A65 road
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox road The A65<ref>Google map of A65</ref> is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in West Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, west of Settle, Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.
Bypasses
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Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
- The Template:Convert £5.5 million dual-carriageway Burley in Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
- The Template:Convert £4 million Addingham bypass 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 the A59.
- North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
- The Template:Convert £8.5 million Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.
- The Template:Convert Clapham bypass is the earliest of these bypasses.<ref>On Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map The Three Peaks 1982</ref> The National Archives have a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Road safety
The A65 between Long Preston and junction 36 of the M6 motorway has a poor safety record, according to EuroRAP being listed as a medium-high risk road. This Template:Convert 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).<ref>EuroRAP 2006: British Results </ref> The section between Leeds and Long Preston is listed as being a low-medium risk road.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Junction list
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