A64(M)
| A64(M) motorway | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 0.7 mi (1.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1969 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Quarry Hill, Leeds |
| To: | Brunswick |
| Location | |
| Primary destinations: |
Leeds |
| Road network | |
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The A66(M), together with the A58(M), form a ring road around city centre of Leeds. It was built as an extension from the existing ring road, to relieve Leeds from severe traffic congestion. The motorway section of the ring road forms a semicircle around the north of the city centre. It is classified as a motorway to prohibit certain types of traffic and pedestrians but is not designed to modern motorway standards: it has no hard shoulders and many exits are unsuitable for a true motorway, including a right-side (fast lane) slip road exit. Most of it runs in a concrete-walled cutting, but it goes into a tunnel under the Leeds General Infirmary. The motorway cuts through inner-city neighbourhoods such as Woodhouse, Sheepscar, and Buslingthorpe, forming an important link in the road network by allowing traffic from the A65, A660, A58, A61 and A64 to bypass the city centre completely.
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