A51 road
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| Maintained by Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Shropshire Council Staffordshire County Council Warwickshire County Council | ||||
| Length | 79 mi (127 km) | |||
| Existed | 1922–present | |||
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| Northwest end |  A5268 roadChester 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W | |||
| Southeast end | Kingsbury 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Counties | Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire | |||
| Primary destinations | Chester Nantwich Rugeley Lichfield Tamworth | |||
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The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.
Route
[edit]It takes on the following route:
- Chester
- Vicars Cross
- Littleton
- Tarvin (bypass opened 1984)
- Duddon
- Clotton
- Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
- Nantwich
- Woore
- Stone (merges briefly with A34)
- Sandon
- Weston
- Great Haywood
- Little Haywood
- Rugeley (bypass opened 2007 [1]
- Lichfield
- Tamworth
- Kingsbury
History
[edit]Originally the A51 terminated at Two Gates where it met the A5, the road south continuing as the A423. When the A423 was removed north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to meet the A47 (now B4114). It was cut back to Kingsbury when the A47 was downgraded.
References
[edit]Roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme | ||
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Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Rugeley Bypass open". Rugeley Bypass. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2023.