A51 road
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| Maintained by Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Shropshire Council Staffordshire County Council Warwickshire County Council | ||
| Length | 79 mi (127 km) | |
| Existed | 1922–present | |
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| Northwest end |  A5268 roadChester 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W | |
| Southeast end | Kingsbury 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W | |
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The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.
Route
It takes on the following route:
- Chester
- Vicars Cross
- Littleton
- Tarvin (bypass opened 1984)
- Duddon
- Clotton
- Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
- Nantwich
- Woore
- A34)
- Sandon
- Weston
- Great Haywood
- Little Haywood
- Rugeley (bypass opened 2007 [1]
- Lichfield
- Tamworth
- Kingsbury
History
Originally the A51 terminated at Two Gates where it met the A5, the road south continuing as the
A423
. When the A423 was removed north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to meet the A47 (now B4114). It was cut back to Kingsbury when the A47 was downgraded.
References
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Citations
- ^ "Rugeley Bypass open". Rugeley Bypass. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2023.