A65 road
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Bypasses
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Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:
- The Script error: No such module "convert". £5.5 million dual-carriageway Burley in Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
- The Script error: No such module "convert". £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 Script error: No such module "convert". £8.5 million Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.
- The Script error: No such module "convert". Clapham bypass is the earliest of these bypasses.[2] The National Archives have a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass (A65); consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.[3]
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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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).[4] The section between Leeds and Long Preston is listed as being a low-medium risk road.[5]
Junction list
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References
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- ↑ Google map of A65
- ↑ On Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map The Three Peaks 1982
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- ↑ EuroRAP 2006: British Results
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