The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England, running from M6 junction 36, to the town of Barrow-in-Furness. Most of the road is single-carriageway, but a relatively small section near the M6 junction is dualled. The road is the main route for tourists entering the southern Lake District.
The case for a bypass of High and Low Newton was first published by Government in 1976, and Furness Enterprise began to lobby for improving the A590 when the development agency was formed in 1991 and gave evidence at the 1993 public local inquiry into the scheme.
It aimed to persuade HM Government to fund a bypass of High and Low Newton on the A590 in South Cumbria because it was one of the worst lengths of the route for accidents.
The A590 is a "through route", linking the industrial area of Furness to the rest of the UK.
The existing A590 through High and Low Newton is a very busy route carrying up to 14,000 vehicles per day, including 2,000 heavy goods vehicles.
A590 traffic has been diverted onto the road layout shown in the diversion map in the Contact Information and Map Page.
This layout allows construction of the new Cartmel Lane Underpass to continue and the new A590 carriageway to be built over the old line of Cartmel Lane.
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