- A167 road
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direction= North-South
start= Topcliffe
destinations=Darlington Durham Gateshead
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end=Kenton Bar
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ukroadsmall|1150 The A167 is aroad inNorth East England . Most of its route was formerly the A1 as most of it is the original route of the Great North Road until the A1 was re-routed with the opening of the A1(M) in the 1960s.The route starts from the A168 at Topcliffe,
North Yorkshire and runs to Cowgate,Tyne and Wear where the route splits in two. The northern fork continues toKenton Bar , where it meets the A1 and the A696, while the southern fork heads west, again terminating at the A1, this time atWesterhope .From the Topcliffe A168 Junction, the route runs north through
Northallerton , and crosses theA66 road just east of theA66(M) section. It runs on throughDarlington , across A1(M) junction 59, and on toNewton Aycliffe ,Ferryhill ,Durham andChester-le-Street .The A167 bypass at Chilton near Ferryhill was completed and opened to traffic on 20 June 2005. Construction had started in
2004 , 65 years after first proposed when the route was still the A1.Beyond Chester-le-Street the A167 continues to A1(M) junction 63 and through
Birtley before crossing the A1 at the junction near theAngel of the North . (The first route of the Great North Road ran viaWrekenton on the present B1296. The second route ran via Low Fell on the A167. The third route ran from the A1(M) junction 65 via the A194(M) and the A19Tyne Tunnel , to the Wideopen A1/A19 Junction.)The start point of the
Great North Run is on the A167(M) Central Motorway in Newcastle.A167(M)
UK motorway routebox
motorway= A167(M)
length-mi= 1.1
length-km= 1.9
direction= North - South
start=Jesmond
destinations=Newcastle upon Tyne
end=Tyne Bridge north end
opening-date=1975
completion-date=entire motorway
junctions= None
Originally the road was the A1(M), but changes to the route of the A1 have caused changes to the route number [ [http://pathetic.org.uk/lost/a1m_central_motorway_east/ Pathetic Motorways: A1(M) Central Motorway East] ] . When the A1 was re-routed through the
The A167(M) is unusual in that it has a slip road leading from an unclassified road directly onto the right-hand ("fast") lane at Camden Street; a result of its two-tier construction. It also has other junctions where entry to and exit from the motorway is via the outside lane, which can lead to a lot of weaving and conflicting traffic movement. The A167(M) is subject to a 50mph speed limit throughout.
Junctions
References
External links
* [http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/a167m/ CBRD Motorway Database - A167(M)]
* [http://pathetic.org.uk/current/a167m/ Pathetic Motorways - A167(M)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/4109000.stm BBC News: A167 Chilton Bypass Opens]
* [http://www.iht.org/motorway/a1norncme.htm The Motorway Archive - A167(M)]
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