A65 Road - Bypasses

Bypasses

Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:

  • The 2-mile (3.2 km) £5.5m dual-carriageway Burley-in-Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
  • The 2-mile (3.2 km) £4m Addingham bypass opened in January 1991.
  • The £2.8m Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
  • The north section of the £16.4m Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of the A59.
  • North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
  • The 4-mile (6.4 km) £8.5m Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.

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