A57 road

A57
A57
	M60 Junction 11)
Major junctions
West end	Liverpool James Street railway station
	M57; M62; M6; M60; M602; M67;
East end	Lincoln
Location
Country	Primary; destinations
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;
	← A58
	← A58

The A57 is a major road in

Salford and Manchester, and then through the Pennines over the Snake Pass (between the high moorlands of Bleaklow and Kinder Scout), around the Ladybower Reservoir, through Sheffield and past Worksop. Between Liverpool and Glossop, the road has largely been superseded by the M62, M602 and M67 motorways. Within Manchester a short stretch becomes the Mancunian Way

, designated A57(M).

Route

Liverpool–Warrington

The A57 begins at The Strand (A5036) near the

Liverpool to Manchester Line (southern route). At Great Sankey

, it becomes a dual-carriageway and meets the A562 at a roundabout.

Warrington–Manchester

The original route through Warrington town centre included the narrow Sankey Street, which required special narrow buses to be operated. The road now bypasses Warrington town centre via a new elevated road, Midland Way, before emerging at a roundabout junction with the

Glazebrook and its railway station, and then it crosses Glaze Brook as Liverpool Road, entering the metropolitan district of Salford

.

There is a new roundabout with the former road through

Barton-upon-Irwell

close by to the south.

Soon after this junction the road enters

A576 (for Trafford Park. It leaves the A576 near junction 2 of the M602, heading east as the single-carriageway Eccles New Road. It passes the Ladywell tram stop on the right and meets the A5185 to the left. The Metrolink follows the road on the right hand side. There is the B5228 to the left near the Weaste station. In Weaste, there is the Langworthy tram stop

near the A5186 left turn where the Metrolink leaves the road to the south. The road runs parallel to the M602 100m to the north.

The road becomes the trunk road dual carriageway Regent Road at the junction with the terminus of the M602 and the A5063 (Albion Way north for the

A57(M) – the Mancunian Way at the GSJ with the A56 Bridgewater Way. The Beetham Tower Manchester

is seen nearby to the left.

Manchester–Sheffield

It leaves the A57(M) at the

A6010 at crossroads. It passes through Belle Vue, meets the B6178 (for Levenshulme), crosses a railway near the Belle Vue railway station, entering Gorton. It meets the B6167 (for North Reddish). It enters the borough of Tameside

, becoming the dual-carriageway Manchester Road.

It meets the

Glossop Line near Godley railway station and Godley Reservoir. It passes through Hattersley, and mets the final junction of the M67 – junction 4 – at a roundabout with the dual-carriageway A560 (for Stockport

).

It resumes its trunk road status as Hyde Road, passing through

Dinting viaduct, again near Dinting railway station as it passes through Dinting and the primary school. The A6016 leaves to the right and the road enters Glossop as High Street West passing a Tesco on the left. It meets the A624 (for Hayfield) and the B6105 at crossroads in the middle of the town, near Norfolk Square and the railway station. It becomes High Street East, passing Glossop Leisure Centre on the right. There is a roundabout and it becomes Sheffield Road, then Woodcock Road as it leaves Glossop and enters the Peak District National Park (Dark Peak). There is a sharp bend to the right and it becomes Snake Pass

.

It climbs up Holden Clough and at Featherbed Moss, it is crossed by the

A6013 (for Bamford) and passes the Ladybower Inn. It climbs the valley and passes over Cutthroat Bridge. It is at about 1200 ft as it enters South Yorkshire and the city of Sheffield. It follows down the hill as Manchester Road past Hollow Meadows

.

Following the hill down into Sheffield, it passes the New Norfolk Arms on the left, with the

Broomhill

. The B6069 leaves to the right, and it becomes Whitham Road.

It passes

River Don on Castlegate, becoming Exchange Place. It becomes the Sheffield Parkway (built in 1974), Sheffield's main route to the M1

, meeting a roundabout.

Sheffield–Worksop

It meets the

Beighton. It crosses the River Rother, entering the borough of Rotherham

, and meets a roundabout.

It crosses the

Shell Worksop Road station. It crosses a railway and Lindrick Common near Woodsetts

.

Worksop–Lincoln

The 5-mile (8 km) £11.3 million

A60 (for Worksop) at the Rhodesia Roundabout, near Rhodesia, a Sainsbury's and a McDonald's. The next short section, overlapping with the A60 and crossing the River Ryton, is dual-carriageway to the roundabout with the A60 (for Mansfield) and B6024, near the Shell Dukeries Garage and the Worksop Little Chef. From here, it is single carriageway (excluding the A1 section). There is a roundabout with the B6034 (for Ollerton) near Worksop College

and Portland School.

It passes the former site of

Cottam

and (former) High Marnham are to the north and south, with many lines of pylons following the Trent.

It goes through

Sheffield to Lincoln Line and Fossdyke, meeting the B1241, for Sturton by Stow

.

It crosses the

Siemens

engineering company.

Although the terminus of the road is in Lincoln, most of the A57 follows the former Liverpool-Skegness trunk road, created by the 1946 Trunk Roads Act. The road from Lincoln to Skegness was formerly also known as the A158.

History

1979 - Snake Pass potential closure

In 1979, the Department for Transport considered closing the Snake Pass section with traffic to be diverted to use the A628.

1985 - Opening of Aston relief road

The 3-mile (4.8 km) £4 million Aston relief road in Sheffield opened in mid-1985, with the old route now designated as the B6200.

2017 - Transpennine road upgrade

In 2017,

Highways England

announced a consultation for upgrades to road in the Transpennines. This includes:

Upgrades to the Westwood roundabout near Sheffield; packaged with technology improvements along the A628, A616 and A61, including electronic signs and improved closure gates
Creation of two new link roads at the western end of the A57/A628 route, to provide a dual carriageway bypass around Mottram in Longdendale^[3]

References

^ West Drayton diversion
^ Historic England. "Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor (1402678)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ National Highways (26 May 2020). "A57 Link Roads". National Highways. Retrieved 6 July 2022. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

External links

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[1] West Drayton diversion

[2] Historic England. "Canopy to former petrol station, Markham Moor (1402678)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[3] National Highways (26 May 2020). "A57 Link Roads". National Highways. Retrieved 6 July 2022. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

[3]

v t e A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A5 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59
	A500 A501 A505 A507 A508 A509 A511 A512 A514 A515 A516 A518 A519 A523 A525 A527 A528 A529 A530 A531 A533 A535 A536 A537 A538 A540 A541 A555 A556 A562 A563 A565 A570 A572 A574 A580 A583 A584 A585 A586 A587 A588 A590 A591 A592 A593 A594 Leicester Cumbria A595 A596
	A5004 A5012 A5025 A5036 A5038 A5058 A5100 A5103 A5109 A5112 A5114 A5117 A5120 A5124 A5127 A5130 A5135 A5147 A5150 A5183 A5199 A5268 A5300 A5758
	B5289 B5300 B5302 B5470
List of A roads in Zone 5 List of B roads in Zone 5

Motorways		M62
Major roads	A57 A59 A561 A562 A565 A5036
Streets	Bold Street Church Street Dale Street Edge Lane Falkner Street Gambier Terrace Granby Four Streets Hope Street Paradise Street Penny Lane Rodney Street Lime Street Lord Street Mathew Street Mount Pleasant Scotland Road (A59) Smithdown Road (A562) Water Street Welsh Streets William Brown Street