The A58 is a major

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in Northern

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running between

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and

Wetherby Wetherby ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire and lies approximately from Leeds city centre, from ...

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Route from West to East

Its westbound start is at

on the outskirts of

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via

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and

to the eastern terminus at

. The road goes through the following locations: * St Helens *

Ashton-in-Makerfield Ashton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380. Historically part of Lancashire, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a to ...

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* Bury * Heywood *

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...

* Littleborough *

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* Halifax *

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* Birkenshaw *

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Leeds City Centre Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Leeds Inner Ring Road, Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters. A ...

as the A58(M) motorway (part of the

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), *

Scarcroft Scarcroft is a village and civil parish north east of Leeds city centre in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the main A58 road between Leeds and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,153 increas ...

* Bardsey * Collingham * to its terminus at

History

Leeds to Wetherby

The original route between

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

and

has a dual carriageway diverting from Roundhay Road/Wetherby Road, at the old Fforde Grene junction in

Harehills Harehills is an inner-city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is about northeast of Leeds city centre. Harehills is between the A58 road, A58 (towards Wetherby) and the A64 road, A64 (towards York). It sits in the Gipton and Ha ...

. It runs along the Easterly Road dual carriageway passing Oakwood and

Gipton Gipton is a suburb of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between the A58 to the north and the A64 to the south. It is in the Gipton and Harehills ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. The separate area ...

. The re-routed A58 meets its original route at Boggart Hill in

Seacroft Seacroft is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the LS14 LS postcode area, Leeds postcode area, around east of Leeds city cen ...

. The re-routed section was constructed in the 1930s and had a branch of the

Leeds Tramway Leeds Corporation Tramways formerly served the city of Leeds, England. The original trams were horse-drawn, but the city introduced Britain's first overhead-powered electric trams in 1891, and by 1901, electrification had been completed. The ...

running along the central reservation until the 1950s. The proposed

Leeds Supertram The Leeds Supertram was a proposed light rail/tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire in England. It would have been a three-line, system with 50 stations. It received provisional government approval in 2001, and was specifically for corridor ...

was also to run this route.

Gallery

Image:Micklethwaite.jpg, Terminus of the road in Micklethwaite,

Image:Easterly Road.jpg, A58 easterly road separating Oakwood and

Image:Footbridge_over_Leeds_Inner_Ring_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_104747.jpg, A58(M),

by the

Leeds International Pool The Leeds International Pool often referred to as the Leeds International Baths, was a swimming facility in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England. The pool was situated at the lower end of Westgate and was notable for its brutalist archite ...

Image:Nuffield_Hospital,_Leeds_-_geograph.org.uk_-_104749.jpg, A58(M),

passing underneath the Nuffield Hospital

References

Google map of A58

External links

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