The A49 near Warrington

The A49 is a major road in England. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, bypasses Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington, Newton-le-Willows, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan and Standish before finally terminating at its junction with the A6 road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61 motorways. ImageMetadata File history File links A49_near_Warrington. ... ImageMetadata File history File links A49_near_Warrington. ... A typical rural county road in Indiana, USA, where traffic drives on the right. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Hereford Cathedral Hereford (Welsh: Henffordd (pronounced Henfuth)) is a city in the west of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ... Location within the British Isles For the town of Leominster, Massachusetts, see Leominster, Massachusetts. ... Map sources for Ludlow at grid reference SO5174 Feathers Hotel, Ludlow (Photo by Mick Knapton) Ludlow is a town in Shropshire, situated almost on the border between England and Wales. ... Craven Arms is a small town in South Shropshire, Shropshire, England. ... Church Stretton is a town in South Shropshire, Shropshire, England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Map sources for Shrewsbury at grid reference SJ4912 Porthill Bridge crossing the Severn at Shrewsbury Shrewsburys Old Market Hall and The Square Market Street, behind the Old Market Hall, with the Music Hall on the left Shrewsbury (pronounced either /ˈʃɹuːzbɹiː/ or /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹiː/) is a town of... Whitchurch is the name of more than one place. ... This article is about the English county. ... Warrington is a large town and borough in North West England, between Manchester and Liverpool. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Wigan at grid reference SD583055 Wigan is a large town in the north-west of England, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, traditionally, and for postal purposes still, lying in the historic and geographic county of Lancashire. ... Standish is a placename In the United States of America: Standish, Maine In England Standish, Greater Manchester Standish can also refer to several people: Myles Standish, one of the early Pilgrim settlers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... This article is about the A6 road in England. ... --~~~~[[[[Image:[[Media:== Bamber Bridge is a lovely place in Preston. ... The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England. ... The M65 motorway is a major road in England. ... The M61 motorway is a major road in England. ...

The road has a history of head-on collisions as it carries a lot of north-south traffic through Herefordshire and Shropshire with little chance for safe overtaking. A significant percentage of these accidents result in death. Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

The road meets with the M6 at junction 23, and the A580 East Lancashire Road. This is near Haydock Park racecourse. It enters Newton-le-Willows and passes close to the Newton-le-Willows High School and under the Liverpool to Manchester Line railway (northern route). The road enters the borough of Warrington. At Winwick, there is a large psychiatric hospital and a separate dual-carriageway section of the A49 that leads to junction 22 of the M6 from a roundabout. The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England. ... The A580 road is a road in England. ... The Liverpool to Manchester Line is in fact two railway lines between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester in the north-west of England. ... Winwick is the site of a battle in the English Civil War in 1649, where Oliver Cromwell defeated a mainly Scottish royalist army. ... The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England. ...

From junction 9 of the M62, there is a dual-carriageway into Warrington, and the road passes the Warrington Technical College and the William Beaumont Community High School. It has a roundabout with the A50, which is its northern-most end, and passes under the Liverpool to Manchester Line railway (southern route), then has a roundabout with the A57 and passes through the centre of Warrington. 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. The road has crossroads with the B5356 and meets the A559 at junction 10 of the M56. The road enters Cheshire. There is crossroads with the A533 and the road is crossed by the Cheshire Ring Canal Walk, then passes over the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation. The M62 motorway connects the cities of Liverpool and Hull, in England. ... // Current Route North and West of the M1 Motorway The centre of Warrington via Junction 20 of the M6, Knutsford, Holmes Chapel, Kidsgrove and Stoke on Trent to Junction 24A the M1 near Kegworth via Derbys southern bypass. ... The Liverpool to Manchester Line is in fact two railway lines between the cities of Liverpool and Manchester in the north-west of England. ... The A57 is a major road in England. ... Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in the north west of England. ... The canal at its Manchester end, looking towards Old Trafford The Manchester Ship Canal (MSC), affectionately known by locals as The Big Ditch, was opened on 21 May 1894, and is a large canal in north-west England. ... The Bridgewater Canal is a canal in North West England, near Manchester. ... The M56 motorway, also known as the North Cheshire motorway, is a major road in England. ... This article is about the English county. ... The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal linking the River Trent at Shardlow in Derbyshire to the River Mersey at Runcorn in Cheshire. ...

The three-mile £6m Weaverham Diversion (near Northwich) opened in September 1992. The old route is now the B5142, passing near Weaverham County High School. The road passes under the railway. There is crossroads with the the A556 at Cuddington and also with the A54 near Abbots Moss Hall, and the road passes through Cotebrook, near Little Budworth Country Park. The two-mile £3.8m Tarporley Bypass opened in September 1986. The A51 multiplexes with the A49. Tarporley Community High School is near here. The road leaves the A51. The road travels over the Shropshire Union Canal and under the Welsh Marches Line railway (to Hereford). It crosses over the River Gowy and near Bunbury. The road multiplexes with the A534 and crosses over the River Weaver. At Cholmondeley there is Cholmondeley Castle. It crosses the Shropshire Union Canal again. The road enters into Shropshire and is crossed by the South Cheshire Way. Location within the British Isles. ... Cuddington is a rural village in the north-west of England. ... The A54 road is a road linking Chester in Cheshire, England with Buxton in Derbyshire. ... The A51 road is a road in England linking Kingsbury in Warwickshire (just east of Birmingham), with Chester in Cheshire. ... The Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury Junction The Shropshire Union Canal is a canal linking Wolverhampton with the River Mersey. ... The Welsh Marches Line is the railway line from Newport to Crewe via Abergavenny, Hereford, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch. ... Location within the British Isles Hereford Cathedral Hereford (Welsh: Henffordd (pronounced Henfuth)) is a city in the west of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye. ... The River Gowy is a river in Cheshire, and a tributary of the River Mersey. ... Bunbury is a placename in more than one country: Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury, Cheshire, United Kingdom Bunbury is also a family name: Enrique Bunbury is lead singer in the spanish rock band Heroes del Silencio. ... The River Weaver The River Weaver is a watercourse running a curving route anti-clockwise across west Cheshire, England. ... Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley) is a village in Cheshire. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

The Whitchurch bypass begins with a roundabout with the B5476, the old route through the town. The three-mile £13.7m Whitchurch Bypass (also part of the A41) opened in July 1992. The bypass crosses over the railway and also multiplexes with the A525 (Stoke-on-Trent to Wrexham). At the end of the bypass, the road multiplexes as a dual-carriageway for a few miles with the A41, then leaves the A41 at a roundabout near Prees Heath, near the former RAF Tilstock airfield. The two-mile £1.3m Prees Bypass opened in August 1988. There is a staggered crossroads with the B5065, then the road passes over the River Roden. RAF Shawbury is a couple of miles to the east, then the road passes over the Shropshire Way and through Hadnall. The Shrewsbury bypass begins at a roundabout with the A53 and A5124, then there is a roundabout with the B5062. The bypass travels over the River Severn and under the railway and multiplexes with the A5 at a roundabout. Shrewsbury was bypassed when the £64m east-west A5 bypass was built in August 1992. Map sources for Whitchurch at grid reference SJ541415 Whitchurch is a small town in the north of the county of Shropshire. ... The A41 is a major trunk road in England, United Kingdom that links London to Birkenhead. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Wrexham (pronounced Recsam, and in Welsh spelt Wrecsam) is an industrial town in north Wales. ... The River Roden is a river in Shropshire, England. ... RAF Shawbury is a Royal Air Force station near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. ... The Severn Bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn The River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren) is the longest British river, at 354 kilometres (219 miles) long; it rises at an altitude of 610 metres on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales, and it passes through... Marble Arch - the start of the A5 road The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ...

The route leaves the A5 at a junction on the south of the bypass, with the A5112 heading into Shrewsbury. It goes through Bayston Hill. It passes near Lyth Hill Country Park, then through Dorrington and over the railway. The road meets the A489 at Wistanstow. The road follows an upgraded route through Church Stretton: the old route follows the B4370. At Craven Arms, there is the Secret Hills Discovery Centre. At Onibury, there is a level crossing over the road. At Bromfield, the road meets the A4113, and crosses the River Onny. Near the B4365 junction the road is crossed by the Shropshire Way. The three-mile £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. Woofferton has a large radio transmitting station with a MW transmitter for Radio Hereford and Worcester. The road enters Worcestershire. The one-mile £1.4m Brimfield Bypass opened in March 1983. The four-mile £9m Leominster Bypass opened in November 1988. There are plans for a nine-mile dual-carriageway Hereford bypass. Bayston Hill is a large village in the English county of Shropshire. ... Dorrington is a village in Shropshire, England. ... Wistanstow is a village in Shropshire about 8km south of Church Stretton and 14km north of Ludlow. ... Church Stretton is a town in South Shropshire, Shropshire, England. ... Craven Arms is a small town in South Shropshire, Shropshire, England. ... A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (or at grade) - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path... The River Teme rises in mid-Wales south of Newtown, Powys and flows through Ludlow in Shropshire on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. ... A main road in England running between Birmingham and Woofferton, Shropshire. ... Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... BBC Hereford and Worcester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. ... Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃə/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃiːɜː/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃaɪə/; abbreviated Worcs) is a county, located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

External links

• Enquiry into A49 safety.