A5103 road

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Coordinates: 53°26′07″N 2°14′45″W / 53.4352°N 2.2459°W / 53.4352; -2.2459
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A5103
M56
South endM56 motorway Junction 3A and Wythenshawe
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Manchester
Road network

The A5103 is a major road in England. It runs from Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre to junction 3 of the M56 motorway and is one of Manchester's principal radial routes.

History

The Hulme Arch Bridge over Princess Road

The original scheme for a new road through the rural area south of Manchester was the design of the

Manchester City Centre.[4]

Princess Road/Princess Parkway was one of two new

road design that had been pioneered in Liverpool by John Alexander Brodie.[5][6][7] The first tracks were laid out in the 1920s, terminating at Southern Cemetery; Manchester Corporation Transport planned to extend the tracks to Northenden and Wythenshawe, but following a change in transport policy in 1930, the Corporation invested in bus services instead.[3] Manchester Corporation Tramways eventually ceased operation in 1949 and the tram tracks were removed.[8]

Parker's scenic Parkway route, running south from Barlow Moor Road to Altrincham Road, was noted for its landscaped verges and

country house, Kenworthy Hall, was demolished.[9][10]

In 1997, the

Arup was installed over Princess Road in the Hulme area.[11]

Route description

A6 to the Mancunian Way

This short section is entirely single-carriageway: it runs in roughly a north–south direction from the junction of the A6 and A62 along Portland Street. It then shares a short section with the A34 (Oxford Street) running west until St Peter's Square. After St Peter's Square, it proceeds south-west along Lower Mosley Street, running past the Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly Manchester Central station), and the Bridgewater Hall. It then turns south along Albion and Medlock Streets (crossing the Rochdale Canal, the railway viaduct, and the River Medlock), where it meets the Mancunian Way at a roundabout.

Princess Road (A57(M) motorway to the M60 motorway)

This section is entirely

primary route
leading in a southerly direction. The entire section is officially called Princess Road, but many locals refer to it as Princess Parkway (see below). This section predominantly has a 30 mph (48 km/h) speed limit. Just before the M60 J5, the speed limit goes up to 40 mph.

The road runs through

William Hulme Grammar School, Whalley Range High School and Southern Cemetery
on the way.

This section has many

M60 motorway at a large free-flow interchange
at junction 5. The speed limit also goes up to 40 mph.

Princess Parkway (M60 motorway to the M56 motorway)

This section is entirely

M60 Manchester Outer Ring road and the M56 motorway. This section is called Princess Parkway and largely has a 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit. Between the M56 and M60, the road has two intermediate junctions; with the B5166 towards Northenden and Sale Moor, and with the A560 leading to Gatley, Wythenshawe and Baguley. Between junctions, the A5103 here has four lanes in each direction with no hard shoulder. Between the on-and-off sliproads of the junctions, it has 3 lanes in each direction with hard shoulder. At the southern end, at the A560 junction, the A5103 seamlessly becomes the mainline of the M56 heading towards Manchester Airport, Chester and the M6 motorway
. Northbound traffic on the M56 must leave the mainline of the motorway at a sliproad to remain on the M56. Remaining on the mainline leads directly to the A5103.

References

  1. ISBN 9780719056062
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  2. ^ "Wythenshawe History". Your Wythenshawe. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780850336993
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  4. ISBN 9781136748011
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  5. ISBN 9781871236330
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  6. ^ "Tramways". The Tramway Review. 25. Light Railway Transport League. 2003.
  7. ISBN 1-85285-388-3
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  8. ^ "Greater Manchester Transport Timeline". Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Wythenshawe – Princess Parkway". Wythenshawe History Group. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  10. ISBN 9781909686656
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  11. ISBN 9780750677486
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