A6055 road

A6055 road
Route information
Length:	25 mi (40 km)
Major junctions
North end:	Leeming Bar (A1(M))
Southwest end:	Knaresborough
Location
Primary destinations:	Boroughbridge Minskip Ferrensby
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A6055 is a twenty-five mile stretch of road in North Yorkshire.

Route

It runs in a North-northeast direction from the A59 at Bond End in Knaresborough where it is called Boroughbridge Road, through the Stockwells Estate. It exits Knaresborough just past Greengate Lane where it turns directly north, before once again resuming a northeasterly direction at a sharp bend on the junction with Farnham Lane. It passes the Knaresborough Golf Club, before going through Ferrensby Lodge, and taking another Northerly turn before reaching Ferrensby itself. Beyond Ferrensby the road is called Harrogate Road, and it continues in a more or less exact northeasterly direction from Ferrensby to Spellow Hill, near Staveley, at which point it resumes its due North direction through Minskip, before turning Northeast one final time to its former terminus at junction 48 of the A1 (M), just outside Boroughbridge. From here it runs in multiplex with the A1(M) for two junctions to junction 50 at Baldersby Gate Interchange. Northwards from here it follows the line of the former northbound carriageway of the A1, save for a few deviations onto the former southbound line, to a new terminus at Leeming Junction.

The old A1(M)

Before 2012 there was no section of A1 (M) motorway. It used to be in a Primary road Dual Carriageway standard use of junctions and 'give ways'. When the A1(M) was built there was no need of it any more so it was downgraded to a secondary status ripped down to a single carriageway standard. Now it is a useful road for Non-Motorway traffic since it joins the road where the A1 starts again toward Scotch Corner.