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{{short description|Road in Northern England}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{infobox road
|country=     GBR
|type=        A
|route=       59
|map=         A59 route.png
|map_notes=   Route of the A59 road across Northern England
|length_mi=   110.2
|length_ref=  <ref name="Seg1"/><ref name="Seg2"/>
|image=        A59 - geograph.org.uk - 1201079.jpg
|image_notes=  A dual-carriageway stretch of A59 near Clitheroe
|direction_a=  West
|direction_b=  East
|terminus_a=   {{Jct|country=GBR|M|53}} in [[Wallasey]]<br />{{coord|53.40951|-2.98276}}
|destinations= [[Liverpool]]<br />[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]<br />[[Clitheroe]]<br />[[Skipton]]<br />[[Harrogate]]<br />[[York]]
|terminus_b=   {{Jct|country=GBR|A|1036}} in [[York]]<br />{{coord|53.9541|-1.0938}}
|maint=        <br />[[Lancashire County Council]]<br />[[Liverpool City Council]]<br />[[North Yorkshire Council]]<br />[[Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council]]<br />[[York City Council]]
|history=      1936 (designated the A59)
|junction=     {{Unbulleted list|{{jct|country=GBR|M|57|dab1=Great Britain}} in [[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]]|{{jct|country=GBR|M|58|dab1=Great Britain}} in Sefton|{{jct|country=GBR|A|6}} in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]|{{jct|country=GBR|M|6|dab1=Great Britain}} near Preston|{{jct|country=GBR|A|56}} in [[Broughton, west North Yorkshire|Broughton]]|{{jct|country=GBR|A|65}} near [[Skipton]]|{{jct|country=GBR|A|61}} in [[Harrogate]]|{{jct|country=GBR|AM|1|dab1=Great Britain}} in [[Hopperton]]}}
|counties       = [[Merseyside]]<br>[[Lancashire]]<br>[[North Yorkshire]]
|previous_type  = A
|next_type      = A
|previous_route = 58
|next_route     = 60
}}

The '''A59''' is a major road in England which is around {{convert|109|miles}} long and runs from [[Wallasey]], [[Merseyside]] to [[York]], [[North Yorkshire]]. The alignment formed part of the [[Trunk Roads Act 1936]], being then designated as the A59. It is a key route connecting Merseyside at the [[M53 motorway]] to Yorkshire, passing through three [[British counties|counties]] and connecting to various major motorways. The road is a combination of historical routes combined with contemporary roads and a mixture of dual and single carriageway. Some sections of the A59 in Yorkshire closely follow the routes of [[Roman road]]s, some dating back to the [[Middle Ages]] as [[salt road]]s, whilst much of the A59 in Merseyside follows [[Victorian era|Victorian]] routes which are largely unchanged to the present day.

Numerous [[Bypass (road)|bypasses]] have been constructed throughout the 20th century, one of the earliest being the Maghull bypass in the early 1930s, particularly where traffic through towns was congested. Portions of the route through Lancashire were proposed to be upgraded to motorway standard during the mid-20th century, latterly being downgraded to significant improvements then ultimately withdrawn from consideration. Sections of the road have previously been noted as being amongst the most dangerous in the country, particularly in Yorkshire, despite continued efforts to improve road safety.

==Route==
===Merseyside===
The A59 starts in [[Wallasey]] at the northern end of the [[M53 motorway]] and heading through the [[Kingsway Tunnel]]. In the centre of Liverpool, a separate {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} spur heads north from the roundabout junction at the entrance of the [[Queensway Tunnel]], joining the main route at [[Scotland Road]] in Vauxhall. It continues north through [[Kirkdale, Merseyside|Kirkdale]] and [[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]], passing [[Aintree Racecourse]] and Ormskirk Road (forming the boundary between [[Aintree]] and [[Netherton, Merseyside|Netherton]]), before reaching [[Switch Island]] junction where it meets the [[A5036 road|A5036]], [[M57 motorway]] and the [[M58 motorway]]. From Switch Island, the A59 travels through [[Maghull]] and [[Lydiate]], into Lancashire through [[Aughton, West Lancashire|Aughton]] and thence to [[Ormskirk]], roughly parallel to the [[Merseyrail Northern Line]] path.

===Lancashire===
At Ormskirk, it reverts from a dual to single carriageway on an old bypass. The road follows through [[Burscough]] and [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]], despite a bypass being considered for this section in the early 1980s,<ref name="burscough_bypass_1981">{{hansard |url=1981/dec/15/burscough-bypass |title=Burscough (Bypass) Proposal 1981 |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> before reaching the [[A565 road|A565]] at [[Tarleton]]. The road continues over the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] and [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]] through to [[Longton, Lancashire|Longton]] (and [[Hutton, Lancashire|Hutton]]) [[Bypass route|bypass]], where it returns to dual carriageway. Passing [[Lancashire Police]] HQ, the road bypasses [[Penwortham]] and continues across the [[River Ribble]] into [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], by-passing the city centre via Ring Way, where the [[A583 road|A583]] from [[Blackpool]] converges. It briefly merges with the [[A6 road (England)|A6]] before heading East and meeting the [[M6 motorway|M6]] at junction 31, after which the road splits into two separate carriageways until it meets the [[A677 road (Great Britain)|A677]] for [[Blackburn]].

The A59 continues through Myerscough Smithy then runs around the perimeter of [[Samlesbury Aerodrome]] (a [[British Aerospace]] installation). At Longsight Road, it passes through [[Salesbury]] until meeting [[A666 road|A666]], at which point it bypasses [[Billington, Lancashire|Billington]], [[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]] then [[Clitheroe]], [[Chatburn]] and the village of [[Sawley, Lancashire|Sawley]] before reaching [[Gisburn]].

===Yorkshire===<!-- This section is linked from [[Battle of Marston Moor]] -->
[[File:A59 road, The Long Causeway - geograph.org.uk - 441011.jpg|thumb|left|The Long Causeway]]
From [[Horton, Lancashire|Horton]] it enters [[North Yorkshire]] and goes through [[West Marton|West]] and [[East Marton]] before meeting the [[A56 road|A56]], after which the road passes [[Broughton, Craven|Broughton]]. Past Broughton, the road meets the [[Skipton]] bypass at its western end, where it overlaps the [[A65 road|A65]] on its route between [[Kendal]] and [[Leeds]], de-merging with the A65 further to the east. The road continues over the [[Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway]] through a roundabout junction with the [[List of B roads in Great Britain|B6160]] before rising up [[Beamsley]] hill. At the top of the hill, the road crosses into the [[Harrogate (borough)|Harrogate district]], at which points there is a long narrow, twisting descent, known as Kex Gill, that leads to [[Blubberhouses]] village.

[[File:Looking west along A59 - geograph.org.uk - 1004362.jpg|thumb|right|A stretch of A59 between Skipton and Harrogate]]
The A59 then runs along the head of [[Fewston Reservoir]] and follows the route of a Roman road past the '[[Radome|golf balls]]' at [[Menwith Hill]], an [[RAF]] station. As Skipton Road, the A59 then declines towards [[Harrogate]] passing [[Kettlesing]]. Reaching Harrogate as Skipton Road, it meets the [[A61 road|A61]] Ripon Road for Ripon, Harrogate town centre and Leeds, before continuing through the suburbs of the town as Skipton Road. This section of the A59 is widely considered to be one of the busiest roads in North Yorkshire. Part of this section travels across [[The Stray (Harrogate)|the Stray]], an act-protected tract of grassy land which horseshoes around the town centre. The A59 then turns left at the Empress Roundabout, which is itself on the Stray, towards the suburb of [[Starbeck]], although traffic travelling towards York is directed onto the [[A661 road|A661]] Wetherby Road to utilise the A658 Harrogate and Knaresborough Southern Bypass. The A59, however, continues to travel through Starbeck as Knaresborough Road and later High Street, then heads east to [[Knaresborough]], passing through the town centre before heading towards York as York Road.

The remainder of the route is comparatively flat. From Knaresborough, the A59 meets up with York-directed traffic from Harrogate on the A658, and skirts to the north of [[Goldsborough, Harrogate|Goldsborough]] towards the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]]. The A59 heads towards York, travelling close to such places as [[Nun Monkton]], [[Moor Monkton]] and [[Upper Poppleton]] before crossing [[Holgate Bridge]] and finally ending just to the south of the [[York city walls|city walls]] at a zebra crossing at the junction of Bishopthorpe Road and Nunnery Lane, the A1036.

==History==
===Early history===
The A59 in Yorkshire from [[Green Hammerton]] to York follows the path of an old [[Roman roads in Britain|Roman road]] known locally as [[Watling Street]] and may in [[Medieval]] times have been used as a [[salt road]].<ref name="watling_street">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-420000-456000/page/5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318164247/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-420000-456000/page/5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2012 |title=An Ancient Way in Kettlesing |work=BBC |date=1986 |access-date=3 July 2017}}</ref> [[Excavation (archaeology)|Archaeological digging]] in 2008 showed the Roman road crossing the [[River Nidd]] on an old county bridge prior to diverging north-east of Green Hammerton, contrary to previous understanding of the route.<ref name="roman_route_2008_yorkpress">{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3717019.display/ |title=Roman settlement uncovered during work on new pipeline |work=York Press |date=1 October 2008 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> Evidence of ditches earlier than the [[Roman conquest of Britain]] were also uncovered during the archaeological dig in 2008, suggesting a road network present in the area dating back to the [[Iron Age]].<ref name="roman_route_2008_bbc">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2008/10/01/green_hammerton_dig_feature.shtml |title=Green Hammerton dig |work=York Press |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref>

===19th century===
Much of the present-day Merseyside alignment is unchanged over the last century, with the route through Liverpool to [[Switch Island]] junction in [[Aintree]] utilising existing road infrastructure from the [[Victorian era]], such as [[Scotland Road]].<ref name="merseyside_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=13&lat=53.4588&lon=-2.9581&layers=175&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Merseyside (c1900 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref> The present day alignment between Switch Island junction and [[Aughton, Lancashire]] via [[Maghull]] was non-existent prior to the 20th century, with the connecting roads being typically smaller lanes which still exist today. The A59's Ormskirk junction with the B5195 Turnpike Road is where the A59's continues along its Victorian alignment, known as ''Hollborn Hill'' before continuing through Ormskirk and West Lancashire.<ref name="maghull_aughton_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=13&lat=53.5351&lon=-2.9247&layers=175&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Maghull & Aughton (c1900 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref>
In Clitheroe district prior to the opening of the new Chatburn road in 1827<ref>Clitheroe's thousand years</ref> the main Liverpool / Skipton route ran through Clitheroe town via Whalley road and Pimlico over the limestone ridge of Chatburn Old road.<ref>1818 Greenwood map</ref> The original route in Sawley village skirted the River Ribble from Smithies bridge and may have used the relatively steep & narrow brow from near the Spread Eagle pub, alongside the [[River Ribble]], prior to today's route the A59 ran up from Southport House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/agsmario/default.aspx|title=MARIO - Maps & Related Information Online|website=Mario.lancashire.gov.uk|access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

===20th century===
The route from Liverpool to Leeds via Preston was one of many roads across the country to be designated a trunk road in the [[Trunk Roads Act 1936]], being given the designation ''A59'' and encompassing the alignment from Liverpool to Skipton.<ref name="trunkroads1936">{{cite web |url=http://origin-www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/1936/5/enacted?view=plain |title=Trunk Roads Act 1936, Chapter 5 |publisher=UK Government |date=18 December 1936 |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> The route fell within the first schedule of the act, which also included around {{convert|4460|mi|km}} of road to be trunked and designated.<ref name="trunkroads_schedule">{{cite web |url=http://www.watsonlv.net/pdf/trunk_roads.pdf |title=Trunk Roads Acts 1936 and 1949 |first=William |last=Henwood |date=12 October 2002 |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>

This century saw the vast majority of the A59's bypasses constructed, some of which were built before trunking, including a bypass of Ormskirk town centre in Lancashire, which appeared on maps from 1929 onwards as "Byepass Road" and subsequently forming the A59.<ref name="ormskirk_map_1929">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/101102741 |title=Lancashire OS six-inch, Edition of 1929, Ormskirk Division |work=National Library of Scotland |date=1929 |access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref> Numerous additional bypasses were built after the road was trunked, to realign the A59 away from routes where it may have previously travelled through busy towns and cities. One of the earliest examples is in Lancashire with the ''Longton Bypass'', which was constructed during 1956–57 at an estimated cost of £491,000 ({{inflation|UK|491000|1956|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).<ref name="millbank_longton_cost">{{hansard |url=1957/mar/14/programme |title=Longton By-Pass Estimated Cost |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> Prior to the bypass, the A59 travelled through the villages of [[Walmer Bridge]], [[Longton, Lancashire|Longton]] and [[Hutton, Lancashire|Hutton]] before being realigned to their east.<ref name="longton_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=14&lat=53.7240&lon=-2.7756&layers=10&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Longton (1937–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Old and new - geograph.org.uk - 1042793.jpg|thumb|right|Old and new courses of the A59 at Hazlewood]]
In Yorkshire at [[Beamsley]] Hill, there are two lanes east-bound (on an incline) and a single lane west-bound, some of which was improved at various points during the late 20th century, such as in [[Hazlewood, North Yorkshire|Hazlewood]], where the A59 was rerouted to become a largely straight road, bypassing the now older winding route which exists to its north-west.<ref name="hazelwood_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=53.9814&lon=-1.8601&layers=10&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Hazelwood (1937–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref> The A59 was also rerouted just to the east of the [[Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway]] during the same period, requiring construction of a new Bolton Bridge over the [[River Wharfe]], with the former alignment now forming a [[bridleway]].<ref name="boltonbridge_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=15&lat=53.9760&lon=-1.8972&layers=10&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Bolton Bridge (1937–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>

Up until the early 1970s, the start of the A59 was in the centre of Liverpool; this now forms a small spur connecting to the present day A59, which runs through the Kingsway Tunnel from its start point in Wallasey. The Birkenhead alignment of the A59 utilises a disused railway cutting to link the road up to the [[M53 motorway]].<ref name="wallasey_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=14&lat=53.4134&lon=-3.0428&layers=11&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Wallasey (1955–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="tunnelusers">{{cite web |url=http://www.tunnelusers.org.uk/history.htm |title=Mersey Tunnel Users Association – History |work=Tunnel Users |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> In Lancashire, the A59 was realigned<ref name="clitheroe_bypass_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=12&lat=53.8752&lon=-2.3783&layers=11&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Clitheroe Bypass (1955–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> during the same period in the early 1970s, to bypass the towns of [[Clitheroe]] / [[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]] plus the villages of [[Chatburn]] & [[Sawley, Lancashire|Sawley]]. The Chatburn section includes a deep limestone cutting with the [[Downham, Lancashire|Downham]] road bridge overhead. Most of it was constructed as a single-carriageway despite parliamentary concerns that it would be less safe than a dual-carriageway.<ref name="millbank_19700204">{{hansard |url=1970/feb/04/whalley-clitheroe-by-pass |house=lords |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> The Sawley brow section was 3 lanes with overtaking both ways, but following several serious accidents, is now only overtaking allowed on the uphill east-bound side. The bypass had been confirmed the year before at an estimated cost of £3.4&nbsp;million ({{inflation|UK|3400000|1969|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).<ref name="millbank_19690210">{{hansard |url=1969/feb/10/bridge-street-tadcaster-traffic-census |title=Whalley—Clitheroe By-Pass Estimated Cost |house=written |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Skipton and Knaresborough Road - geograph.org.uk - 1133358.jpg|thumb|left|The A59 (new alignment) near Bolton Bridge, approx 3 miles east of Skipton]]
The A59 stretch of the [[Skipton#Transport|Skipton Bypass]] was opened in 1981 at an estimated cost of £16.4&nbsp;million ({{inflation|UK|16400000|1981|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}),<ref name="skipton_timeline">{{cite web |url=http://www.visitoruk.com/Skipton/20th-century-T2594.html |title=Timeline History of Skipton |work=Visitor UK |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref> crossing the B6265 north of the town and providing relief to traffic congestion.<ref name="skipton_sidebyside">{{cite web |url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=14&lat=53.9667&lon=-2.0222&layers=11&right=osm |title=Side by Side Map Viewer, Skipton (1937–61 to present day) |work=National Library of Scotland |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
The A59 was upgraded to primary status during the 1990s due to its increased perceived importance as an east–west route.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} This stretch of the route was claimed in 2004 to be one of the busiest roads in North Yorkshire.<ref name="northyorkshire_bypass_appeal">{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/new-appeals-for-163-23m-bypass-1-2544844 |title=New appeals for £23m bypass |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>

Whilst now skirting to the north of [[Goldsborough, Harrogate|Goldsborough]] towards the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]], originally the route went through the village of [[Flaxby]] and onto [[Allerton Mauleverer|Allerton]], but the route now travels a restricted east–west route and meets the A1(M) at its junction 47. The road originally ended to the south of [[Green Hammerton]], with the [[A66 road|A66]] routed down from [[Boroughbridge]] and going into [[York]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==Bypass improvements==
The A59 in Yorkshire was part of North Yorkshire's 30-year transport plan in 2016, including maintenance of potholes and resurfacing works, as well as the potential construction of new routes.<ref name="nyorkshire_30yearplan">{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14245333.Big_new_transport_plan__A64___A59_could_be_improved_but_cyclists_to_lose_out/ |title=Big new transport plan: A64 & A59 could be improved but cyclists to lose out |work=York Press |date=2 February 2016 |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

Numerous sections of the route have been realigned at various stages, particularly where the previous alignment had travelled through busy villages or towns. Most have been constructed since the route was trunked and designated the A59, however some parts, such as the Maghull bypass, had been constructed prior to the [[Trunk Roads Act 1936]].

===List of A59 bypasses===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Section || Start || End || Constructed || Type || Length
|-
! Maghull Bypass<ref name="millbank_maghull_bypass">{{hansard |url=1933/mar/22/red-lion-bridge-maghull |title=Maghull Red Lion Bridge and Bypass |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>
| [[Maghull]]
| [[Lydiate]]
| 1932–1933
| Dual-carriageway
| {{convert|4|mi|km}}
|-
! Longton Bypass<ref name="millbank_longton_cost"/>
| [[Walmer Bridge]]
| [[Hutton, Lancashire|Hutton]]
| 1956–1957
| Dual-carriageway
| {{convert|2.6|mi|km}}
|-
! Clitheroe-Whalley Bypass<ref name="millbank_19690210"/>
| [[Billington, Lancashire|Billington]]
| [[Chatburn]]
| 1969–1970
| Single-carriageway
| {{convert|8.3|mi|km}}
|-
! Skipton Bypass<ref name="millbank_19791106">{{hansard |url=1979/nov/06/trunk-road-schemes |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
| [[Broughton, Craven|Broughton]]
| [[Skipton]]
| 1979–1981
| Single-carriageway
| {{convert|3|mi|km}}
|- style="background: #C9BEC3" 
! Ormskirk Bypass<ref name="millbank_19790622">{{hansard |url=1979/jun/22/ormskirk-bypass |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
| [[Bickerstaffe]]
| [[Bretherton]]
| ''Proposed 1982''
| ''Not constructed''
|
|- style="background: #C9BEC3" 
! Burscough Bypass<ref name="millbank_burscoughbypass_1982">{{hansard |url=1982/oct/27/bypass-schemes |title=Burscough Bypass |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | [[Burscough]]
| ''Proposed 1982''
| ''Not constructed''
|
|- 
! Green Hammerton Bypass<ref name="millbank_greenhammerton_bypass">{{hansard |url=1988/mar/07/transport-supplementary-grant |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | [[Green Hammerton]]
| 1988–1989
| Single-carriageway
| {{convert|1.3|mi|km}}
|-
! Mellor Brook Bypass<ref name="millbank_mellorbrook_bypass">{{hansard |url=1996/jul/24/bypasses-and-service-stations |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | [[Mellor Brook]]
| 1991–1992
| Single-carriageway
| {{convert|0.8|mi|km}}
|-
! Penwortham Bypass<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynn |first1=Iain |title=Penwortham Bypass: How it all started in 1984 |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/traffic-and-travel/penwortham-bypass-how-it-all-started-1984-664016 |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]] |publisher=National World Publishing Ltd |date=30 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellis|first1=Adrian|title=Penwortham can breathe again as millions of vehicles divert to new bypass |url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/transport/how-successful-has-penwortham-bypass-been-in-removing-traffic-from-town-centre-3506990 |access-date=23 May 2022 |work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]] |publisher=National World Publishing Ltd |date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
| [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| [[Howick Cross]]
| {{circa}}1984–2019
| Dual-carriageway
| {{convert|3.3|mi|km}}
|-
|}

===Kex Gill Bypass proposal===
{{main|Kex Gill Bypass}}
A bypass has been proposed for the Kex Gill section of road that spans from Blubberhouses to the top of Beamsley Hill. The road has been closed on many occasions since 2010 (particularly in 2016 when it was closed for 8 weeks for emergency repair work). It was closed again due to a landslip in May 2018 and local planners have stated that a new section of road should be built to the north of the current route on the other side of a very small and narrow valley.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=A59 between Skipton and Harrogate to remain closed over weekend |url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/16264946.A59_between_Skipton_and_Harrogate_to_remain_closed_over_weekend/?ref=mr&lp=14 |access-date=5 June 2018 |work=Craven Herald |date=1 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Minting |first1=Stuart |title=New route for Trans-Pennine A-road agreed |url=http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/16380075.new-route-for-trans-pennine-a-road-in-north-yorkshire-agreed/?ref=mr&lp=4 |access-date=29 July 2018 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=27 July 2018}}</ref> [[North Yorkshire County Council]] have stated that they will start to construct the £30&nbsp;million bypass in spring 2020. At the same time, they revealed that the closure and repairs bill for the section of the A59 at Kex gill was over £3&nbsp;million for the period of 2009–2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=Latest repairs to A59 at Kex Gill have cost £1.4 million says county council |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/17577560.latest-repairs-to-a59-at-kex-gill-have-cost-14-million-says-county-council/ |access-date=19 April 2019 |work=Craven Herald |date=18 April 2019}}</ref> Plans for a {{convert|2.5|mi|0|adj=on}} bypass were submitted in December 2019, with the cost expected to be around £43.7&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tate |first1=Lesley |title=Plans lodged for new section of road at Kex Gill on the A59 |url=https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/18106481.plans-lodged-new-section-road-kex-gill-a59/ |access-date=17 December 2019 |work=Craven Herald |date=17 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Motorway proposals==
[[File:UK-Motorway-M59.svg|thumb|right|Parts of the route could have become the M59 Motorway]]
A bypass road for Ormskirk and Burscough respectively was first proposed as part of James Drake's ''1949 Road Plan for Lancashire'', described as an all-purpose road but later considered to be a potential motorway by 1958 and given the designation of A59(M). By 1963, Lancashire County Council had dropped the plans for a motorway of this nature,{{cn|date=September 2024}} instead deciding to focus later efforts during the mid-1970s on proposing a scheme to improve the A59 link between Liverpool and Preston. This proposal was at the time considered to potentially become the '''M59 motorway''', with investigations into all practical options being considered,<ref name="m59_proposal_hansard">{{hansard |url=1974/jun/18/m59-preston-liverpool |title=M59 (Preston-Liverpool) Update Request |house=written |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> however the motorway was ultimately never constructed. A map published by Lancashire County Council and dated 1974 shows the suggested route of the motorway, starting at the missing [[M58 motorway]] junction 2 and continuing north-bound towards [[Blackpool]] along the alignment of the A59.<ref name="1974_m59_lancsmap">{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/MAM58_files/image007.gif |title=Lancashire County Council Historic Highways – Proposed Motorways 1974 |publisher=Lancashire County Council |access-date=17 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515141715/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/MAM58_files/image007.gif |archive-date=15 May 2011 |url-status = dead}}</ref> However, the road could still happen after the completion of the Preston Western Distributor Road (A582) in July 2023.

==Road safety==
The A59 has persistently featured in the top 10 most dangerous roads in Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20060531_UK_risk_map_results.pdf |title=How Safe Are Britain's Main Roads? | date= 2006-05-31|access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726043736/http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20060531_UK_risk_map_results.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-26| publisher = [[IAM RoadSmart|The AA Motoring Trust]]}}</ref> A report by ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in 2004 branded a section of road between the towns of Skipton and Harrogate as being "the most hazardous primary route in the nation", suggesting that the cost to implement safety measures to reduce the number of incidents could be in the region of £3&nbsp;million. [[North Yorkshire County Council]] claimed they were taking steps to reduce fatalities on the road and that accidents on the stretch in question was still too high, despite the number of accidents in 2003 being at its lowest in six years.<ref name="nyorkshire_council_response04">{{cite news |url=http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/news/council-hits-back-over-danger-road-1-2678085 |title=Countil hits back over danger road |work=Ripon Gazette |date=1 October 2004 |access-date=13 April 2017 |archive-date=13 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413235158/http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/news/council-hits-back-over-danger-road-1-2678085 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The newspaper had also reported on the lives of those who have lost loved ones on the road.<ref>{{cite news|last = Webster| first = Ben |title=Britain's most dangerous road|url-access=subscription | url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/britains-most-dangerous-road-revealed-by-aa-xgqsdfqp3m6|access-date= 3 July 2017|newspaper=[[The Times]]|publisher = [[The News International]]| location = London | issn = 0140-0460| date=15 June 2014}}</ref>

In 2008 [[EuroRAP|European Road Assessment Programme]] reported the risk of being involved in a death or disabling injury accident as being between Low-medium and Medium-high depending on the section of road travelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?search%3Dy%26map_type%3Drisk%26country%3DGB%26road%3Da59 |title=Search Results – GB A59 (Risk Rate) |access-date=2016-11-23 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726043715/http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?search=y&map_type=risk&country=GB&road=a59 |archive-date=2011-07-26| website=[[EuroRAP]] }}</ref> There were renewed calls in 2017 to improve the A59 in [[Ribble Valley]], [[Lancashire]], with MP [[Nigel Evans]] describing the A59 as a "dangerous road" whilst requesting the police carry out a full audit of accidents in an effort to tackle the problem.<ref name="ribblevalley_accidents">{{cite news |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15118940.Calls_to_reduce_number_of_crashes_on_A59_after_24_year_old_woman_seriously_injured/ |title=Calls to reduce number of crashes on A59 after 24-year-old woman seriously injured |work=Lancashire Telegraph |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=15 April 2017}}</ref> A proposal to improve safety of the road between Skipton and Harrogate, which is the only direct route between the towns, was discussed by councillors in March 2017. Numerous possible re-alignments are being considered in an effort to minimize or eradicate the impact of road closures, which has cost the council almost £1 million.<ref name="kexhill_realignment_proposal">{{cite news |url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/15143069.Fresh_support_for_bid_to_upgrade_A59_at_Kex_Gill/ |title=Fresh support for bid to upgrade A59 at Kex Gill |work=Craven Herald |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

==Junction list==
==A59==
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|lspan=2
|mile=0.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|53|dir1=south|city1=North Wales|city2=Chester}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|5139|dir1=west|noshield1=yes|city1=Birkenhead|location2=[[New Brighton, Merseyside|New Brighton]]|city3=Wallasey}}
|notes=Western terminus; northern terminus of M53
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{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=1.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5027|city1=Birkenhead|city2=Wallasey}}
|notes=Junction; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
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{{jctbridge
|location_special=[[Wallasey]]–<br>[[Liverpool]]<br>boundary
|mile=1.6
|mile2=3.2
|bridge=[[Kingsway Tunnel]] under [[River Mersey]]
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{{GBRint
|location=Liverpool
|lspan=10
|mile=3.2
|mile2=3.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|62|A|561|to1=yes|location1=[[Liverpool|City centre]]|city2=Manchester|city3=Widnes|city4=Warrington|city5=Birkenhead}}
|notes=Junction; Warrington and Birkenhead signed westbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=3.9
|road=Stanley Road ([[A567 road|A567]] north)
|notes=Some access via A5054
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=4.0
|road=Boundary Street ([[A5054 road (Great Britain)|A5054]] west)
|notes=Some access via A567
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=4.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|580|A|5050|dir1=east|to2=yes|location1=[[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]]|city2=Fazakerley}}
|notes=No access from A59 west to A580 or from A580 to A59 east; western terminus of A580
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=4.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5050|dir1=south|name1=Kirkdale Vale|location1=[[Everton, Liverpool|Everton]]}}
|notes=No access from A59 east to A5050; northern terminus of A5050
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=5.3
|road=Hale Road
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=5.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5085|M|6|M|62|A|565|A|580|to2=yes|city1=Southport|city2=Bootle|city3=Manchester|city4=Norris Green|extra=airport}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=6.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5098|A|566|dir1=west|name1=Hornby Road|to2=yes|city1=Bootle}}
|notes=To A566 signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A5098
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=6.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|566|dir1=west|name1=Orrell Lane|city1=Litherland|location2=[[Netherton, Merseyside|Netherton]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A566
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=7.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|506|dir1=north|name1=Longmoor Lane|city1=Kirkby|city2=Fazakerley|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Information signed eastbound only; southern terminus of A506
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]]
|lspan=2
|mile=9.0
|mile2=9.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|57|M|6|M|62|dir1=southeast|city1=Birmingham|city2=Manchester|city3=Kirkby|extra=airport}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|5036|A|5758|A|565|dir1=southwest|dir2=west|to3=yes|city1=Bootle|city2=Southport|city3=Formby}}
|notes=To M6, M62, A565, B'ham, M'cester, Kirkby, and Formby signed eastbound only; northwestern terminus of M57; northeastern terminus of A5036; eastern terminus of A5758
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|mile=9.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|58|M|6|dir1=east|to2=yes|city1=Skelmersdale|location2=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]}}
|notes=Junction; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western terminus of M58
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Maghull
|mile=10.5
|mile2=10.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5147|A|570|dir1=north|to2=yes|location1=[[Maghull|Town centre]]|city2=Southport|location3=[[Sefton, Merseyside|Sefton]]}}
|notes=Routes signed eastbound only; southern terminus of A5147
}}
{{GBRint
|county=Lancashire
|cspan=19
|location=Ormskirk
|mile=15.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|570|M|58|name1=Southport Road|to2=yes|city1=Southport|location2=[[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Burscough
|mile=17.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5209|M|6|dir1=east|name1=Square Lane|to2=yes|city1=Parbold|location2=[[Standish, Greater Manchester|Standish]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of A5209
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]]
|mile=21.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|581|dir1=east|name1=Croston Road|city1=Croston|city2=Chorley}}
|notes=Western terminus of A581
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Tarleton
|mile=23.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|565|road|Church Road|dir1=south|name1=Southport New Road|city1=Southport|location2=[[Holmes, Lancashire|Holmes]]|city3=Hesketh Bank|city4=Tarleton}}
|notes=Holmes signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A565
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Penwortham
|mile=30.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|582|road|Bank Top Road / Millbrook Way|M|6|M|61|M|65|A|6|dir1=east|to2=yes|location1=[[Leyland, Lancashire|Leyland]]|city2=Chorley}}
|notes=Western terminus of A582 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
|lspan=6
|mile=32.6
|mile2=32.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|582|A|583|A|584|B|6241|B|6242|dir1=west|noshield1=yes|to3=yes|city1=Blackpool|city2=Lytham St Annes|city3=Longridge}}
|notes=Junction; only To A583 and Blackpool signed westbound; eastern terminus of A582 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=33.3
|road=Corporation Street ([[A5071 road (Great Britain)|A5071]] north)
|notes=Southern terminus of A5071
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=33.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6|M|6|M|55|A|583|dir1=north|name1=North Road|to2=yes|location1=[[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]|city2=Blackpool|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Western terminus of A6 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=34.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Ribbleton Lane ([[A6063 road (Great Britain)|A6063]] north)|B|6243|city1=Longridge}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A6063
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=34.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6|dir1=south|name1=London Road|city1=Chorley}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A6 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|mile=35.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Blackpool Road ([[A5085 road|A5085]] west)|M|55|A|583|B|6243|city1=Blackpool|city2=Longridge}}
|notes=To M55 signed eastbound only, To B6243 and Longridge westbound only; eastern terminus of A5085
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Samlesbury
|lspan=2
|mile=36.3
|mile2=36.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|M|6|location1=[[Lake District|The Lakes]]|location2=[[Southern England|The South]]|city1=[[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]|city2=Blackpool|city3=Birmingham|city4=Liverpool}}
|notes=M6 junction 31
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=37.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|677|M|65|dir1=east|name1=Preston New Road|to2=yes|city1=Burnley|city2=Blackburn}}
|notes=Western terminus of A677
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Langho
|mile=45.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|666|road|Whalley Road|dir1=south|city1=Blackburn|location2=[[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]]|city3=Langho|location4=[[Billington, Lancashire|Billington]]}}
|notes=Langho and Billington signed westbound only; northern terminus of A666
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]]–<br>[[Wiswell]]<br>boundary
|mile=47.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|671|A|680|M|65|dir1=south|to2=yes|city1=Burnley|city2=Padiham|city3=Accrington|city4=Blackburn}}
|notes=Padiham signed eastbound only, To M65 westbound only; western terminus of A671 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Pendleton, Lancashire|Pendleton]]
|mile=49.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|671|dir1=north|name1=Whalley Road|city1=Clitheroe|location2=[[Barrow, Lancashire|Barrow]]|location3=[[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]]}}
|notes=A671 signed eastbound only, Whalley westbound only; eastern terminus of A671 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Worston
|mile=51.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|671|dir1=south|name1=Pimlico Link Road|city1=Clitheroe|city2=Chatburn|location3=[[West Bradford, Lancashire|West Bradford]]|location4=}[[Waddington, Lancashire|Waddington]]}}
|notes=A671 and Clitheroe signed westbound only; northern terminus of A671
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location=Gisburn
|lspan=2
|mile=57.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|682|road|Park Lane|dir1=south|name1=Burnley Road|location1=[[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]]}}
|notes=Western terminus of A682 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=57.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|682|road|Black Lane|A|65|dir1=north|name1=Hellifield Road|city1=Kendal|location2=[[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]]|city3=Long Preston|city4=Hellifield|location5=[[Nappa, North Yorkshire|Nappa]]}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A682 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|county=North Yorkshire
|cspan=16
|location_special=[[Broughton, west North Yorkshire|Broughton]]
|mile=64.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|56|A|682|B|6252|dir1=west|name1=Colne and Broughton Road|to2=yes|city1=Earby|city2=Colne|city3=Burnley|city4=Barnoldswick}}
|notes=To B6252 and Barnoldswick signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A56
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Stirton with Thorlby
|lspan=2
|mile=66.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6069|dir1=east|name1=Broughton Road|city1=Skipton}}
|notes=Western terminus of A6069
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=67.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|65|A|629|road|Gargrave Road|A|650|dir1=northwest|dir2=south|to4=yes|city1=Kendal|city2=Keighley|city3=Bradford|city4=Gargrave|location5=[[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]]|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Western terminus of A65 concurrency; northern terminus of A629
}}
{{GBRint
|type=incomplete
|location=Skipton
|lspan=2
|mile=69.5
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|The Bailey ([[A6131 road (Great Britain)|A6131]] south)|city1=Skipton|city2=Embsay}}
|notes=No access from A59 east to A6131; northern terminus of A6131
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=70.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|65|dir1=southeast|city1=Leeds|city2=Ilkley}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of A65 concurrency
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{{GBRint
|location=Harrogate
|lspan=2
|mile=88.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|61|name1=Ripon Road|location1=[[Harrogate|Town centre]]|city2=Ripon|city3=Leeds}}
|notes=Leeds signed westbound only
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{{GBRint
|mile=90.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|661|A|6040|A|1|A|61|dir1=southeast|name1=Wetherby Road|dir2=southwest|name2=Knaresborough|to3=yes|location1=[[Harrogate|Town centre]]|location2=[[Northern England|The North]]|location3=[[Southern England|The South]]|city4=Wetherby|city5=Leeds|city6=York}}
|notes=Northwestern terminus of A661; northeastern terminus of A6040
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{{GBRint
|location=Knaresborough
|mile=92.8
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|notes=Southern terminus of A6055
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Goldsborough, Harrogate|Goldsborough]]
|mile=94.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|658|road|Greystone Farms|A|661|dir1=west|to3=yes|city1=Bradford|city2=Harrogate|location3=[[Goldsborough, Harrogate|Goldsborough]]|city4=Skipton}}
|notes=Skipton signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A658
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{{GBRint
|location=Hopperton
|lspan=2
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|notes=A1(M) junction 47
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{{GBRint
|mile=97.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|168|city1=Boroughbridge|city2=Walshford}}
|notes=
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{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Upper Poppleton]]–<br>[[Nether Poppleton]]<br>boundary
|mile=107.0
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{{GBRint
|location=York
|lspan=4
|mile=108.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Water End ([[A1176 road (Great Britain)|A1176]] northeast)|location1=[[Clifton, York|Clifton]]}}
|notes=Southwestern terminus of A1176
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=109.6
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|Blossom Street ([[A1036 road (Great Britain)|A1036]] north)|location1=[[York|City centre]]}}
|notes=Information signed eastbound only; western terminus of A1036 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|road|The Mount ([[A1036 road (Great Britain)|A1036]] south)|A|19|A|64|to2=yes|city1=Leeds|city2=Harrogate|city3=Thirsk}}
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}}
{{GBRint
|mile=110.2
|road=Nunnery Lane / Bishopgate Street ([[A1036 road (Great Britain)|A1036]])
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==References==
{{reflist|35em}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A59 Sabre page on the A59]

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