- Leeds Outer Ring Road
The Leeds Outer Ring Road is a main road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of
Leeds ,West Yorkshire ,England . The road is approximately 40 km (25 miles) long and consists of single and dual carriageways.The road begins in Belle Isle and ends in Colton at junction 46 of the
M1 motorway . It begins in Belle Isle as a un-numbered road and goes through to Beeston. It is then designated the A6110 between Beeston and Bramley a dual carriageway, before running concurrently with the Stanningley By-Pass A647 also a dual carriageway but with grade separated junctions.For the rest of the way between
Farsley and Colton the road is the A6120 and it is a mixture of single and dual carriageway as far asAusthorpe . The ring road becomes theA63 road following a short concurrency and ends in Colton.There are future proposals for the complete dualling of the congested Outer Ring Road, however these are not priority in the Leeds Transport Plan.fact|date=June 2008
Ring Road names
The road name of the ring road reflects the district it passes through. The table below states the name of the Ring Road in each district and whether it is a dual or single carriageway.
"As A6120"
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A64 road Ring Road Seacroft "There is a brief concurrency where the A6120 and A64 run together for about 1/2 mile".
*A63 road Selby Road "Concurrency between here and junction with M1".External links
* [http://www.leeds.gov.uk/page.aspx?pageID=920B757857CFF16280256E14003E2FAA A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road study - Leeds City Council] .
* [http://www.pberry.plus.com/ukroads/ring_roads/leeds.html Leeds Outer Ring Road - UK Roads:Leeds]
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