A158 road

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Coordinates: 53°12′28″N 0°06′04″W / 53.2078°N 0.1011°W / 53.2078; -0.1011 (A158 road)
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The A158 road is a major route that heads from

Lincoln in the west to Skegness on the east coast. The road is located entirely in the county of Lincolnshire and is single carriageway
for almost its entirety. The road is approximately 40 miles (64 km) long. The road gets quite congested with holiday traffic during the summer.

Route

Lincoln to Horncastle

Approach to Lincoln at North Greetwell

Before the Lincoln Bypass was built (in stages) in the mid-1980s, the A158 historically went along Wragby Road (now the A15). Even earlier the A158 followed the northern end of Canwick Road, the former B1188, over Pelham Bridge since its opening in 1958, and along South Park Avenue which was also built in 1958, to meet the former A46 at St Catherine's. This was parallel to the former western section B1190. The A15 at the time followed the west of Lincoln town centre, then along Silver Street.

The road begins at a roundabout where the

Roman road, where it is the parish boundary between Nettleham to the north and Greetwell to the south, Nettleham and Reepham, then Sudbrooke and Reepham. It passes Sudbrooke to the south, where there is a crossroads, with the main road for Sudbrooke to the left, and Star Energy's Welton Gathering Centre (in Reepham) for the Welton oilfield (part of the East Midlands Oil Province). The Cherry Tree Cafe is at the junction. It passes to the south of Sudbrooke Park (a Scout camp site), and crosses the Lincoln to Grimsby railway in the parish of Barlings, next to the Oriental Express Restaurant (former Station Inn). At Langworth there is a crossroads for Scothern, to the left, and Barlings, to the right, and passes St Hugh's church and The George at Langworth. It crosses the Barlings Eau at Langworth Bridge and there is a left turn for Stainton by Langworth, and a right turn for Newball, and the Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park.[1]

Further on in the parish of Stainton by Langworth, near Rand Wood, the B1399 heads north-east while the A158 changes direction and heads east to

A157 which heads through the Lincolnshire Wolds to Louth. The A157 formerly followed the A158's current route to Lincoln, and the A158's western terminus was at Wragby before the 1940s. It passes the parish church of All Saints, and crosses the former Louth to Bardney Line. From here the route gets quite twisty then heads south-east around the south end of the Wolds. It crosses Stainfield Back at Langton Bridge, and passes through Langton by Wragby, where there is a left turn on a bend for Panton, then a right turn on a bend for Chambers Farm Wood,[4] part of the Lincolnshire Limewoods nature reserve.[5] At Hatton Bridge, it is the parish boundary between Langton by Wragby, to the west and Hatton
, to the east.

There are crossroads for Hatton, to the left, and another crossroads at the (unoccupied) New Midge Inn, where the road becomes the parish boundary with

Horncastle. The B1190 and B1191 both join just outside Horncastle where the road crosses the A153
.

Horncastle to Skegness

The A158 in Hagworthingham

After leaving Horncastle the route heads east with the

A1028 which provides a short cut from the A16 further north. The B1196 also heads up to Alford from here. The A158 becomes dual-carriageway for 1 mile (1.6 km) from here until becoming single again through Gunby. The road then joins with the newly opened Burgh Bypass, before finally reaching Skegness where it terminates at a junction with the A52 (53°08′59″N 0°20′22″E / 53.1496°N 0.3395°E / 53.1496; 0.3395 (A158 road (eastern end))
).

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References

  1. ^ Woodside Falconry Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Rand Farm Park
  3. ^ Goltho Gardens
  4. ^ Chambers Farm Wood
  5. ^ Lincolnshire Limewoods
  6. ^ "Land at Partney bypass". Archaeology Data Service. 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. ISBN 978-1904452171
    .

External links

53°12′28″N 0°06′04″W / 53.2078°N 0.1011°W / 53.2078; -0.1011 (A158 road)

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