A180 road

UK road routebox
road= A180
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direction= East - West
start= Barnetby-le-Wold
destinations= Grimsby
end= Cleethorpes
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ukroadsmall|16
ukroadsmall|160
ukroadsmall|1098
ukroadsmall|1173
ukroadsmall|46
euroroute= European route number small sign|22

The A180 is a primary route in northern England, that runs from the M180 motorway to Cleethorpes. The road is a continuation of the M180, but built to lower specifications: it is mainly dual two-lane without hard shoulders. The road is (mostly grade separated) dual carriageway for fifteen miles from the M180 to Grimsby, and is a single carriageway road for two miles between Grimsby and central Cleethorpes. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E22.

Route

The A180 begins at junction 5 of the M180 in North Lincolnshire, where it picks up traffic from the motorway and the A15 road heading towards the ports of Grimsby and Immingham. The road crosses the border into North East Lincolnshire and has a junction with the A160 road to Immingham Dock. It bypasses the small town of Immingham before meeting the A1173 road (linking to the A46 road to Lincoln). The road then has a junction with the A1136 road prior to having two roundabout junctions with local roads. In central Grimsby, the A180 meets the A16 road (to Louth and Boston) at a roundabout, and continues along the front into Cleethorpes. In central Cleethopes the A180 terminates at a roundabout with the A1098 road.

The A180 was opened in 1983 as an extension to the M180. The road surface was known to be especially noisy, but an improvement scheme in 2005 led to the resurfacing of much of the road to reduce the noise.

External links

* [http://pathetic.org.uk/motorways/m180.shtml Pathetic Motorways - M180 and A180]
* [http://www.road-to-nowhere.co.uk/route-guides/A180/ Road to Nowhere: A180]