The A15 is a major road in England. It runs north from Peterborough via Market Deeping, Bourne, Sleaford and Lincoln before disappearing at its junction with the M180 near Scawby. The road re-emerges ten miles east, and continues north past Barton-upon-Humber and over the Humber Bridge before terminating at Hessle near Kingston-upon-Hull. A road ascends a mountainside using hairpin bends in the French Alps. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England, UK. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Location within the British Isles Market Deeping is a town in Lincolnshire, England, lying on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. ... Location within the British Isles Bourne is a town in southern Lincolnshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Sleaford is a town in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. ... Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. ... The M180 motorway is a major road in England. ... Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. ... The James controls the world is the fourth-largest single-span suspension bridge in the world, near Kingston upon Hull in England. ... Location within the British Isles Hessle (Locally pronounced Hezzle) is a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated 5 miles west of Kingston upon Hull city centre, and part of Hulls built up area (But not part of Hull City Council). ... Kingston upon Hull, more usually referred to simply as Hull, is a city and unitary authority which is situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary in northern England. ...

It is Peterborough's main connecting road from the south to the A1(M), joining near Stilton, at Norman Cross, though this short stretch is only single carriageway and has many sets of traffic lights and speed cameras. The old A15 route heading out of Peterborough is known as Lincoln Road. Also known as the Great North Road. ... Stilton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, south of the city of Peterborough. ... At the Norman Cross roundabout near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, stands a memorial: a towering brass eagle upon a concrete column and plinth, with brass nameplate. ...

Just south of the roundabout on the A16 and B1166, it crosses the River Welland so entering South Kesteven in Lincolnshire. The roundabout marks the western end of the £7m four mile Market Deeping bypass, finished in July 1998. The A15 and A16 roads are now merged in a one mile dual-carriageway stretch. In Langtoft and Baston there are 40mph speed cameras. North of Baston is the Waterside Garden Centre close to where it meets the north-south Roman King Street. It goes over the River Glen at the point it is crossed by the Macmillan Way, at Kate's Bridge. Just north of here is a BP garage at the Kate's Bridge service station. The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the east of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Stamford, where it meets the A1 and the A43 the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Oxford and the south west of England. ... The River Welland is a river in the east of England, 56 km (35 m) long, and it has been a main waterway across the part of The Fens called South Holland for thousands of years. ... South Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county . ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Baston is a parish on the edge of The Fens and in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. ... A red-light camera in use in Beaverton, Oregon A road-rule enforcement camera is a system including a camera and a vehicle-monitoring device used to detect and identify vehicles disobeying a road rule or road rules. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... King Street is the name of a modern road on the line of a Roman road (map. ... The River Glen is a river in Lincolnshire , England. ... BP plc (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company with headquarters in London, one of six vertically integrated private sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) supermajors in the world, along with Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Total. ...

It goes through Thurlby, passing the Horseshoe pub before coming to the small town of Bourne. It passes Bourne Grammar School, the Masons Arms and Royal Oak pubs. In the town centre, there are traffic lights at the A151 crossroads. In North Street, it passes the Burghley Centre (shops). There is an Esso garage at the Bourne service station, which has a Tesco Express. The section north of Bourne to the junction with the A153 near Sleaford is often quiet. It passes close to Dyke and through Morton, passing the Kings Head and Lord Nelson pubs. There is a junction with the B1177 Billingborough). Close by are Rippingale and Aslackby, then it goes through the middle of Folkingham at the northern end of which it enters North Kesteven. Modern horseshoes are most commonly made of iron and nailed onto the hoof. ... The Royal Oak is the name given to the tree within which King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651, located in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. ... The A151 road is relatively minor part of the British road system in Lincolnshire, England. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... homepage = www. ... Dyke, Lincolnshire is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bourne. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Billingborough is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about ten miles north of Bourne. ... A small village on a meandering section of the A15 road that runs between Sleaford and Bourne, in Lincolnshire. ... North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, part of the traditional area of Kesteven. ...

There is a roundabout with the east-west A52, and it goes through Osbournby, where it passes the Whitecote Arms pub. It passes the Tally Ho Inn, near Aswarby. Sleaford and Silk Willoughby were, until around 1991, on the A15, which slowed traffic down chronically as the traffic went across a level crossing and through Sleaford's shopping area. On the bypass there is a roundabout with the A153 and B1517, where the traffic increases. The A15 crosses the River Slea and leaves the bypass at the roundabout with the A17 and B1518 (former route). Situated on this large roundabout are a Little Chef with a Travelodge, a McDonalds and a Total garage at the Holdingham service station. The road goes close to Leasingham, which used to be on the A15. There is a junction for Cranwell with the B1429. It meets the B1191 (for Scopwick), B1202 and B1178. On the route to Lincoln, it goes near to two RAF bases - RAF Digby, which is used for communications rather than a flying station, and across the end of the runway of RAF Waddington, which flies AWACS and Nimrod aircraft. Towards Lincoln, it meets the B1131. At Bracebridge Heath, it passes a Total garage at the Sleaford Rd service station, and meets A607 at traffic lights, then crossed by the Viking Way at the moment Lincoln Cathedral comes into full view. Here the road is on the brink of the descent of Cross o'Cliff Hill and the entry into the City of Lincoln, it then heads along South Park and onto Canwick Rd. It crosses the railway, and the River Witham, before heading up the hill on the north side of the Lincoln gap, and heading in the direction of the A158 (for Skegness), past Christ's Hospital School and a Tesco. A new eastern bypass to the A158/A15 junction has been announced. The A52 is a major road in England. ... Aswarby (pronounced as-r-bee) is a village in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (map sources). ... Location within the British Isles Sleaford is a town in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The River Slea is an 18-mile long tributary of the River Witham, in Lincolnshire, England. ... The A17 road is a road linking Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, to Kings Lynn in Norfolk. ... Little Chef is a chain of roadside restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 and since 20 October 2005 owned by The Peoples Restaurant Group Ltd, a company belonging to British catering entrepreneurs Simon Heath and Lawrence Wosskow. ... Travelodge is a brand of economy hotels in North America franchised by Cendant, the worlds largest hotel chain. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... Total SA (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil). ... Cranwell is a village in mid Lincolnshire. ... Scopwick is small village 10km south of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. ... RAF Digby is about 15 miles south of Lincoln and 8 miles north of Sleaford. ... Waddington-based Hawker-Siddeley (now BAE Systems) Nimrod R.1 RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire England. ... US Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft is prepared for flight in November 1997 Cockpit of RAF E-3 Sentry undergoing upgrades Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is a radar-based electronic system designed to carry out airborne surveillance, and C3 (command, control and communications) functions for both... The BAE Systems (formerly Hawker-Siddeley) Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft is derived from the De Havilland Comet, the worlds first jet airliner. ... Bracebridge Heath is a commuter village approximately 4 km (2. ... Total SA (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil). ... A stoplight in Mexico City. ... The Viking Way is a long distance footpath between the Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire and Oakham in Rutland. ... Norman West front Plan East elevation. ... The River Witham is a river in the east of England. ... Skegness is a seaside resort town in Lincolnshire, England, with a permanent population of about 30,000. ... Tesco PLC is a United Kingdom-based international supermarket chain. ...

North of Lincoln, the A15 enters West Lindsey, and meets the start of the A158 at a roundabout, then multiplexes with the A46, and follows the Roman road Ermine Street past the Lincolnshire Showground and Riseholme College of Agriculture, now part of the University of Lincoln. There is a junction with the A1500, for Gainsborough. It used to be straight, but with RAF Scampton becoming a base for V bombers in the 1950s, the runway had to be extended and the road now has a curved diversion. Overtaking is difficult as the road, although straight, is undulating. There is a roundabout with the A631 at Caenby Corner, and a Total garage. At the B1205 staggered crossroads, it enters North Lincolnshire. At the B1206 crossroads, the old route used to go through Hibaldstow and Brigg. It passes close to Kirton in Lindsey, home of an RAF base much used in World War II, with the communications pylon still visible. Hibaldstow has an airfield now used for parachuting competitions by Target Skysports, and was a wartime fighter airfield as well. The five-mile £7m Brigg and Redbourne bypass was added in December 1989 which follows the old Ermine Street in North Lincolnshire further than previously, with a much flatter, wider and safer road, to cross the Sheffield to Cleethorpes railway line join the M180 at junction 4, near Scunthorpe. This was the upgraded route of an unclassified road. West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. ... The A46 is a trunk road in England. ... A Roman road in Pompeii The Roman roads were essential for the growth of their empire, by enabling them to move armies. ... Ermine Street should not be confused with Ermin Street, the road from Silchester to Gloucester. ... The University of Lincoln is one of the newest universities in the United Kingdom, founded in its current form in 1996. ... Gainsborough is a town in Lincolnshire, England. ... RAF Scampton is a Royal Air Force station situated north of Lincoln in England. ... The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the UKs strategic nuclear strike force. ... Total SA (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil). ... North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in England, established in April 1996, one of the first unitary councils. ... Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). ... St Hybalds Church, Hibaldstow Hibaldstow is a small village four miles south of Brigg, in North Lincolnshire. ... North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in England, established in April 1996, one of the first unitary councils. ... The Sheffield to Lincoln line is a railway line in England. ... The M180 motorway is a major road in England. ... Scunthorpe (popularly known as Scunny) is the administrative centre of North Lincolnshire, England. ...

The route of the A15 now becomes part of the three-laned M180, which was opened on September 2nd 1977. The A15 section along Ermine Street was planned to be opened at the same time, but it had to wait twelve years. This five mile section of motorway never ever sees hold ups. The build up of traffic to Grimsby prompted calls for the Brigg bypass for many years, but the Flixborough explosion of 1974 made it more of an emergency. This section goes under the 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 roundabout, which is crossed by the Viking Way and has a JET garage at the Barnetby service station. It continues north as an excellent 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, which has a logbook of many drivers falling asleep over its hypnotic concrete surface. The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant close to Flixborough (near Scunthorpe), North Lincolnshire, UK, on 1 June 1974. ... The A18 is a road in England that links Doncaster in South Yorkshire with Ludborough in Lincolnshire, via Scunthorpe. ... The River Ancholme is a river in North Lincolnshire, England, and a tributary of the River Humber. ... South TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express, running in Northern England. ... ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is an international energy company with its headquarters located in Houston. ... Barnetby (or Barnetby le Wold) is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, between Scunthorpe and Grimsby. ... Great Grimsby (typically known simply as Grimsby) is a seaport on the river Humber in the north of England, which has a population of around 90,000 (140,000 including Cleethorpes). ... Location within the British Isles Immingham is a town near Grimsby, in North East Lincolnshire, located on south bank of the River Humber. ... Hypnotic drugs are a class of drugs that induce sleep, used in the treatment of severe insomnia. ... Pouring a concrete floor for a commercial building, (slab-on-grade) Installing rebar in a floor slab during a concrete pour For other uses, see Concrete (disambiguation). ...

The A15 towards the Humber Bridge, goes directly across the runways of the former RAF Bomber Command airfield at Elsham Wolds, which is now an industrial estate. The former route of the A15, pre-1978, is now called B1206, and ends at New Holland, where the A15 formerly connected with the Humber Ferry. The £5.6m six-mile Brigg Bypass to Barton-upon-Humber Bypass (up to where the B1218 crosses) section opened in June 1978. The £2m one-mile 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 whole section opened to the GSJ with the A1077 in 1978, there was no longer any access to the B1218. In the early 1990s, a new interchange was added with the B1206 (the former A15), which is crossed by the Viking Way. The section across the Humber was opened on the 17th of July 1981, by the Queen, and was the worlds longest single span bridge until 1997. The tolls are north of the bridge. It crosses the A63 and ends at a roundabout with A164 (for Beverley) and A1105. The James controls the world is the fourth-largest single-span suspension bridge in the world, near Kingston upon Hull in England. ... Bomber Command badge RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ... New Holland could refer to several things: Several former Dutch colonies were known as New Holland: northeast coast Brazil, capital Mauritsstad (now Recife), see Dutch West India Company. ... Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). ... Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of the Humber Bridge. ... Humber is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group Humber is also the name of a river in Newfoundland, Canada, as well as a river and a college, both in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born 21 April 1926) is Queen of 16 independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms. ... The A63 is a major road in Yorkshire, England. ... Arms of Beverley For other uses, see Beverley (disambiguation). ...

According to the AA, the route is 95 miles long, and should take 2 1/4 hours. Norman Cross - Bourne takes 33 minutes, Bourne to Lincoln takes 46 minutes and Lincoln to the Humber Bridge takes 54 minutes.

A section of the A15 provides the longest stretch of straight road in the UK.

External links

• The Society for All British Road Enthusiasts' article on A15