A18 road

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The A18 is a road in England that links Doncaster in South Yorkshire with Ludborough in Lincolnshire, via Scunthorpe.

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[edit] Route

It takes the following route

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[edit] Doncaster - Thorne

It begins as a dual-carriageway at a junction with the A630 in Balby in Doncaster, under which runs the East Coast Main Line. It meets the A638 at a roundabout then becomes Carr House Road, multiplexing with the A638. At the next roundabout in Belle Vue, the A638 leaves to the right, and the road becomes Leger Way, passing the Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf on the left, and Doncaster Racecourse on the right. Near Intake, it becomes single carriageway, which it continues as for most of its length until it reaches Scunthorpe and also in Grimsby. On the right is Danum School (Danum is the Roman name for Doncaster) and Sandall Wood School. There is a roundabout with Armthorpe Road, then another where the road meets its old route and becomes Thorne Road. There is a roundabout with the A630, with exits for Shaw Lane Industrial Estate, and the road multiplexes with the A630 under a railway line. At the next roundabout, on the edge of Doncaster, the A630 leaves to the right. The road passes Hungerhill School on the left near The Ridgewood pub and passes through Edenthorpe. There is a roundabout and it enters Dunsville, where it passes the Flare Path pub and becomes High Street, then Doncaster Road and enters Hatfield, passing the Hatfield Chase pub and Hatfield High School. It becomes Manor Road near the Blue Bell pub and passes the library on the right near The Bay Horse Inn and Ingram Arms, becoming High Street and crosses the M18. It becomes Epworth Road and meets the A1146 to the left, near Hatfield Woodhouse, then meets the A614 from the right from Finningley. It becomes Tudworth Road and passes the Green Tree Brewers Fayre pub on the left, multiplexing with the A614. There is a slip road for the M180 to the left, and it crosses the motorway and meets a large roundabout near Tudworth Hall Farm, where an eastbound exit from the M180 joins, the A614 exits (for Thorne), and the A18 continues in the direction to the right.

[edit] Thorne - Ludborough

As High Levels Bank, it crosses a very flat landscape known as Hatfield Chase, often quite windy in the same direction and destination as the M180. It passes the Black Bull Inn on the right, then enters North Lincolnshire. It runs alongside a large drainage canal, and at Crowle, it meets the A161, close to junction 2 of the M180. At Althorpe, it goes under the railway, running alongside this over the River Trent, then passes through Gunness. It becomes a trunk road where it meets the A1077 Scunthorpe ring road, and the M181 at a large roundabout near the Gallagher Retail Park, a Tesco and Glanford Park. There is a roundabout for the retail park and then another roundabout, becoming Kingsway. It crosses the railway and meets a roundabout for the trunk road A159, becoming the non-trunk dual-carriageway Queensway. The next roundabout is with the A1029 from the town centre and an exit road for the Lakeside Retail Park and Morrisons near the steel works. In Gadbury Wood, the B1398 leaves to the right, and the road becomes single carriageway, and meeting a roundabout on the line of Ermine Street, for junction 4 for the M180 and the trunk-road A15. There are crossroads with the B1207 (for Scawby), then it crosses the M180 and meets the B1208 (for Broughton) from the left at Castlethorpe. At Scawby Brook, there is a roundabout with the B1206 (for Scawby), and the road enters Brigg, passing the Ancholme Leisure Centre on the right. There is a roundabout with the A1084 (for Caistor). The B1206 (former A15) leaves to the left and the road enters Wrawby. It crosses a railway and there is a turn to the left for Barnetby and a T junction, with the main direction to the right. Turning to the left is for the M180 junction 5, and the A180. The B1211 leaves to the left and the road passes next to Humberside Airport, opposite which is Kirmington. At the B1210 junction, the road heads to the right, entering Lincolnshire and the district of West Lindsey and passing through Great Limber. At an odd junction at Keelby, it meets the B1211 and heads to the right. Near Riby is a staggered junction with the A1173, and the road becomes a trunk road then a dual-carriageway close to where it enters North East Lincolnshire. There is a left turn for Aylesby, and at Laceby, the road meets the A46 Grimsby road, and heads straight on over the roundabout. There is a left turn for Barnoldby le Beck, and a crossroads with the B1203 (for Brigsley and East Ravendale). The boundary of Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire runs along the road for about three miles, the road re-enters Lincolnshire and the districy of East Lindsey, close to Cadeby Hall. It turns to the left, then to the right at Ludborough, then to the left and finally meets the A16 close to Utterby.

[edit] A18(M) motorway

The A18(M) was a short motorway about a mile long that connected the M18, from what is now junction 5 north of Hatfield to the A18. The A18(M) was built in 1972 but was redesignated after the M180 was built in 1978.

The western end of the M180 from M18 junction 5 to the junction 1 eastbound slip road was previously part of the A18(M). The eastbound slip road to the roundabout was the eastbound carriageway A18(M). About 0.5 miles of the westbound A18(M) carriageway was abandoned when the M180 was built on a new alignment.

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Great Britain: M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M6 Toll • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M18 • M20 • M23 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M32 • M40 • M42 • M45 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M69 • M73 • M74 • M77 • M80 • M90 • M180 • M181 • M271 • M275 • M602 • M606 • M621 • M876 • M898
A1(M) • A3(M) • A38(M) • A48(M) • A57(M) • A58(M) • A64(M) • A66(M) • A74(M) • A167(M) • A194(M) • A308(M) • A329(M) • A404(M) • A601(M) • A627(M) • A823(M)
Northern Ireland: M1 • M2 • M3 • M5 • M12 • M22 • A8(M) edit
Past: M41 • M63 • A18(M) • A40(M) • A41(M) • A102(M) • A6144(M)    Unbuilt: M12 • M15 • M31 • M64    Future: M4 Toll
A roads in Zone 1 of the
Great Britain road numbering scheme
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A1
A10 - A11 - A12 - A13 - A14 - A15 - A16 - A17 - A18 - A19
A100 - A101 - A102 - A105 - A109 - A118 - A120 - A124 - A127 - A129
A135 - A140 - A143 - A146 - A149 - A151 - A157 - A159 - A160 - A165 - A167
A170 - A171 - A179 - A180 - A182 - A183 - A189 - A194
A1000 - A1018 - A1058 - A1066 - A1068 - A1079
A1081 - A1086 - A1101 - A1107 - A1156 - A1198
A1200 - A1202 - A1205 - A1231 - A1303 - A1309
List of A roads in Zone 1
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