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A500

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Facts and Figures:

also known as: The "D Road"
Shavington By-Pass
Nantwich By-Pass
starts at: Nantwich
primary destinations en route: Newcastle-under-Lyne
Stoke-on-Trent
finishes at: Willaston
length: 21 miles
motorway junctions: M6 (twice)
primary route junctions: A51 (twice), A530, A534, A5, A5020, A34, A527, A34 (twice), A52, A50, A519
E-Roads: none

 

Construction History:

1962 M6 Junction 16 to Talke (A34)
1962 M6 Junction 15 to Trentham (A34) - opened as A5006
1974 Talke (A34) to A53
1977 A53 to Trentham (A34)
1977 A5006 section renumbered A500
mid 1980s Hanford Roundabout flyover
1988 M6 Junction 16 to Weston
1988 A52 Weston to Nantwich renumbered A500
1989 Nantwich By-pass
1993 Bailey Bridge built at Hough to replace single-file traffic lights
1997 Sideway Roundabout
2003 Shavington By-pass
2006 Stoke Grade Separation (Pathfinder Project)

 

Exit Map:

   

west

   
         
    A51
Chester
   
       
    B5074
Church Minshull
 
  A51
Nantwich
   
       
  A530
Nantwich
A530
Winsford, Middlewich
 
       
       
  A534
Nantwich
A534
Crewe, Sandbach
 
    Willaston  
  A51
Nantwich
   
    Willaston  
  Shavington    
       
  B5071
Shavington
B5071
Crewe
 
       
       
    PROJECTED A5020
RELIEF ROAD
 
       
       
  A531
Madeley, Hough
A5020
Crewe
 
       
    B5078
Alsager
 
 16.
(M6)
M6
Birmingham, Stafford
M6
Manchester, Preston
 
       
       
  Audlem Foxley  
       
       
  A34
Newcastle-under-Lyme
A34
Congleton, Wilmslow
 
       
       
    A527
Kidsgrove
 
    Longridge  
       
   A527
Newcastle-under-Lyme
A5271
Tunstall
 
       
       
  Local access only    
       
       
   A53
Newcastle-under-Lyme
A53
Leek
 
       
       
  B5045
Newcastle-under-Lyme
B5045
Hanley (Stoke City Centre)
 
       
       
   A5006
Stoke-upon-Trent (A52)
A5006
Hanley (Stoke City Centre)
 
       
   A52
Stoke-upon-Trent
A52
Ashbourne, Fenton (A5007)
 
    Mount Pleasant  
       
   A5006
Stoke-upon-Trent (A52)
   
    A50
Derby, Uttoxeter




 

Sideway

  Local access only Local access only  
       
   A34
Newcastle-under-Lyme
A34
Stafford, Stone
 
       
       
 15.
(M6)
 A519
Newcastle-under-Lyme


M6
Manchester, Preston
A519
Eccleshall

M6
Birmingham, Stafford
 
         
   

south

   

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