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{{Short description|Road in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
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|country=GBR
|type=A
|route=61
|map=[[File:A61 road map.png|200px]]
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|length_mi=110.0
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|terminus_a={{Jct|country=GBR|A|52}} in [[Derby]]
|destinations=[[Alfreton]]<br/> [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]<br>[[Dronfield]]<br />[[Sheffield]]<br />[[Barnsley]]<br/>[[Staincross]]<br />[[Wakefield]]<br />[[Leeds]]<br />[[Harrogate]]<br />[[Ripon]]
|terminus_b={{jct|country=GBR|A|19|A|168}} near [[Thirsk]]
|junction={{jct|country=GBR|A|38}} in Derby<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|57}} in [[Sheffield]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|M|1}} near [[Hoyland]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|M|621}} in [[Leeds]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|59}} in [[Harrogate]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|AM|1}} near [[Rainton]]
|counties=[[Derbyshire]]<br>[[South Yorkshire]]<br>[[West Yorkshire]]<br>[[North Yorkshire]]
|previous_type  = A
|next_type      = A
|previous_route = 60
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The '''A61''' is a major [[trunk road]] in England connecting [[Derby]] and [[Thirsk]] in [[North Yorkshire]] by way of [[Alfreton]], [[Clay Cross]], [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Sheffield]], [[Barnsley]], [[Wakefield]], [[Leeds]], [[Harrogate]] and [[Ripon]]. The road is closely paralleled by the [[M1 motorway]] between Derby and Leeds.

==Route==
[[File:Sheepscar Interchange.jpg|thumb|left|The A61 at the Sheepscar Interchange (its interchange with the [[A58 road|A58]] and the [[Leeds Inner Ring Road]]), in [[Sheepscar]], [[Leeds]].]]
Heading south, the road begins as single carriageway from Thirsk which bypasses Ripon on a stretch of road opened in 1996 at a cost of £16&nbsp;million,<ref>{{cite news |title=Road closure troubles traders |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=1995-41 |date=7 October 1995 |page=3|issn=2516-5348}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |editor-last1=Stothard |editor-first1=Peter |editor-link=Peter Stothard|title=Today's royal engagements |work=The Times |issue=65532 |date=20 March 1996 |page=20|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> and travels towards Harrogate, eventually passing through Harrogate town centre. Here, the road divides into two major one-way streets which enclose the town centre and run along [[The Stray (Harrogate)|The Stray]], a {{convert|200|acre|km2|adj=on}} stretch of grassland in Harrogate. As Leeds Road, it then passes through the southern suburbs of Harrogate before meeting the A658 near the village of [[Pannal]]. The A61 continues through [[Harewood, West Yorkshire|Harewood]] before approaching the north's [[metropolis]], where a sudden urban fringe approaches. As the road enters Leeds and crosses the [[A6120 road|A6120]] outer ring road, the road becomes Scott Hall Road, a main dual carriageway (or Trunk Road) and artery for north Leeds. There are sections of [[guided bus]] route using kerb guidance near [[Potternewton]]. Here, the A61 rises slightly, and a panoramic view of Leeds skyline is revealed. The descent into Leeds is quick and the road soon turns into a multi-lane road, as it approaches [[Sheepscar#Sheepscar Interchange|Sheepscar Interchange]]. Fast-flowing traffic is directed onto the A61, although some traffic is directed off the A61 to avoid Leeds City Centre as it routes around the back of [[Quarry House]]. The A61 meets it shortly after, as it shares the city centre loop for a short distance. After crossing the river, the road splits again before taking traffic out to the motorways. The road then continues out of [[Leeds]] towards [[Wakefield]] and [[Barnsley]]. South of Barnsley it crosses the [[M1 motorway|M1]] at Junction 36 then heads towards [[Sheffield]]. Between the M1 at Junction 36 and the Westwood roundabout intersection with the [[A616 road|A616]], the road is designated as a [[trunk road]] under the responsibility of [[National Highways]].

[[File:A61 Hillsborough.JPG|thumb|left|Northwards past Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough Stadium]]
The A61 travels into Sheffield through [[Grenoside]] and [[Hillsborough, South Yorkshire|Hillsborough]], passing next to the Sheffield Wednesday [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|football stadium]] as Penistone Road. It continues down to Shalesmoor and at this point it forms a major artery into the [[Sheffield City Centre|City Centre]] from the north, becoming the [[Sheffield Inner Ring Road]] (which is labelled as A61 all the way around). It meets the [[A57 road|A57]] twice; at [[Park Square, Sheffield|Park Square]] and Brookhill roundabout. At Junction 4 (Bramall Lane) of the Sheffield Inner Ring Road, is a spur road the A621 – Bramall Lane, this road takes you past the western side of Sheffield United's [[Sheffield United F.C.|stadium]] and back onto the A61 as Queens Road. The A621 is used as a shortcut, instead of continuing on the Sheffield Inner Ring Road to Junction 3 (Granville Square), where it meets Queens Road further north. The A61 then continues through [[Heeley]] as [[Chesterfield Road (Sheffield)|Chesterfield Road]] and climbs up to [[Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire|Norton]] and onto Bowshaw roundabout. Between Sheffield and Chesterfield it is a [[dual carriageway]], avoids [[Dronfield]] and [[Unstone]] as the eponymous by-pass. The road used to go through Chesterfield town centre, passing by the famous [[crooked spire]], but was heavily congested. This was alleviated by the construction of the Chesterfield bypass in the 1980s on the alignment of the former [[Great Central Railway]]. The road reverts to single carriageway south of Chesterfield, passing through [[Clay Cross]] and [[Alfreton]].
[[File:Chesterfield A61.JPG|thumb|left|Southwards past Chesterfield]]

South of Alfreton, the A61 merges with the dual carriageway [[A38 road|A38]], but the old A61 continues as the B6179 through [[Swanwick, Derbyshire|Swanwick]] and [[Denby]], meeting the [[A38 road|A38]] again just north of the city. The A61 road continues towards the city centre along [[Sir Frank Whittle]] Road until it finally ends at the junction with the [[A52 road|A52]] near to the headquarters of [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]].

==Road safety==
In June 2008 a {{convert|6.2|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of the A61 between Barnsley and Wakefield was named as the most dangerous road in Britain, when motorcycle accidents were excluded.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/news/20080627_GB_Results_Release.pdf 
 |title=EuroRAP 2008: GB Tracking Survey Results 
 |publisher=EuroRAP 
 |date=30 June 2008 
 |access-date=2009-03-09 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210151344/http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20080627_GB_High_Risk.pdf 
 |archive-date=10 February 2012 
}}
</ref> In the latest EuroRAP findings from the Road Safety Foundation, this stretch of road was also found to be the most dangerous road in Yorkshire and Humber. With 22 fatal and serious injury accidents in the three years analysed (2004&ndash;2006), this single carriageway route was rated as Red – the second highest risk category.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=A61 
 |title=GB A61 (Risk Rate) 
 |publisher=EuroRAP 
 |access-date=2009-03-09 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217164529/http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=A61 
 |archive-date=17 February 2012 
}}
</ref>
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==Junction list==
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|notes=Southern terminus
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|notes=Southwestern terminus of A608
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|notes=B6179 and Little Eaton signed northbound only; southern terminus of A38 concurrency
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{{GBRint
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|notes=Junction; Little Eaton signed southbound only
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|notes=Junction; To A6, Ambergate and Matlock signed northbound only, Nottingham southbound only
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|notes=The North and Sheffield signed northbound only, S Normnton and Sutton southbound only; northern terminus of A38 concurrency
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|notes=Information signed northbound only; southeastern terminus of A615
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|notes=Northern terminus of A619 concurrency
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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|notes=Beauchief signed northbound only; southern terminus of A6102
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|notes=Manor Top signed southbound only; southern terminus of A6135 concurrency
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|notes=Southern terminus of A57 concurrency
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|notes=Meadowhall signed southbound only; northern terminus of A6135 concurrency; southwestern terminus of A6109
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
|mile=38.1
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{{GBRint
|location=High Green
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
|mile=45.7
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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{{GBRint
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|notes=Junction; northwestern terminus of A639
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{{GBRint
|mile=69.6
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|notes=Western terminus of A63
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{{GBRint
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|mile2=70.3
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}}
{{GBRint
|mile=71.1
|mile2=71.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|58|M|621|M|62|A|1|name1=Clay Pit Lane / Barrack Road|to2=yes|location1=[[Northern England|The North]]|location2=[[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]]|city3=Wetherby|city4=Harehills|city5=Roundhay|location6=[[Chapeltown, Leeds|Chapeltown]]}}
|notes=Chapeltown signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=74.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6120|M|1|M|62|AM|1|A|58|A|64|A|660|A|647|name1=[[Leeds Outer Ring Road|Ring Road]]|to2=yes|city1=Wetherby|city2=York|city3=Skipton|city4=Bradford|extra=airport}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|location_special=[[Harewood, West Yorkshire|Harewood]]
|lspan=2
|mile=78.3
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|659|A|58|dir1=east|name1=The Avenue|to2=yes|city1=Tadcaster|city2=Wetherby|location3=[[Collingham, West Yorkshire|Collingham]]}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A659 concurrency
}}
{{GBRint
|type=concur
|mile=79.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|659|dir1=west|name1=Otley Road|city1=Otley|location2=[[Pool-in-Wharfedale|Pool]]|city3=Arthington}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A659 concurrency
}}
{{jctbridge
|county_special=[[West Yorkshire]]–<br>[[North Yorkshire]]<br>boundary
|location_special=[[Harewood, West Yorkshire|Harewood]]–<br>[[Kirkby Overblow]]<br>boundary
|mile=97.6
|bridge=[[Harewood Bridge]] over [[River Wharfe]]
}}
{{GBRint
|county=North Yorkshire
|cspan=8
|location=Kirkby Overblow
|mile=82.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|658|AM|1|A|59|location1=[[Northern England|The North]]|city2=York|city3=Bradford|city4=Knaresborough|city5=Boroughbridge|location6=[[Pool-in-Wharfedale|Pool]]|city7=Otley|city8=Ripon}}
|notes=Boroughbridge and Ripon signed northbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Harrogate
|lspan=2
|mile=85.4
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6040|B|6162|A|661|A|59|dir1=northeast|name1=York Place|name2=Otley Road|to3=yes|city1=Wetherby|city2=York|location3=Harlow Hill}}
|notes=B6162 signed southbound only; southwestern terminus of A6040
}}
{{GBRint
|mile=86.9
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|59|A|661|name1=Skipton Road|to2=yes|city1=Skipton|city2=York|city3=Wetherby}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Ripon
|mile=97.7
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6108|road|Sharow Lane|dir1=north|city1=Ripon|city2=Masham|city3=Leyburn|city4=Sharow|city5=Copt Hewick}}
|notes=Southern terminus of A6108
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Hutton Conyers]]–<br>[[Baldersby]]<br>boundary
|mile=101.1
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|AM|1|location1=[[Northern England|The North]]|location2=[[Southern England|The South]]}}
{{Jct|country=GBR|A|6055|dir1=north|name1=Leeming Lane|city1=Bedale|city2=Masham}}
|notes=Bedale and Masham signed northbound only; southern terminus of A6055; A1(M) junction 50
}}
{{GBRint
|location_special=[[Carlton Miniott]]–<br>[[Sandhutton]]<br>boundary
|mile=105.2
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|167|city1=Northallerton|location2=[[Topcliffe, North Yorkshire|Topcliffe]]|city3=Sandhutton|city4=South Otterington|location5=[[Dalton, east North Yorkshire|Dalton]]|city6=Boroughbridge}}
|notes=
}}
{{GBRint
|location=Thirsk
|mile=108.8
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|170|A|19|AM|1|A|168|B|1448|to2=yes|city1=York|location2=[[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]|city3=Wetherby|location4=[[Sowerby, North Yorkshire|Sowerby]]}}
|notes=To A1(M), A168, B1448, Wetherby and Sowerby signed southbound only
}}
{{GBRint
|location=South Kilvington
|mile=110.0
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|19|A|168|B|1448|city1=Teesside|city2=York|city3=Wetherby|location4=[[Sowerby, North Yorkshire|Sowerby]]|city5=Northallerton}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045041/http://www.uk-roads.org.uk/roadlists/f99/61.shtml UK roads: A61]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120210151331/http://www.eurorap.org/gb2008 EuroRAP GB Tracking Survey Results]
* [http://www.roadsafetyfoundation.org Road Safety Foundation]

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