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{{More citations needed|date=August 2025}}{{Short description|Road in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
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| country = GBR
| type = A
| route = 49
| map = [[File:A49 road map.png|200px]]
| map_custom = yes
| length_mi = 146.5
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{jct|country=GBR|A|40|name1= }} at [[Ross-on-Wye]]
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=GBR|A|6|name1= }} near [[Bamber Bridge]]
| junction = {{jct|country=GBR|A|5}} near [[Shrewsbury]]<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|M|56}} near [[Stretton, Warrington|Stretton]]<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|M|62}} near [[Winwick, Cheshire|Winwick]]<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|M|6|A|580}} near [[Newton-le-Willows]]
| counties = [[Herefordshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[Cheshire]], [[Merseyside]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[Lancashire]]
| destinations = [[Hereford]]<br />[[Leominster]]<br />[[Shrewsbury]]<br />[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]<br />[[Warrington]]<br />[[Wigan]]
|previous_type  = A
|next_type      = A
|previous_route = 48
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}}

The '''A49''' is an [[A roads in Great Britain|A road]] in western [[England]], which traverses the [[Welsh Marches]] region.  It runs north from [[Ross-on-Wye]] in [[Herefordshire]] via [[Hereford]], [[Leominster]], [[Ludlow]], [[Shrewsbury]] and [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]], then continues through central [[Cheshire]] to [[Warrington]] and [[Wigan]] before terminating at its junction with the [[A6 road (Great Britain)|A6 road]] just south of [[Bamber Bridge]], near the junction of the [[M6 motorway|M6]], [[M65 motorway|M65]] and [[M61 motorway]]s.

As is hinted at by the way the place name of ''Stretton'' recurs along its route, its central part follows Iter XII of the Roman [[Antonine Itinerary]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iter XII |url=https://roadsofromanbritain.org/iter12.html |access-date=August 28, 2025 |website=roadsofromanbritain.org}}</ref>

The stretch between Ross-on-Wye and the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] at Shrewsbury is a [[trunk road]], maintained by [[National Highways]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title=[Withdrawn] Roads managed by Highways England |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/roads-managed-by-highways-england |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>

==Route==
===Lancashire===
[[File:A49 spur, Winwick - geograph.org.uk - 28900.jpg|left|thumb|The A49 spur to the M6 near Warrington and Winwick.]]
From the A6 at [[Bamber Bridge]], south of [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], the road runs parallel to the M6 motorway, through Leyland towards [[Wigan]]. Through [[Ashton-in-Makerfield]] and [[Newton-le-Willows]], reaching [[Warrington]] via [[Winwick, Cheshire|Winwick]]. In June 2020, a new section of the A49 opened forming part of a link between Wigan town centre and junction 25 on the M6, the section it replaced being renumbered B5386.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Westwood-Park/Westwood-Park.aspx | title = A49 link road | website = [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]] | access-date = 28 June 2020 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200628073651/https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Westwood-Park/Westwood-Park.aspx | archive-date = 28 June 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Roadschemes/M58-and-A49-Map.pdf | title = M58 and A49 map | date = 5 March 2020 | website = [[Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]] | access-date = 28 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200628072947/https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Resident/Parking-Roads-Travel/Roadschemes/M58-and-A49-Map.pdf | archive-date = 28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wigantoday.net/business/consumer/wigans-new-link-road-has-opened-2896017 | title = Wigan's new link road has opened | last = Graham | first = Charles | date = 26 June 2020 | website = [[Wigan Today]] | access-date = 28 June 2020 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20200628074010/https://www.wigantoday.net/business/consumer/wigans-new-link-road-has-opened-2896017 | archive-date = 28 June 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Cheshire===
[[File:Owens Corner - geograph.org.uk - 64138.jpg|thumb|left|Owens Corner south of Warrington]]
From junction 9 of the [[M62 motorway|M62]], there is a dual-carriageway through Warrington, as far as Loushers Lane (With the exception of a brief stretch northbound after meeting the [[A57 road (England)|A57]] and another northbound before meeting the [[A5060]] which has one lane reserved for buses during peak hours.).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/1+Loushers+Ln,+Warrington+WA4+6RX/@53.3919417,-2.5871598,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487b021a6c46bb19:0xd0e7054ca5d4b03a?hl=en|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> During this section, it passes under the [[Liverpool to Manchester Line]] railway (southern route), then has the ''Cockhedge Green'' roundabout with the [[A57 road|A57]] and passes to the east and south of the town centre of Warrington. (Its original north–south route through the town centre is now partly pedestrianised.)
[[File:Acton Bridge - Acton Swing Bridge.jpg|thumb|left|[[Acton swing bridge|Acton Swing Bridge]] ]]
It passes over a roundabout with the A5061 situated on the [[River Mersey]], then goes past [[Priestley College]]. It passes over the [[Manchester Ship Canal]], Cheshire Ring Canal Walk and [[Bridgewater Canal]]. At Pewterspear there is the ''Owens Corner'' roundabout. The road has crossroads with the B5356 at [[Stretton, Warrington|Stretton]] and meets the A559 at junction 10 of the [[M56 motorway|M56]]. The road enters [[Cheshire West And Chester]]. There is crossroads with the A533 and the road crosses the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk and [[Trent & Mersey Canal]] before crossing the [[Acton swing bridge]] over the Weaver Navigation.

[[File:A49(T) taken from a bridge on B5153 - geograph.org.uk - 17766.jpg|thumb|left|Weaverham Diversion]]
The {{Convert | 3 | mi | adj = on}} £6 million [[Weaverham]] Diversion (near [[Northwich]]) opened in September 1992. The old route is now the B5144, passing near [[Weaverham High School]]. The road passes over the [[West Coast Main Line]] railway after the ''Weaverham Roundabout''. The section from Weaverham to [[Cuddington, Eddisbury|Cuddington]] is a new much-straightened section. At Bryn, north of Cuddington, it passes the former [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/17719 site] of [[Lactalis]]-[[Nestlé]] that made Ski and [[Munch Bunch]] [[yoghurt]]s, closing in 2007 with production moving to central Europe, having made yoghurt since 1968. In Cuddington it crosses the [[Mid-Cheshire Line]] near [[Cuddington railway station]]. There is the ''Oakmere Crossroads'' with the A556 (a [[Roman road]]) south of [[Cuddington, Vale Royal|Cuddington]], before the road crosses the [[Whitegate Way]].  It then crosses the [[A54 road|A54]] near Abbots Moss Hall, and the road passes through Cotebrook, near [[Little Budworth]] Country Park.

[[File:The Red Fox - geograph.org.uk - 126141.jpg|thumb|left|The Red Fox]]
The {{Convert | 2 | mi | adj = on}} £3.8 million [[Tarporley]] [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2057312 Bypass] opened in September 1986. The [[A51 road|A51]] overlaps the A49. [[Tarporley Community High School]] is near here. The road leaves the A51 to the west at ''Four Lane Ends'' near the ''Red Fox''. The road travels over the [[Shropshire Union Canal]] and under the [[Welsh Marches Line]] railway (to [[Hereford]]) south of [[Tiverton, Cheshire|Tiverton]]. It crosses over the [[River Gowy]] north of [[Bunbury, Cheshire|Bunbury]] next to the ''[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2060289 Beeston Castle]'' (named after the real [[Beeston Castle]] to the west).

The road briefly overlaps the A534 ''Wrexham Road'' from the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058520 junction] at [[Ridley, Cheshire|Ridley]] and crosses over the [[River Weaver]]. At [[Cholmondeley, Cheshire|Cholmondeley]] there is [[Cholmondeley Castle]]. At the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058583 crossroads] of ''Bickerton Road'' (for the castle) and ''Wrenbury Road'', there is the ''[http://www.cholmondeleyarms.co.uk Cholmondeley Arms]''. Moving from the parishes of [[Cholmondeley, Cheshire|Cholmondeley]] to [[Bickley, Cheshire|Bickley]] east of Moss Wood, it also moves back into [[Cheshire West and Chester]]. It crosses the Shropshire Union Canal ([[Llangollen Canal]]) again at [[Tushingham cum Grindley]], where it crosses into [[Marbury cum Quoisley]] and back into [[Cheshire East]]. The road enters into [[Shropshire]] and is [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1230306 crossed] by the [[South Cheshire Way]] near [[Hinton, Shropshire|Hinton]].

===Shropshire===
The Whitchurch bypass begins with a roundabout with the B5476, the old route through the town. The {{Convert | 3 | mi | adj = on}} £13.7m [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]] Bypass (also part of the [[A41 road (Great Britain)|A41]]) opened in July 1992. It passes near [[Sir John Talbot's School|Sir John Talbot's Technology College]] (on the A525), then crosses over the railway and also overlaps the [[A525 road|A525]] ([[Newcastle-under-Lyme]] to [[Rhyl]]). At the end of the bypass, the road overlaps as a dual-carriageway for {{Convert | 2 + 1/2 | mi }} with the A41, then leaves the A41 at a roundabout near Prees Heath, near the former [[Tilstock Airfield|RAF Tilstock]] airfield. It follows a [[Roman roads in Britain|Roman road]] southwards.

[[File:Hadnall - geograph.org.uk - 4743.jpg|thumb|right|Hadnall]]
The {{Convert | 2 | mi | adj = on}} £1.3m [[Prees, Shropshire|Prees]] Bypass opened in August 1988. There is a staggered crossroads with the B5065, then the road passes over the [[River Roden, Shropshire|River Roden]]. [[RAF Shawbury]] is {{Convert | 1 + 1/2 | mi }} to the east, then the road passes over the Shropshire Way and through [[Hadnall]], passing the ''[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1036687 New Inn]''. The [[Welsh Marches Line]] follows to the west. The Shrewsbury bypass starts at the ''Battlefield Roundabout'' (near scene of [[Battle of Shrewsbury]]) with the A53 and A5124, near a [[Travelodge UK|Travelodge]]. There is a roundabout with the B5062. The bypass travels [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/984829 over] the [[River Severn]] and under the railway and overlaps the A5 from the ''Preston Island'' [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1036639 roundabout]. Shrewsbury was bypassed when the £64m east-west [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] bypass was built in August 1992.

[[File:The Compasses Inn, Bayston Hill - geograph.org.uk - 409858.jpg|thumb|left|The Compasses Inn]]
The route [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2247654 leaves] the A5 at the ''Bayston Hill Roundabout'' on the south of the bypass, with the A5112 heading into Shrewsbury. It goes through [[Bayston Hill]], passing the ''Compasses Inn''. It passes near [[Lyth Hill Local Nature Reserve|Lyth Hill Country Park]], following the [[Welsh Marches Line]] (until Woofferton). It crosses the [[Cound Brook]] near the ''[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1881067 Bridge Inn]''before passing through [[Dorrington, Shropshire|Dorrington]], with ''The Horseshoes'' and over the railway. Through [[Leebotwood]] it passes ''The Pound''.

The road passes through the Stretton Gap on an alignment that was constructed in the late 1930s. Several stretches of the road follow the route of one of the Roman Roads later called [[Watling Street]]. The upgraded [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873349 route] bypasses [[All Stretton]], [[Church Stretton]] and [[Little Stretton, Shropshire|Little Stretton]]. The original route is the [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/13355 B5477] (former B4370) to the west. At a crossroads near [[Church Stretton railway station]], the road meets the B4371. Further south it meets the B4370  (west) at [[Marshbrook]]. At [[Upper Affcot]] it passes the ''White House''. The road meets the [[A489 road|A489]] at [[Wistanstow]]. At [[Craven Arms]], there is the [[Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre]], and it meets the east-west B4368. At [[Onibury]], there is a [[level crossing]], one of only a few on trunk roads in England. The section from Shrewsbury to Ludlow is prone to crashes.

At [[Bromfield, Shropshire|Bromfield]], the road meets the [[A4113 road|A4113]], and crosses the [[River Onny]]. Near the B4365 junction the road is crossed by the [[Shropshire Way]]. The {{Convert | 3 | mi | adj = on}} £4m [[Ludlow]] Bypass opened in the summer of 1979. The bypass passes over then under the railway, then over the [[River Teme]]. The former route of the A49 is the B4361. After the bypass, the road passes over the railway. At [[Woofferton]], there is a T-junction with the [[A456 road|A456]], and a staggered junction with the [[B4362 road|B4362]]. Woofferton has a large radio transmitting station (the [[Woofferton transmitting station]]) with a [[Mediumwave]] transmitter for [[BBC Hereford and Worcester]].

===Herefordshire===
[[File:Wye bridges.jpg|thumb|right|Greyfriars bridge over the River Wye in Hereford.]]
The road enters [[Herefordshire]]. The {{Convert | 1 | mi | adj = on}} £1.4 million [[Brimfield, Herefordshire|Brimfield]] Bypass opened in March 1983. South of [[Ashton, Herefordshire|Ashton]] the road passes through the [[Capability Brown]] parkland of [[Berrington Hall]]. The {{Convert | 4 | mi | adj = on}} £9m [[Leominster]] Bypass opened in November 1988. At the southern end of the Leominster Bypass the A49 passes the Cadbury's [[Marlbrook, Herefordshire|Marlbrook]] [[chocolate]] factory. Shortly after, the A417 route to [[Gloucester]] begins at a junction shortly before the A49 makes its way up [[Dinmore Hill]] past [[Queen's Wood Country Park]]. The south bound carriageway is 2-lane up the hill and the north bound carriageway is 2-lane heading up the other side of the hill. This can be a common section for accidents and skid-offs.

The road then swings towards [[Wellington, Herefordshire|Wellington]] with a short section of dual-carriageway. The A49 then reaches [[Hereford]], the only major destination on the road without a bypass. The road passes right through the city centre, causing serious congestion on both the north and south sides of the [[River Wye]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} The dual-carriageway Greyfriars bridge over the Wye opened in 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.macearchive.org/films/midlands-news-19011967-greyfriars-bridge-opened | title = Midlands News: 19.01.1967: Greyfriars Bridge Opened | website = Media Archive for Central England | access-date = 12 April 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161010184838/http://www.macearchive.org/archive.html?Title=1490 | archive-date = 10 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The A49 meets the A438 at the ''Edgar Street Roundabout''. The road then swings south-eastwards out of Hereford, meeting the A465 at the ''[[Belmont Rural|Belmont]] Roundabout''. At [[Ross-on-Wye]] the road ends, joining the A40 and B4260 at the ''Wilton Roundabout''.

==History of the road number==
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[[File:UffingtonShropshire.JPG|thumb|left|The A49 bridges the [[River Severn]] outside [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]], forming part of the town's bypass with the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]]. The village of [[Uffington, Shropshire|Uffington]] is located in the foreground.]]
The original (1923) route of the A49 was [[Ross-on-Wye]] to [[Bamber Bridge]] (near [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]), but there have been some changes in its course.  The A49 used to start on the A40 at Old Pike, west of Ross, as the original route of the A40 was through [[Skenfrith]].  When the A40 was rerouted via [[Monmouth]] in 1935, the A49 was extended to Ross.

At a later date, the A49 was rerouted between [[Shrewsbury]] and [[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]].  The 1923 route was via [[Wem]], but the road now passes close to [[Prees, Shropshire|Prees]].  Much of the current route was originally the B5064.

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==Junction list==
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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|41|B|5395|dir1=northwest|name2=Chester Road|city1=Chester|location2=[[Malpas, Cheshire|Malpas]]|location3=[[Whitchurch, Shropshire|Whitchurch]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A41 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|county=Cheshire
|cspan=18
|location_special=[[Ridley, Cheshire|Ridley]]
|lspan=2
|mile=96.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|534|A|532|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=Wrexham Road|city1=Nantwich|city2=Crewe}}
|notes=To A532 signed southbound only; southern terminus of A534 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=96.2
|mile2=96.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|534|dir1=west|name1=Wrexham Road|city1=Wrexham|city2=Bulkeley|location3=[[Malpas, Cheshire|Malpas]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A534 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Tarporley]]–<br>[[Tiverton, Cheshire|Tiverton]] and<br>[[Tilstone Fearnall]]<br>boundary
|mile=100.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|51|road|Eaton Lane|M|6|A|532|dir1=southeast|to3=yes|name1=Nantwich Road|city1=Nantwich|city2=Birmingham|location3=[[Eaton, west Cheshire|Eaton]]|city4=Crewe}}
|notes=To A532 and Crewe signed southbound only; southern terminus of A51 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Tarporley
|mile=102.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|51|road|Rode Street|dir1=northwest|city1=Chester|city2=Tarvin}}
|notes=Tarvin signed northbound only; northern terminus of A51 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Delamere, Cheshire|Delamere]] and<br>[[Oakmere]]–<br>[[Little Budworth]]<br>boundary
|mile=105.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|54|A|51|to2=yes|name1=Chester Road / Middlewich Road|city1=Chester|city2=Winsford|city3=Congleton|city4=Kelsall}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Delamere, Cheshire|Delamere]] and<br>[[Oakmere]]–<br>[[Cuddington, Eddisbury|Cuddington]]<br>boundary
|mile=107.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|556|M|6|M|56|A|51|A|559|to2=yes|name1=Chester Road|city1=North Wales|city2=Chester|city3=Manchester|city4=Northwich}}
|notes=To A559 signed southbound only
}}
{{jctbridge
|location_special=[[Little Leigh]]–<br>[[Acton Bridge]]<br>boundary
|mile=111.5
|mile2=111.6
|bridge=[[Acton swing bridge]] over [[River Weaver]]
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Dutton, Cheshire|Dutton]]
|mile=112.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|533|A|562|to2=yes|name1=Runcorn Road / Northwich Road|city1=Runcorn|location2=[[Dutton, Cheshire|Dutton]]|city3=Liverpool|city4=Northwich|location5=[[Barnton, Cheshire|Barnton]]}}
|notes=To A562 and Liverpool signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Stretton, Warrington|Stretton]]
|mile=115.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|56|M|6|to2=yes|city1=Chester|city2=Birmingham|city3=North Wales|city4=Runcorn}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|559|dir1=south|name1=Northwich Road|city1=Northwich}}
|notes=North Wales and Runcorn signed southbound only; northern terminus of A559; M56 junction 10
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Stockton Heath
|mile=118.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|56|A|533|to2=yes|name1=Walton Road / Grappenhall Road|location1=[[Walton, Cheshire|Walton]]|city2=Lymm|city3=Runcorn}}
|notes=To A533 and Runcorn signed southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Warrington
|lspan=5
|mile=119.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Chester Road ([[A5060 road|A5060]] south)|location1=[[Walton, Cheshire|Walton]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A5060
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=119.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5061|M|6|A|537|A|562|to2=yes|name1=Wilson Patten Street / Knutsford Road|city1=Liverpool|city2=Widnes|city3=Macclesfield|city4=Birmingham}}
|notes=Only A5061, Liverpool and Macclesfield signed southbound
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=120.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|57|M|6|M|62|to2=yes|name1=Midland Way / Manchester Road|city1=Liverpool|city2=Irlam|city3=Birmingham|location4=[[Woolston, Cheshire|Woolston]]}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=121.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Long Lane ([[A50 road|A50]] southeast) / Hawley's Lane|location1=[[Birchwood, Cheshire|Birchwood]]|location2=[[Orford, Cheshire|Orford]]|location3=[[Dallam, Warrington|Dallam]]}}
|notes=Northwestern terminus of A50
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=121.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|574|road|Sandy Lane West|A|562|dir1=south|to2=yes|name1=Cromwell Avenue|city1=Widnes|location2=[[Westbrook, Cheshire|Westbrook]]|location3=[[Orford, Cheshire|Orford]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A574
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Winwick, Cheshire|Winwick]]
|lspan=3
|mile=122.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|62|city1=Liverpool|city2=Manchester|city3=Birmingham}}
|notes=M62 junction 9
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=122.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Winwick Link Road|M|6|A|572|to2=yes|location1=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|city2=Wigan|location3=[[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]|city4=Birmingham}}
|notes=Wigan signed northbound only, To A572 and Birmingham southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=123.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|573|dir1=north|name1=Golborne Road|city1=Golborne}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A573
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|county=Merseyside
|cspan=4
|location=Newton-le-Willows
|lspan=4
|mile=124.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|572|dir1=east|name1=Southworth Road|location1=[[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A572 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=125.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|572|dir1=west|name1=Crow Lane East|location1=[[St. Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]|city2=Earlestown}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A572 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=126.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|6|M|62|to2=yes|city1=Birmingham|city2=Warrington|location3=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|city4=Wigan}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|580|A|58|A|570|A|579|to2=yes|name1=East Lancashire Road|city1=Liverpool|city2=Manchester|location3=[[St. Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]|city4=Southport|location5=[[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]}}
|notes=To A58, A570, St. Helens and Southport signed northbound only; To A579 and Leigh southbound only; M6 junction 23
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=126.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|599|dir1=west|name1=Penny Lane|city1=Haydock}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A599
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Greater Manchester
|cspan=8
|location=Ashton-in-Makerfield
|lspan=2
|mile=127.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|58|M|6|A|580|to2=yes|dir2=north|name1=Liverpool Road / Gerard Street|location1=[[St. Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]|location2=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|city3=Liverpool|city4=Bolton}}
|notes=Preston signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=127.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Wigan Road ([[A5062 road|A5062]] east)|A|58|to2=yes|city1=Bolton}}
|notes=Information signed southbound only; western terminus of A5062
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Wigan
|lspan=4
|mile=129.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|6|dir1=south|location1=[[Southern England|The South]]|city2=Birmingham|city3=Warrington|location4=[[St. Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]}}
|notes=The South signed northbound only, Birmingham southbound only; M6 north junction 25
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=132.5
|mile2=132.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|577|A|571|dir1=west|to2=yes|name1=Caroline Street|city1=Skelmersdale|location2=[[St. Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A577 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=132.7
|mile2=132.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Darlington Street ([[A577 road|A577]] east)|A|573|A|58|M|61|location1=[[Wigan|Town centre]]|city1=Golborne|city2=Bolton|city3=Manchester}}
|notes=Town centre signed southbound only, other information northbound only; eastern terminus of A577 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=133.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|573|road|Crompton Street|dir1=south|name1=School Lane|city1=Golborne|location2=[[Abram, Greater Manchester|Abram]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A573
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Standish, Greater Manchester|Standish]]
|lspan=2
|mile=135.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5106|B|5239|dir1=north|to2=yes|name1=Chorley Road|city1=Chorley|city2=Aspull|location3=[[Haigh, Greater Manchester|Haigh]]}}
|notes=To B5239, Aspull and Haigh signed southbound only; southern terminus of A5106
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=136.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5209|M|6|dir1=west|name1=School Lane|location1=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|city2=Parbold|city3=Wrightington|city4=Ormskirk}}
|notes=Preston signed northbound only, Ormskirk southbound only; eastern terminus of A5209
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|county=Lancashire
|cspan=4
|location=Euxton
|lspan=2
|mile=142.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|581|A|565|dir1=west|to2=yes|name1=Dawber's Lane|city1=Croston|city2=Southport}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A581 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=142.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|581|M|61|dir1=east|to2=yes|name1=Balshaw Lane|city1=Chorley|location2=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]}}
|notes=Preston signed northbound only; northern terminus of A581 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Clayton-le-Woods]]–<br>[[Cuerden]]<br>boundary
|mile=145.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5083|A|582|dir1=north|to2=yes|name1=Lydiate Lane|city1=Farington|city2=Blackpool}}
|notes=A5083 and Farington signed southbound only, To A582 and Blackpool northbound only; southern terminus of A5083
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Farington]]–<br>[[South Ribble]]<br>boundary
|mile=146.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6|M|6|M|61|M|65|A|583|to2=yes|name1=Lostock Lane|location1=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|city2=Blackpool|city3=Chorley}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|B|6258|city1=Bamber Bridge}}
|notes=Northern terminus; road continues as B6258 beyond intersection
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* BBC News [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/3814643.stm Enquiry into A49 safety.]
* [http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A49 Sabre Roads]

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