A68 road
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| Direction | North - South |
| Start | Darlington |
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Jedburgh |
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| End | Dalkeith |
| Roads joined |  A1(M) motorway A7 road A720 road |
The A68 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Darlington in England to Edinburgh in Scotland.
From Darlington, it runs north. It bypasses Bishop Auckland, then runs through Tow Law, past Consett and Corbridge. The road used to run through the centre of Corbridge but now runs on a new single carriageway alignment to the East of the town. To bring the road back to the previous route of the A68 it now multipexes with the A69 for just under 3 miles, before turning off North again.
It then runs into Scotland through Redesdale at Carter Bar, through Jedburgh, St Boswells, Earlston, Lauder, up by Soutra Hill and into Dalkeith where the B6373 leaves and rejoins it in the town.
The A68 then ends just north of Dalkeith on the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720). It used to run all the way into Edinburgh, but the section within Edinburgh became part of the A7 several years ago.
It is the only major road to cross the England/Scotland border for a long distance either way (the next crossing being the A697 road near Coldstream/Cornhill-on-Tweed in the east, and the A7 near Canonbie.
Apart from the A69 multiplex the road is entirely single carriageway apart from a short section before it crosses the A1(M) into Darlington.
The A68 is part of Euroroute E15 (Inverness-Algeciras) between its northern terminus on the A720, and its junction with the A696 just on the English side of the border. The E15 continues northwards and southwards on the A720 and A696 respectively.
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A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering system |
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| A6 | A60 - A61 - A62 - A63 - A64 - A65 - A66 - A67 - A68 - A69 | |
| A602 - A605 - A614 - A625 - A630 - A635 | ||
| A638 - A647 - A666 - A684 - A685 - A686 - A689 - A690 - A696 | ||
| A6030 - A6055 - A6079 - A6108 - A6136 - A6177 - A6182 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 6 | ||
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