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Encyclopedia > A68 road
A68 road
Direction North - South
Start Darlington
Primary
destinations
Jedburgh
End Dalkeith
Roads joined A1(M) motorway
A7 road
A720 road

The A68 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Darlington in England to Edinburgh in Scotland. Image File history File links UK_road_A68. ... Statistics Population: 97,839 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ289147 Administration District: Darlington Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post... The colour scheme used to denote a primary route. ... Location within the British Isles Jedburgh (Referred to locally Jedart or Jethart) is a royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, lying on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot. ... Dalkeith (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Cheith) (pop. ... Image File history File links UK_motorway_A1(M). ... This page is about the A1 road in Britain. ... Image File history File links UK_road_A7. ... The A7 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links UK_road_A720. ... Overview The A720 or Edinburgh City Bypass is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. ... Statistics Population: 97,839 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ289147 Administration District: Darlington Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I...


From Darlington, it runs north. It bypasses Bishop Auckland, then runs through Tow Law, past Consett and Corbridge. The road used to run through the centre of Corbridge but now runs on a new single carriageway alignment to the East of the town. To bring the road back to the previous route of the A68 it now multipexes with the A69 for just under 3 miles, before turning off North again. Statistics Population: 24,392 (2001) [1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ208294 Administration District: Wear Valley Shire county: County Durham Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Tow Law is a village in County Durham, in England. ... Statistics Population: 27,394 (2001) [1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ108511 Administration District: Derwentside Shire county: County Durham Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Fire and rescue: County Durham & Darlington... Corbridge Corbridge is a town in Northumberland, England, situated 25 km (16 miles) west of Newcastle and 6 km (4 miles) east of Hexham. ... Multiplex may mean: Multiplex (comics), a DC Comics character. ... The A69 is a major road in England running east-west across the Pennines, through the counties of Northumberland and Cumbria. ...


It then runs into Scotland through Redesdale at Carter Bar, through Jedburgh, St Boswells, Earlston, Lauder, up by Soutra Hill and into Dalkeith where the B6373 leaves and rejoins it in the town. Redesdale lies in the district of Tynedale, in the eastern portion of the county of Northumberland, in northeast England. ... The Carter Bar is the point at which the A68 crosses the England-Scotland border. ... Location within the British Isles Jedburgh (Referred to locally Jedart or Jethart) is a royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, lying on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot. ... St Boswells is a small village just off the river tweed. ... Earlston (formerly Ercildoune, of which it is a corruption) is a parish and market town in Berwickshire, Scotland. ... Lauder is a Royal Burgh in the Scottish Borders. ... Dalkeith (Scottish Gaelic: Dail Cheith) (pop. ... The B6373 road runs through the Scottish town of Dalkeith, just outside Edinburgh. ...


The A68 then ends just north of Dalkeith on the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720). It used to run all the way into Edinburgh, but the section within Edinburgh became part of the A7 several years ago. Overview The A720 or Edinburgh City Bypass is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. ... Overview The A720 or Edinburgh City Bypass is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... The A7 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ...


It is the only major road to cross the England/Scotland border for a long distance either way (the next crossing being the A697 road near Coldstream/Cornhill-on-Tweed in the east, and the A7 near Canonbie. The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 & A7 roads and west of the A1. ... Coldstream is a burgh in the Scottish Borders. ... Cornhill-on-Tweed is a village in Northumberland, in England. ... The A7 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ...


Apart from the A69 multiplex the road is entirely single carriageway apart from a short section before it crosses the A1(M) into Darlington. The A69 is a major road in England running east-west across the Pennines, through the counties of Northumberland and Cumbria. ... Multiplex may mean: Multiplex (comics), a DC Comics character. ... Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1, at 409 miles (658 km) long, is the longest numbered British road. ... Statistics Population: 97,839 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ289147 Administration District: Darlington Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post...


The A68 is part of Euroroute E15 (Inverness-Algeciras) between its northern terminus on the A720, and its junction with the A696 just on the English side of the border. The E15 continues northwards and southwards on the A720 and A696 respectively. European Route Sign The international E-road network is a network of roads in Europe, numbered E1 and up. ... E15 or E-15 has multiple meanings, including: European route E15 E15 fuel, containing 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Highland council area and the Highlands of Scotland. ... Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, near the British colony/Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, slightly to the north from Tarifa, which is the southernmost town of the peninsular Spain and Europe (, ). Both cities are situated on the Strait of Gibraltar; Algeciras also faces the Mediterranean. ... The A696 is a major road in northern England, that runs from Otterburn in Northumberland to Newcastle upon Tyne. ...


See also

Britain has a long history, and has many ancient roads and trackways dating back to the Roman occupation and before, including the worlds oldest engineered road yet discovered, the Sweet Track dating from the 3800s BC. With the advent of the car and the huge expansion in the numbers... Dere Street was a Roman Road between Yorkshire in England and Scotland. ...

External links

  • Sabre-Roads.org: A68: Edinburgh-Darlington
A roads in Zone 6 of
the Great Britain road numbering system
A6 A60 - A61 - A62 - A63 - A64 - A65 - A66 - A67 - A68 - A69
A602 - A605 - A614 - A625 - A630 - A635
A638 - A647 - A666 - A684 - A685 - A686 - A689 - A690 - A696
A6030 - A6055 - A6079 - A6108 - A6136 - A6182
List of A roads in Zone 6

  Results from FactBites:
 
Jedburgh Area Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland (469 words)
The Jedburgh Area lies north of the central section of the English border and either side of the A68.
Following the main A68 road from Darlington to Edinburgh you cross the border at Carter Bar and descend towards Jedburgh, Smaller and more traditional in feel than Hawick, Jedburgh is overshadowed by the remarkably complete remains of Jedburgh Abbey, just to the south of the attractive centre of the town.
From here it is possible to follow minor roads that loop round to another of the great border abbeys, Dryburgh Abbey.
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