A156 road

The A156 road runs from the A57 and heads north to Gainsborough. The road runs entirely within Lincolnshire right next to the border with Nottinghamshire. It is single road for its entire length. It is approximately convert|11|mi|km long.

The road starts just west of Saxilby where it branches of from the A57 from Lincoln. It heads northwest through the village of Fenton. The A1133 from Newark-on-Trent merges with the road slightly further on where it makes a sharp turn and heads north alongside the River Trent and the border with Nottinghamshire. Further on at Manton the A1500 joins from the east. The A156 continues on to Lea where the B1241 joins from Saxilby then the road heads into Gainsborough where it terminates just south of the centre at the A631. The A159 continues north from here through the town centre and north to Scunthorpe.