton Bury Rochdale Halifax Leeds | |||
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The A58 is a major road in Northern England running between Prescot, Merseyside and Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
Route from West to East
Its westbound start is at Prescot on the outskirts of Liverpool via Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire to the eastern terminus at Wetherby. The road goes through the following locations:
- St Helens
- Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Hindley
- Westhoughton
- Bolton
- Bury
- Heywood
- Rochdale
- Littleborough
- The Pennines
- Ripponden
- Sowerby Bridge
- Halifax
- Hipperholme
- Birkenshaw
- Drighlington
- New Farnley
- Leeds City Centre as the A58(M) motorway (part of the Leeds Inner Ring Road),
- Scarcroft
- Bardsey
- Collingham
- to its terminus at Wetherby
History
Leeds to Wetherby
The original route between Leeds and Wetherby has a dual carriageway diverting from Roundhay Road/Wetherby Road, at the old Fforde Grene junction in Harehills. It runs along the Easterly Road dual carriageway passing Oakwood and Gipton. The re-routed A58 meets its original route at Boggart Hill in Seacroft. The re-routed section was constructed in the 1930s and had a branch of the Leeds Tramway running along the central reservation until the 1950s.[1] The proposed Leeds Supertram was also to run this route.[2]
Gallery
Terminus of the road in Micklethwaite, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
A58(M), Leeds Inner Ring Road by the Leeds International Pool
A58(M), Leeds Inner Ring Road passing underneath the Nuffield Hospital
References
- ^ Buckley, Richard (2011). Leeds Trams 1871–1959. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 54. ISBN 9781840335309.
- ^ "Leeds Supertram Route Map". Railway Technology. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links
Media related to A58 (Great Britain) at Wikimedia Commons