A51 road

A51
A51
	The A51 in Boughton looking towards Chester
Route information
	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
Major junctions
Northwest end	A5268 road; Chester; 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W
	Cheshire ; A41 road ; ; A55 road (J40) ; ; A54 road ; ; A49 road ; Staffordshire ; A53 road ; ; A34 road ;
Southeast end	Kingsbury; 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Counties	Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire
Primary; destinations	Chester; Nantwich; Rugeley; Lichfield; Tamworth
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.

Route

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

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

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Notes

Citations

^ "Rugeley Bypass open". Rugeley Bypass. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[1] "Rugeley Bypass open". Rugeley Bypass. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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