A65 road
Road in England
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The A65[2] is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in West Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, west of Settle, Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.
Length69.0 mi[1] (111.0 km)
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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 69.0 mi[1] (111.0 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southeast end |   A58(M) / A58 in Leeds | |||
 A59 in Skipton | ||||
| Northwest end |  A6 in Kendal | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | West Yorkshire North Yorkshire Lancashire Cumbria | |||
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| Road network | ||||
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Bypasses
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Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £5.5 million dual-carriageway Burley in Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
- The 2-mile (3.2 km) £4 million Addingham bypass opened in January 1991.
- The £2.8 million Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
- The north section of the £16.4 million Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of the A59.
- North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
- The 4-mile (6.4 km) £8.5 million Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.
- The 1-mile (1.6 km) Clapham bypass is the earliest of these bypasses.[3] The National Archives have a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.[4]
Road safety
The A65 between Long Preston and junction 36 of the M6 motorway has a poor safety record, according to EuroRAP being listed as a medium-high risk road. This 26-mile (42 km) stretch of single carriageway road suffered 48 fatal or serious injury accidents between 2002 and 2004. The road features in the list of highest risk roads in Britain (excluding motorcycle accidents).[5] The section between Leeds and Long Preston is listed as being a low-medium risk road.[6]
Junction list
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| West Yorkshire | Leeds | 0.0 | 0.0 |        A58(M) east / A58 west to Wellington Street / M621 / M1 / M62 / A64(M) / A64 / A62 / A647 – City centre, Wetherby, York, Harrogate, Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford | Southeastern terminus; western terminus of A58(M) |
| Horsforth | 4.6 | 7.4 |   A6120 (Ring Road) to M62 / M1 / A647 / A61 / A58 / A64 – Bradford, Harrogate, Wetherby, York, Pudsey, Shipley | To A61, Harrogate and Shipley signed northwest only, To A58, A64, Wetherby and York southeast only | |
| Rawdon– Yeadon boundary | 7.0 | 11.3 |   A658 (Apperley Lane / Green Lane) to A61 – Bradford, Greengates, Harrogate, Pool | ||
| Guiseley | 9.1 | 14.6 |   A6038 south (Bradford Road) to A650 – Bradford, Shipley, Baildon | Southeastern terminus of A6038 concurrency | |
| Menston | 10.2 | 16.4 | A6038 north (Otley Road) to A61 – Otley, Harrogate | To A61 and Harrogate signed northwest only; northwestern terminus of A6038 concurrency | |
| Burley in Wharfedale | 11.7 | 18.8 |  A660 southeast to A658 – Leeds, Harrogate, Otley | Otley signed southeast only; northwestern terminus of A660 | |
| Addingham | 19.4 | 31.2 |   A6034 south / B6160 (Silsden Road) to A629 – Keighley, Addingham, Silsden | Northern terminus of A6034 | |
| North Yorkshire | Skipton | 23.5 | 37.8 | Otley Road (A6069 west) – Skipton | Eastern terminus of A6069 |
| 23.8 | 38.3 | A59 east – Harrogate | Southeastern terminus of A59 concurrency | ||
| 24.4 | 39.3 | The Bailey (A6131 south) – Skipton, Embsay | Northern terminus of A6131 | ||
| Stirton with Thorlby | 26.5 | 42.6 |  A59 west / A629 south (Rotary Way) to A56 / A650 – Clitheroe, Burnley, Keighley, Bradford, Earby | Routes, Clitheroe, Burnley, Keighley and Bradford signed northwest only, Earby southeast only; northwestern terminus of A59 concurrency; northern terminus of A629 | |
| Long Preston | 36.4 | 58.6 |  A682 south to A59 – Nelson, Gisburn, Nappa | Northern terminus of A682 | |
| Thornton in Lonsdale | 51.2 | 82.4 |    A687 west to A683 / M6 south – Burton in Lonsdale, Lancaster | Eastern terminus of A687 | |
| Lancashire– Cumbria boundary | Burrow-with-Burrow– Casterton boundary | 56.1 | 90.3 | A683 south (Burrow Road) to M6 south – Lancaster, Caton, Hornby | Eastern terminus of A683 concurrency |
| Cumbria | Casterton | 56.3 | 90.6 | A683 north – Sedbergh, Casterton, Barbon | Western terminus of A683 concurrency |
| Preston Patrick | 62.3 | 100.3 |    A590 southwest / A6070 south to M6 / A591 – Kendal, Barrow, Holme, Burton | A590 signed northwest only, To A591 southeast only; northeastern terminus of A590; northern terminus of A6070 | |
| Kendal | 68.7 | 110.6 | Romney Road / Natland Road to A6 / M6 / A590 / A591 – Lancaster, Barrow, Windermere, Natland | To A591 and Windermere signed northwest only | |
| 69.0 | 111.0 | A6 (Kirkland) to M6 / A591 / A590 – Lancaster, Windermere, Skipton, Barrow | Northwestern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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