A57 road
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The A57 is a major road in England. It runs east from Liverpool to Lincoln, via Warrington and Manchester, then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass (between the high moorlands of Bleaklow and Kinder Scout), around the Ladybower Reservoir, through Sheffield and past Worksop.
Within Manchester a short stretch becomes the A57(M) motorway.
The three-mile £4m Aston Relief Road in Sheffield opened in mid-1985.
The 1 1/2 mile Inner Relief Road (IRR) completes Sheffield's Inner Ring road from Shalesmoor to the Parkway, and comenced work in 2005. A short section from Hoyle Street to West Bar via Shalesmoor, Moorfield nad Gibraltar Street opened in 2006. It is due to be fully opperational in 2007
[edit] Worksop - Lincoln
The five-mile £11.3m Worksop Southern Bypass opened in May 1986. It starts at the roundabout with the B6041 (former route through Worksop). The next short section is dual-carriageway to the Shireoaks roundabout, which also has access to the Gateford and Dukeries industrial estates. It becomes single-carriageway and crosses the Sheffield to Lincoln Line and Chesterfield Canal. It meets the A60 (for Worksop) at the Rhodesia Roundabout, near Rhodesia and a Sainsbury's. The next short section, multiplexing with the A60, is dual-carriageway to the roundabout with the A60 (for Mansfield) and B6024, near the Total Dukeries Garage and a McDonalds. From here, it is single carriageway (exclusing the A1 section). There is a roundabout with the B6034 (for Ollerton) near Worksop College. It passes the former site of Manton Colliery, and a large B & Q depot on the left. There is a roundabout with the B6040 (former route through Worksop), which has access to Manton Wood Enterprise Zone. It passes a large Wilkinson depot on the left and goes through Clumber Park. It meets the A1 at the Apleyhead Roundabout, with the A614, also known as Five Ways. This roundabout is being grade-separated. At the next roundabout at Markham Moor (again being grade-separated), the A57 leaves up a hill to the left. It passes East Markham, and crosses the East Coast Main Line. It meets the A6075 (for Tuxford and Ollerton) from the right near Darlton. There are turns for East Drayton to the left. It goes through Dunham on Trent, where it passes The White Swan and Bridge Inn, and crosses the River Trent at a toll bridge costing twenty five pence, entering Lincolnshire and the district of West Lindsey as Dunham Road. It meets the A1133 (for Gainsborough) at Newton on Trent. There is a turn for Thorney to the right, and the road follows the boundary of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire for about two miles, until the junction with the B1190. The Fossdyke Navigation runs alongside from the junction with the A156, and the road becomes Gainsborough Road. It enters Saxilby, passing the Total Ottersbridge Service Station, crossing the Sheffield to Lincoln Line, passing the Bridge Inn and meeting the B1241, for Sturton by Stow. It crosses the River Till as Lincoln Road. There is a roundabout for Burton and Burton Waters Marina, then the road enters the borough of Lincoln near Bishop Bridge and meets the A46 Lincoln Bypass at a roundabout. It enters Lincoln as Carholme Road passing the Total Winning Post Service Station, then meets the B1273 Lincoln inner ring road, becoming Newland, where it passes the offices of Lincolnshire County Council on the left. It follows the dual-carriageway Wigford Way next to Brayford Pool and the University of Lincoln, over the River Witham, where it meets the B1262 High Street. It becomes St Mary's Street and passes the train station on the right. It splits into Oxford Street, Pelham Street and Norman Street where it meets the A15 at Pelham Bridge, close to the large Siemens engineering company.
[edit] Trivia
Def Leppard drummer, Rick Allen lost his arm in a car wreck on this road, shortly before they started recording Hysteria, their forth album. He still records and tours with Def Leppard.
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A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering system |
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| A5 | A50 - A51 - A52 - A53 - A54 - A55 - A56 - A57 - A58 - A59 | |
| A500 - A501 - A505 - A508 - A509 - A511 - A512 - A514 - A518 - A519 | ||
| A525 - A528 - A530 - A533 - A556 - A562 - A563 - A565 - A570 - A574 - A580 - A583 | ||
| A590 - A591 -A592 - A594 - A595 - A596 - | ||
| A5006 - A5012 - A5025 - A5036 - A5038 | ||
| A5103 - A5112 - A5117 - A5124 - A5127 - A5130 | ||
| A5183 - A5199 - A5300 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 5 | ||
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