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{{short description|Road in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{infobox road
| country = ENG
| type = A
| route = 15
| map = [[File:A15 road map.png|200px]]
| map_custom = yes
| length_mi = 97.7
| length_ref = <ref name="Mile"/>
| direction_a = South
| direction_b = North
| terminus_a = {{Jct|country=GBR|AM|1}} near [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]]
| destinations = [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], [[Sleaford]], [[Peterborough]]
| terminus_b = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|63}} near [[Hessle]]
| history = 
| junction = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|47}} in [[Peterborough]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|52}} near [[Threekingham]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|17}} near [[Holdingham]], [[Sleaford]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|158|A|1434}} near [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|46}} near Lincoln<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|631}} at [[Caenby Corner]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|M|180|A|18}} near [[Scawby]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|180|A|18}} near [[Elsham, Lincolnshire|Elsham]]<br>
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|164|A|1105}} in [[Hessle]]
| previous_type = A
| previous_route = 14
| next_type = A
| next_route = 16
}}
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The '''A15''' is a [[Major Road Network|major road]] in [[England]]. It runs north from [[Peterborough]] via [[Market Deeping]], [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]], [[Sleaford]] and [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] along a variety of ancient, [[Roman roads in Britannia|Roman]], and [[Turnpike trust|Turnpike]] alignments before it is interrupted at its junction with the [[M180 motorway|M180]] near [[Scawby]]. The road restarts {{convert|10|mi}} east, and then continues north past [[Barton-upon-Humber]], crossing the [[Humber]] on the [[Humber Bridge]] before terminating at [[Hessle]] near [[Kingston upon Hull]].

==Driving conditions==
According to [[The Automobile Association|the AA]], the route is {{convert|95|mi|km}} long and should take 2{{fraction|1|4}} hours. Norman Cross to Bourne takes 33 minutes, Bourne to Lincoln takes 46 minutes, and Lincoln to the Humber Bridge takes 54 minutes.

A section of the A15 (between [[Scampton]] and the [[M180 motorway|M180]]) provides the longest stretch of straight road in the UK.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Freestone|first1=Nigel|title=Ultimate British Roads and Motorways Quiz Book : 200 Questions on Road and Motorway History|date=2013|publisher=Andrews UK|isbn=9781909949805|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hucker|first1=Richard Adrian|title=How Did the Romans Achieve Straight Roads?|url=https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2009/papers/hs01/hs01_hucker_3471.pdf|website=Fig.net|access-date=14 June 2016|page=1}}</ref>

==Route==

===Peterborough===
{{main article|Road transport in Peterborough}}
[[File:London Road Towards Fletton - geograph.org.uk - 976670.jpg|thumb|left|London Road looking north under the A1139 at [[Fletton]]]] [[File:A15 Queensgate (Dec 2012).jpg|thumb|left|The A15 dual carriageway at [[Queensgate shopping centre, United Kingdom|Queensgate Shopping Centre]]]]
[[File:A15 Peterborough (City Centre) Dec 2012.jpg|thumb|left|The A15 dual carrigeway in the city centre.]]
The A15 is Peterborough's main connecting road from the south to the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]], joining<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/885179 |title=Cycle Route|work=OS grid TL1690|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> near [[Stilton]], at [[Norman Cross Prison|Norman Cross]]. It begins as ''London Road'' at junction<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/885202 |title=Brick Patterns, Norman Cross|work=OS grid TL1590|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> 16 of the A1(M) with the B1043 (former A1) in [[Cambridgeshire]] and the district of [[North West Cambridgeshire]]. From here to [[Yaxley, Cambridgeshire|Yaxley]], it passes the ''Norman Cross Hotel''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/885173 |title=Norman Cross Hotel|work=OS grid TL1590|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> and follows<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/379714 |title=London Road Yaxley|work=OS grid TL1792|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the City of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire boundary, where there is a junction with the B1091 (for [[Farcet]]).

It enters the City of Peterborough near [[Hampton, Peterborough|Hampton Vale]] on the left and meets the A1260 ''The Serpentine'', which leads to two much faster routes around Peterborough. Next is a roundabout for the Cygnet Park business park on the left, home of the new headquarters of [[News International]]. It enters [[Old Fletton]] near the headquarters of [[Hotpoint]] to the left. A staggered junction with the A1129 crosses the [[East Coast Main Line]]. It passes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/83410 |title=London Road, Peterborough|work=OS grid TL1997|publisher=Geograph project |date=23 November 2005 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]] on the right in [[New Fletton]]. It meets the start of the [[A605 road|A605]] at a roundabout and crosses the [[River Nene]].

[[File:15 Meets 47 - geograph.org.uk - 322311.jpg|thumb|The [[A47 road|A47]] junction near [[Dogsthorpe, Peterborough|Dogsthorpe]] ]]
The A15 takes two routes through Peterborough:
* The route on the west side begins as ''Bourges Boulevard''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/465153 |title=Covered footbridge across Bourges Boulevard|work=OS grid TL1898|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> at [[Peterborough Combined Court Centre]], meets the A1179 (former A47), passes the [[Peterborough railway station]] and meets three roundabouts near [[Millfield, Peterborough|Millfield]] and [[New England, Peterborough|New England]]. It follows the East Coast Main Line and becomes ''Lincoln Road'' and ''Werrington Parkway''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/672644 |title=Pedestrian crossing|work=OS grid TF1504|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> after the A47 [[Grade separation|GSJ]]. It passes four roundabouts, crossing the [[Peterborough to Lincoln Line]].
* The route on the east side starts at the ''[[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]]'' roundabout<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/354159 |title=Eye roundabout, Peterborough|work=OS grid TF2101|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> with the A1139 at [[Newark, Peterborough|Newark]], then follows the dual-carriageway ''Paston Parkway'', which meets<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/322311 |title=15 Meets 47|work=OS grid TF2002|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the A47. It continues as a dual-carriageway (opened in spring 2008) at the next roundabout at [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]]. It follows the [[Car Dyke]] and then meets another roundabout at Werrington before becoming a single-carriageway and crossing the Spalding railway between [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] and [[Glinton, Cambridgeshire|Glinton]].

[[File:Pedestrian crossing - geograph.org.uk - 672644.jpg|thumb|Approaching the [[Glinton, Cambridgeshire|Glinton]] bypass from the south]]
Both routes head through [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] (passing either side) before joining again at [[Glinton, Cambridgeshire|Glinton]] with the roundabout with the B1443. There is another roundabout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/162377 |title=Glinton Bypass|work=OS grid TF1405|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> with the B1443 (for [[Helpston]]). It passes [[Etton, Cambridgeshire|Etton]]. It meets a roundabout with the B1524<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/442601 |title=The B1524, Lincoln Road|work=OS grid TF1408|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> (the former route through Market Deeping), B1162 (for [[Northborough, Cambridgeshire|Northborough]] to the right) and an exit for [[Maxey, Cambridgeshire|Maxey]] to the right.

===Kesteven===
Just south of the ''Welland Gate'' roundabout on the [[A1175 road|A1175]] and B1166, it crosses the [[River Welland]] so entering [[South Kesteven]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. The roundabout marks the western end of the £7&nbsp;million {{convert|4|mi|adj=on}} [[Market Deeping]] bypass, finished on Wednesday 15 July 1998;<ref>''Lincolnshire Free Press'' Tuesday 21 July 1998, page 20</ref> construction began on Thursday 20 March 1997.<ref>''Lincolnshire Free Press'' Tuesday 25 March 1997, page 5</ref> The official opening was at 11.40am on Wednesday 5 August 1998,<ref>''Lincolnshire Free Press'' Tuesday 4 August 1998, page 2</ref><ref>''Lincolnshire Free Press'' Tuesday 11 August 1998, page 25</ref> built by [[Mowlem|John Mowlem]].<ref>''Lincolnshire Free Press'' Tuesday 25 February 1997, page 38</ref><ref>[https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/news/lincolnshire-bypass-win-for-mowlem-13-03-1997/ Construction News Mowlem]</ref>

The A15 and A1175 roads are now merged in a {{convert|1|mi|adj=on}} dual-carriageway stretch. It meets the B1524 (former route) at a roundabout and heads to the left as ''Peterborough Road''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/453491 |title=becoming |publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> ''Bourne Road'' and ''Deeping Road''.

[[File:The A15 Peterborough Road, Langtoft, Lincs - geograph.org.uk - 453491.jpg|thumb|Entering [[Langtoft, Lincolnshire|Langtoft]] from the south]]
North of [[Baston]] is the Waterside Garden Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.begardenhappy.com/watersidegardencentre |title=Garden Centre Peterborough &#124; Waterside Garden Centre |publisher=BeGardenHappy | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> close to where it meets the north-south [[Roman roads in Britain|Roman Road]] [[King Street (Roman road)|King Street]], which it follows until just north of Bourne. It goes over the [[River Glen, Lincolnshire|River Glen]] at the point it is crossed by the [[Macmillan Way]], at [[Kate's Bridge]].

There is a left turn for [[Obthorpe]] and it goes through [[Thurlby by Bourne|Thurlby]], passing the ''Horseshoe''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehorseshoethurlby.co.uk |title=About us |publisher=Thehorseshoethurlby.co.uk | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> pub, then [[Northorpe, South Kesteven|Northorpe]], before coming to the small town of [[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]]. It meets the recently diverted [[A151 road|A151]] at a new roundabout (the A151 leaves to the right {{convert|100|m|yd|order=flip}} further on), where the road becomes ''South Road''. It passes [[Bourne Grammar School]], then after some treacherous bends near [[Bourne Abbey]] becomes ''South Street'', with the town's Heritage centre<ref>{{cite web|title=Baldock's Mill|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/149927|publisher=Geograph project|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> and war memorial gardens on the left by the [[Bourne Eau]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bourne Eau and memorial gardens|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/404360|publisher=Geograph project|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> At the crossroads in the centre of town it crosses the B1193 (original route of the A151) in the historic market place(<small>{{coord|52|46.0920|N|0|22.6320|W|region:GB|display=inline|format=dms|name=Bourne, Lincolnshire cross roads}}</small>), where are located the ''Nags Head'', ''Angel Hotel'', ''Burghley Arms''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/burghleyarms.htm |title=The Burghley Arms, Bourne |access-date=3 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711032415/http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/burghleyarms.htm |archive-date=11 July 2007 }} </ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bourne town centre|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/96987|publisher=Geograph Project|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> As ''North Street'', it passes the Burghley Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/burghleycentre.htm |title=The Burghley Centre, Bourne |publisher=Rex Needle |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620051758/http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/burghleycentre.htm |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> (shops), and Bourne Bus Station. At the two miniature roundabouts, the name changes to North Road, which it keeps until it reaches Morton.

[[File:Robin Hood and Little John - geograph.org.uk - 275210.jpg|thumb|''Robin Hood and Little John'' at [[Aslackby]]]]
Just outside Bourne, at <small>{{coord|52.79975|-0.41525|display=inline|name=Junction of King Street & Mareham Lane Roman roads}}</small>, the route of (Roman) King Street heads off across the fields to [[Stainfield]] and [[Ancaster, Lincolnshire|Ancaster]] but the A15 continues north along the line of another Roman road, [[Mareham Lane]]. It passes close to [[Dyke, Lincolnshire|Dyke]], and goes through [[Morton and Hanthorpe|Morton]] as ''Bourne Road'', passing the ''Lord Nelson''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pub-explorer.com/olpg/the-lordnelson/morton/index.htm |title=The Lord Nelson, Morton |publisher=Pub-explorer.com |date=14 April 2003 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> pub. It becomes ''Folkingham Road''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/312149and |title=Looking towards Bourne on the A15|work=OS grid TF0926|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> there is a right turn for [[Haconby]] and a junction with the B1177 (for [[Billingborough]]). Close by are [[Rippingale]] and [[Kirkby Underwood]]. Between Rippingale and [[Aslackby]], a wooded lay-by known locally as 'Turnpike Bar' marks the deviation from the line of the [[Roman roads in Britain|Roman Road]] [[Mareham Lane]]<small>{{coord|52.84591|-0.3895|display=inline|format=dms|name=southern end of Mareham Lane Roman road}}</small>. The A15 passes by [[Aslackby]] and the ''Robin Hood and Little John'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/275210 |title=Robin Hood and Little John|work=OS grid TF0830|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> and then through the middle of [[Folkingham]], with a sharp turn to the east at the top by the Greyhound.<ref>{{cite web|title=A15, Folkingham|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2505160|publisher=Geograph project|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Approach to Holdingham Roundabout on the A15 - geograph.org.uk - 1073672.jpg|thumb|left|Sleaford Bypass looking north to Holdingham]]
There is the [[Threekingham Bar]] roundabout<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/360104 |title=Osbournby Roundabout|work=OS grid TF0736|publisher=Geograph project |date=10 March 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> with the east-west [[A52 road|A52]], and it goes through [[Osbournby]], as ''London Road'' the primary school].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osbournby.lincs.sch.uk |title=Osbournby Primary School |publisher=Osbournby.lincs.sch.uk | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> It passes the ''Tally Ho Inn''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetallyhoinn.com |title=Fine Pub Food in Sleaford, Lincolnshire |publisher=The Tally Ho Inn |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625054532/http://thetallyhoinn.com/ |archive-date=25 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Tally-Ho Inn|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2805324|publisher=Geograph project|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref> near [[Aswarby]], then there are left turns for [[Aunsby]] and [[Aswarby and Swarby|Swarby]]. [[Sleaford]] and Silk Willoughby<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/360524 |title=Silk Willoughby - must be better than this?|work=OS grid TF0442|publisher=Geograph project |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> were on the A15, which slowed traffic down as the traffic went across a [[level crossing]] and through Sleaford's shopping area. The £5.7 million bypass was built by Morrison Shand, started in July 1992, to take 18 months, but was opened<ref>''Lincolnshire Echo'' Wednesday 14 July 1993, page 3</ref>  on Thursday 16 September 1993 by [[Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham|Douglas Hogg]], where there is a roundabout with the A153 and B1517. The A15 crosses the railway<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/122470 |title=Road Bridge Over Railway|work=OS grid TF0545|publisher=Geograph project |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> and [[River Slea]], and then leaves the bypass at the ''Holdingham Roundabout'' with the [[A17 road (Great Britain)|A17]] and B1518 (former route).

[[File:Approach to Holdingham Roundabout on the B1518 - geograph.org.uk - 1136107.jpg|thumb|Approaching the Holdingham Roundabout from the former route]]
As ''Lincoln Road'', it goes close to [[Leasingham]] meeting the B1209. There is a junction<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/384168 |title=for |publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> [[Cranwell]] with the B1429. It meets the B1191 (for [[Scopwick]]), B1202 (for [[Boothby Graffoe]] to the west and [[Metheringham]] to the east) next to the former [[RAF Coleby Grange]], and B1178 (for [[Harmston]]), where it passes [[Dunston Pillar]]. At [[Nocton]] Heath, it passes the ''Kitchen''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/490205 |title=The Kitchen|work=OS grid TF0160|publisher=Geograph project |date=9 July 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> cafe.<ref>[http://www.thekitchenatnoctonheath.co.uk Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320212735/http://www.thekitchenatnoctonheath.co.uk/ |date=20 March 2012 }}</ref> On the route to Lincoln, it goes near to two RAF bases – [[RAF Digby]], which is used for communications rather than as a flying station, and across the end<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/419932 |title=A15 passes Waddington airfield|work=OS grid SK9964|publisher=Geograph project |date=1 May 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> of the runway of [[RAF Waddington]], which flies [[E-3 Sentry|AWACS]] and [[Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod|Nimrod]] aircraft. A parking place and cafe are provided for plane spotters on the eastern side of the road.

[[File:On guard - geograph.org.uk - 687930.jpg|thumb|left|Vulcan XM607 by the side of the A15 at [[RAF Waddington]] which took part in [[Operation Black Buck]] ]]
Next<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/687930 |title=On guard|work=OS grid SK9965|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> to the runway at Waddington is an old [[Avro Vulcan|Vulcan]], carrying the number of the plane that bombed [[Port Stanley]].

South of [[Bracebridge Heath]], the A15 heads east around the city using the A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass, a {{convert|7.5|km|order=flip}} single carriageway opened on 19 December 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lincoln Eastern Bypass|url=https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/major-projects/lincoln-eastern-bypass|access-date=7 January 2021|website=Lincolnshire County Council}}</ref> The route is designed to allow for easy widening to a dual carriageway if necessary in the future. The bypass has three roundabouts, two bridges, and one underpass before reaching the [[River Witham]]. The road crosses over the river on a viaduct before entering Lincoln for a short distance before entering Lindsey.

===Lindsey===
[[File:Ermine Street - geograph.org.uk - 275160.jpg|thumb|left|North of Lincoln near [[Riseholme]]]]
[[File:The A15, Barton-upon-Humber - geograph.org.uk - 696210.jpg|thumb|left|The Humber Bridge looking north]]
[[File:RAF Scampton front the air.jpeg|thumb|right|The A15 at its 1950s curvature east of [[Ermine Street]] around RAF Scampton, seen in March 2016]]

The bypass continues north, entering [[West Lindsey]], before meeting the Greetwell Road roundabout and then terminating at the Wragby Road roundabout.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lincoln Eastern Bypass|url=https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/major-projects/lincoln-eastern-bypass|access-date=7 January 2021|website=Lincolnshire County Council}}</ref> The A15 then runs unbroken northwestwards to the ''Riseholme'' roundabout, where it briefly re-enters the City of Lincoln, then follows<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/275160 |title=Ermine Street|work=OS grid SK9776|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the [[Roman road]] [[Ermine Street]] past the [[Riseholme College]] of Agriculture on the right, now part of the [[University of Lincoln]], and [[Lincolnshire Showground]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk |title=Lincolnshire Events Centre &#124; Lincolnshire Showground &#124; Events Centre |publisher=Lincolnshire Showground |date=18 January 2013 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> to the left.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89223 |title=Entrance to Lincolnshire Showground from the A15|work=OS grid SK9777|publisher=Geograph project |date=10 December 2005 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> At the end of a {{convert|40|mph}} section is the ''Tillbridge Lane'' roundabout<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/89224 |title=Commercial Buildings at the A1500 A15 junction|work=OS grid SK9778|publisher=Geograph project |date=10 December 2005 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> with the A1500, for [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]]. From here, it used to be straight, but with [[RAF Scampton]] becoming a base for [[Avro Vulcan]] [[V bomber]]s in the 1950s, the runway had to be extended, and the road now has a curved diversion to the east. The {{Convert|2.5|mi|abbr=on}} Scampton diversion began on 20 June 1956, to be finished in early 1957; construction was started by Councillor W.&nbsp; H. Mackinder of Lindsey County Council;<ref>''Retford News'' Friday 6 July 1956, page 13</ref> the diversion was opened at noon on Monday 28 January 1957,<ref>''Lincolnshire Echo'' Monday 28 January 1957, page 1</ref> being built by Laing.<ref>''Times'' Wednesday 9 July 1958, page 13</ref> The formerly straight line still forms the border of many [[Strip parish|strip parishes]] in the area, such as between Scampton and Welton, whose borders were first put in place based on Ermine Street. It passes the Scampton primary school<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pollyplatt.lincs.sch.uk |title=Home |publisher=Pollyplatt.lincs.sch.uk | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> and continues<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/416347 |title=Ermine Street|work=OS grid SK9685|publisher=Geograph project |date=28 April 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> past a right turn to [[Normanby by Spital]], on its most straight section, also the parish boundary of many local villages. At the roundabout with the [[A631 road|A631]] at [[Caenby Corner]], there is the [[TotalEnergies|Total]] ''Caenby Corner Garage'' just south of [[Spital-in-the-Street]]. Overtaking is difficult as the road, although straight, is undulating with unmarked dips and slow-moving farm traffic. There are two right turns for [[Bishop Norton]] and [[Atterby]]. There is a right turn for [[Snitterby]] and a left turn for [[Blyborough]]. At the B1205 staggered crossroads<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/142584 |title=B1205 junction with the A15|work=OS grid SK9696|publisher=Geograph project |date=26 March 2006 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> (for [[Waddingham]] to the east, and [[Grayingham]] to the west), it enters [[North Lincolnshire]].

[[File:A15 near Scawby - geograph.org.uk - 234368.jpg|thumb|Looking north near [[Scawby]]]]
[[File:Start of the M180 - geograph.org.uk - 849005.jpg|thumb|A15/[[M180 motorway|M180]]/[[A180 road (England)|A180]] Barnetby Top Interchange]]
[[File:A15 exit to Barton-Upon-Humber - geograph.org.uk - 39932.jpg|thumb|Looking north to the A1077 intersection]]
At the B1206 crossroads, the old route used to go through [[Hibaldstow]] and [[Brigg]], with the former road to [[Redbourne]] now a cycle route. It passes close to [[Kirton in Lindsey]], home of [[RAF Kirton in Lindsey]] much used in the [[Second World War]] as a [[Battle of Britain airfields|fighter airfield]] in [[No. 12 Group RAF|12 Group]], now home to the Trent Valley Gliding Club. [[Hibaldstow]] was a wartime fighter airfield<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/hibaldstow.html |title=The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Hibaldstow |publisher=Wartimememories.co.uk |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206173253/http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/hibaldstow.html |archive-date=6 December 2013 }}</ref> as well, and this is now used as a base for parachuting and parachuting competitions by [[Target Skysports]]. The {{convert|5|mi|adj=on}} £7&nbsp;million Brigg and Redbourne bypass<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/326757 |title=A15 north towards the M180|work=OS grid SK9698|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> was added in December 1989 which follows<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/583632 |title=Lay-by on the A15 west of Hibaldstow|work=OS grid SE9503|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the old [[Ermine Street]] in [[North Lincolnshire]] further than previously, with a much flatter, wider and safer road. This section was the upgraded route of an unclassified road. It crosses the [[Sheffield to Lincoln Line|Sheffield to Cleethorpes railway line]] near the deserted village of [[Gainsthorpe]], passes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/234368 |title=A15 near Scawby|work=OS grid SE9505|publisher=Geograph project |date=6 September 2006 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> near to [[Scawby]], and joining<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/327474 |title=M180 west towards junction 4|work=OS grid SE9606|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the [[M180 motorway|M180]] at junction 4, near [[Scunthorpe]]. It abandons the Roman alignments at a short spur to the A18 at the ''Briggate Lodge Roundabout'' next to the Forest Pines<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qhotels.co.uk/hotels/forest-pines-near-brigg.aspx |title=Hotels in North Lincolnshire - Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort |publisher=QHotels | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> golf club and hotel at [[Broughton, Lincolnshire|Broughton]]. Ermine Street continues north as the B1207, meeting the Humber near [[Winteringham]].

The route of the A15 now becomes part of the three-laned M180, which was opened on 2 September 1977. The A15 section along Ermine Street was planned to be opened simultaneously, but it had to wait twelve years. Traffic buildup to Grimsby prompted calls for the Brigg bypass for many years, but the [[Flixborough disaster|Flixborough explosion]] of 1974 made it more of an emergency. This section goes under the [[A18 road (Great Britain)|A18]], over the [[River Ancholme]], over the old route of the A15 (B1206), and over the South TransPennine railway. At junction 5, the A15 reforms at the dual-grade ''Barnetby Top Interchange'', which is crossed by the [[Viking Way]] and has an exit to [[Elsham, Lincolnshire|Elsham]]. It continues north as a dual carriageway, which carries about as little traffic as the M180. The M180 drops to two lanes under this roundabout and continues to [[Grimsby]] and [[Immingham]] as the A180.

The A15 towards the [[Humber Bridge]], goes directly across the runways of the former [[RAF Bomber Command]] airfield at [[RAF Elsham Wolds]] (where over 1,000 of its aircrew were killed), which is now the Elsham Wolds<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/211562 |title=Elsham Wolds - Old Hangar|work=OS grid TA0413|publisher=Geograph project |date=30 July 2006 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> Industrial Estate. The former route of the A15, pre-1978, is now called B1206,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/61208 |title=The old Barton to Brigg Turnpike road|work=OS grid TA0314|publisher=Geograph project |date=4 October 2005 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> and ends at [[New Holland, North Lincolnshire|New Holland]], where the A15 formerly connected with the [[PS Lincoln Castle|Humber Ferry]]. The £5.6&nbsp;million {{convert|6|mi|adj=on}} [[Brigg]] Bypass to [[Barton-upon-Humber]] Bypass (up to where the B1218 crosses)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/494323 |title=A15|work=OS grid TA0219|publisher=Geograph project |date=14 July 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> section opened in June 1978.

The £2&nbsp;million {{convert|1|mi|adj=on}} Barton-upon-Humber Bypass to Humber Bridge (A1077 interchange) section opened in September 1978, although some maps show this being open before the southern section to the M180. When this section opened to the GSJ with the A1077 (for [[South Ferriby]]) in 1978, there was no longer any access to the B1218. In the early 1990s, a new interchange was added with the B1206<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/39932 |title=A15 exit to Barton-Upon-Humber|work=OS grid TA0220|publisher=Geograph project |date=19 August 2005 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/51501 |title=A15|work=OS grid TA0218|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/51498 |title=A15/B1206 turn-off|work=OS grid TA0316|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/393180 |title=The Road to Barton|work=OS grid TA0315|publisher=Geograph project |date=8 April 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> (the former A15), which is crossed<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/848959 |title=Crossing the A15|work=OS grid TA0216|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> by the Viking Way, which follows the road for over a mile. The section<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/24043 |title=Humber Bridge from South|work=OS grid TA0222|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> across the [[River Humber|Humber]] was opened on 17 July 1981, by the [[Elizabeth II|Queen]], and was the world's longest single-span bridge until 1997. The tolls<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/452359 |title=Humber Bridge toll plaza|work=OS grid TA0225|publisher=Geograph project | access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> are north of the bridge. It crosses<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/403031 |title=Rail and road|work=OS grid TA0225|publisher=Geograph project |date=16 April 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> the [[A63 road|A63]] and meets a roundabout with [[A164 road|A164]] (for [[Beverley]]) and A1105, then turns left along a short section<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/541875 |title=East or west?|work=OS grid TA0126|publisher=Geograph project |date=1 September 2007 |access-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> of dual-carriageway (former A63) to end at the A63.

==Junction list==

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|location=Peterborough
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{{GBRint
|mile=4.5
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|type=concur
|mile=5.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|605|dir1=east|name1=Fletton Avenue|city1=Whittlesey|city2=Farcet|city3=Stanground|city4=Fletton}}
|notes=Only Whittlesey signed northbound; southern terminus of A605 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=5.3
|road=Oundle Road ([[A605 road|A605]] west) / Hawskbill Way
|notes=Northern terminus of A605 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|mile=6.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Thorpe Road ([[A1179 road|A1179]] west)|A|1|AM|1|to2=yes|city1=London|location2=[[Northern England|The North]]}}
|notes=Information signed northbound only; eastern terminus of A1179
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{{GBRint
|mile=7.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|47|road|Soke Parkway|A|15|A|605|A|1|to3=yes|city1=Leicester|city2=Wisbech|city3=Sleaford|city4=Northampton|location5=[[Northern England|The North]]|city6=London}}
|notes=To A15 and Sleaford signed northbound only, To A605, A1, Northampton, The North, and London southbound only; A47 west junction 18; access to A47 west and from A47 east via Soke Parkway
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Glinton, Cambridgeshire
|mile=10.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|15|road|Lincoln Road (B1443)|A|47|dir1=south|to2=yes|city1=Wisbech|city2=Glinton, Cambridgeshire|city3=Peakirk|city4=Peterborough}}
|notes=Peakirk signed northbound only, A15 and Peterborough southbound only
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|type=concur
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|cspan=18
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|lspan=2t
|mile=14.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1175|B|1525|B|1166|dir1=south-west|name2=Stamford Road|to3=yes|location1=[[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]|city2=Market Deeping|city3=West Deeping|city4=Tallington|city5=Deeping St James|city6=Crowland}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A1175 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=15.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|1175|B|1524|A|16|dir1=north-east|name2=Peterborough Road|to3=yes|location1=[[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]|location2=[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]|city3=Market Deeping}}
|notes=To A16 signed southbound only; northern terminus of A1175 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Bourne, Lincolnshire|Bourne]]
|lspan=2
|mile=20.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|151|A|1|A|6121|B|1176|dir1=west|name1=Raymond Mays Way|to2=yes|city1=Grantham|location2=[[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A151 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=21.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|151|dir1=east|name1=Cherry Holt Road|location1=[[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]}}
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{{GBRint
|location=none
|mile=32.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|52|A|16|to2=yes|city1=Grantham|location2=[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]|location3=[[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]]}}
|notes=
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|location=Sleaford
|lspan=2
|mile=38.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|153|B|1517|dir1=south-west|name2=Grantham Road|city1=Grantham|city2=Sleaford|city3=South Rauceby|city4=North Rauceby|location5=[[Wilsford, Lincolnshire|Wilsford]]|location6=[[Ancaster, Lincolnshire|Ancaster]]|location7=[[Quarrington, Lincolnshire|Quarrington]]}}
|notes=North-eastern terminus of A153
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=39.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|17|B|1518|A|1|name2=Lincoln Road|to3=yes|location1=[[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]]|city2=King's Lynn|city3=Skegness|city4=Sleaford|location5=[[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]]}}
|notes=Boston signed northbound only
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{{GBRint
|location=Bracebridge Heath
|mile=52.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|607|name1=Sleaford Road|location1=[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]|city2=Grantham|city3=Bracebridge Heath|city4=RAF Waddington}}
|notes=
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Greetwell, West Lindsey|Greetwell]]–<br>[[Nettleham]] boundary
|mile=57.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|158|A|1434|A|157|dir1=east|dir2=south-west|name1=Wragby Road East|name2=Bunkers Hill|to3=yes|city1=Skegness|location2=[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]|city3=Wragby|city4=North Greetwell}}
|notes=To A157 signed southbound only; western terminus of A158; north-eastern terminus of A1434
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Nettleham
|mile=58.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|46|road|Lincoln Road|dir1=north-east|city1=Grimsby|location2=[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]|city3=Nettleham|city4=Market Rasen}}
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|notes=Only A46 and Lincoln signed southbound; northern terminus of A46 concurrency
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{{GBRint
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|mile=62.1
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|notes=To A156 signed southbound only; eastern terminus of A1500
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{{GBRint
|location=Caenby Corner
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|notes=Cleethorpes and Glentworth signed northbound only
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|location_special=[[Thornton Curtis]]–<br>[[Bonby]] boundary
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{{GBRint
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==Improvements==
{{Update|part=section|date=June 2022}}
Holdingham Roundabout (A15 – A17) will be signalised in Spring 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schubert|first=Chris|title=Sleaford highway improvements|url=https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/major-projects/sleaford-highway-improvements|access-date=14 November 2020|website=Lincolnshire County Council}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ermine Street]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/f99/15.shtml The Society for All British Road Enthusiasts' article on A15]

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