A688 road

UK road routebox
road= A688
length-mi=
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direction= South West - North East
start= Barnard Castle
destinations= Bishop Auckland
end= Bowburn
construction-date=
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junctions= ukroadsmall|67
ukroadsmall|68
ukroadsmall|6072
ukroadsmall|689
ukroadsmall|167
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ukmotorwayAsmall|1The A688 is a road in County Durham in North East England.

It begins at the junction with the A67 road in Barnard Castle and continues in a north easterly direction for just over 22 miles, terminating at Junction 61 of the A1(M) at Bowburn.

The road passes through the village of Staindrop, past Raby Castle through West Auckland, Bishop Auckland and on to Spennymoor. It then continues through Thinford interchange with the A167 to Junction 61 of the A1(M) at Bowburn.

The road is single-carriageway except for a small 800 metre stretch of dual-carriageway at Spennymoor.

Work is currently on-going to extend the road on from Bowburn to meet with the A181 Durham to Wheatley Hill Road [cite news | url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/pws/8025694D002ACDA4802571C300434025?opendocument| title=A688 Wheatley Hill to Bowburn Link | publisher=| date=| accessdate=2008-07-28] .

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United Kingdom road stub