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{{Short description|Road in the England Lake District}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Refimprove|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox road
|country=ENG
|type=A
|route=592
|map=A592 road map.svg
|header_type=minor
|length_mi= 34
|direction_a= North
|terminus_a = [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]
|direction_b= South
|terminus_b = [[Newby Bridge]]
|junction   = {{jct|country=GBR|M|6|dab1=Great Britain}}<br />{{jct|country=GBR|A|66|name1= }}<br />{{jct|country=GBR|A|5091|name1= }}<br />{{jct|country=GBR|A|591|name1= }}<br />{{jct|country=GBR|A|5074|name1= }}<br />{{jct|country=GBR|A|590|name1= }} 
|destinations= [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]]<br>[[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]]
}}
[[File:Kirkstone pass inn.jpeg|thumb|220px|The A592 going over [[Kirkstone Pass]]]]
The '''A592 road''' is a major route running north–south through the [[England|English]] [[Lake District]].

The road connects [[Penrith, Cumbria|Penrith]] {{nowrap|({{coord|54.6639|-2.7524|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A592 road (northern end)}}),}} and junction 40 of the [[M6 motorway]]), with [[Staveley-in-Cartmel|Staveley]] at the southern tip of the lake, [[Windermere]], {{nowrap|({{coord|54.2672|-2.9669|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A592 road (northern end)}}),}} which is skirted by the A592 on its eastern bank; the road also follows the northern/western bank of [[Ullswater]]. It passes through [[Glenridding]], [[Patterdale]], the town of [[Windermere, Cumbria (town)|Windermere]] (where it crosses the [[A591 road]]), [[Bowness-on-Windermere]] and [[Storrs, Cumbria|Storrs]].

The total length is just under {{convert|34|mi}}, including a short [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with the [[A66 road]] to the west of the motorway junction.

The A592 crosses [[Kirkstone Pass]] with a summit at {{convert|454|m|ft}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cumbria.police.uk/related_docs/A592_Penrith.doc|title=Cumbria Police: A592 Penrith – Windermere|access-date=21 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105190617/http://www.cumbria.police.uk/related_docs/A592_Penrith.doc|archive-date=5 November 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is frequently closed in winter.

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