A666 road
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 A666 near Farnworth | ||
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| South end | Pendlebury 53°30′09″N 2°18′37″W / 53.5025°N 2.3103°W | |
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| North end | Langho 53°48′31″N 2°26′41″W / 53.8086°N 2.4448°W | |
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| Country | Primary destinations | |
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The A666 is a major road in Greater Manchester and Lancashire, England.
Route
The road runs from its junction with the
Turton and Entwistle reservoir
and the Entwistle reservoir forest.
Road names
Most common names
The road is mostly known as Manchester Road, Bolton Road, or Blackburn Road, depending on which area it is in.
Devil's Highway
It is sometimes referred to as the Devil's Highway[1] or the Devil's Road[citation needed] because of Biblical associations of its number 666, and its high accident rate on the moors between Egerton and Darwen.
Crash rate
Because of a crash rate that was three times higher than motorways in the borough, with 26 vehicle collisions and crashes a year and 40 people injured, road works and other changes were introduced, including the speed limit changed from 70 mph to 50 mph,
road accidents by 60%.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Bolton Evening News. 13 February 2002. Archived from the originalon 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A666 road (England).
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