A628 road

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A628 road
Longdendale: The A628 runs on the far bank of the Rhodeswood Reservoir. A white lorry can just be seen heading east.
Longdendale: The A628 runs on the far bank of the Rhodeswood Reservoir. A white lorry can just be seen heading east.
Direction West - East
Start Mottram Moor, Hollingworth
Primary
destinations1		 Barnsley
End Pontefract (A639)
Roads joined Start
A57 road
A6024 road
A616 road
A629 road
M1 motorway
A635 road
A61 road
A633 road
A6195 road
A638 road
A639 road
End
Notes
  1. Primary destinations as specified by the Department for Transport.

The A628 is a major road in the north of England connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire by crossing the Pennine chain of hills by way of the Woodhead Pass through the Peak District National Park. The height and the exposure of the road often creates problems during poor weather in winter and the road is sometimes closed due to snowfall or high winds. There are controversial plans for a bypass around Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle.

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[edit] Route

The road starts to the East of Manchester at the end of the M67 motorway and A57 road. It currently passes through Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle (where there are plans for a bypass see Longdendale Bypass) and then up through the valley of Longdendale and the Peak District National Park to Crowden to Salter's Brook Bridge. From the summit the road decends through Millhouse Green, Thurlstone, around Penistone joining the M1 motorway at Junction 37.

From the M1 junction to road passes through Barnsley, Cudworth, Brierley and around Hemsworth (bypassed) to Ackworth Moor Top ending to Pontefract at a junction with the A639 road.

The height and the exposure of the road over the Woodhead Pass creates problems during poor weather in winter[1][2] when the road can be closed due to snowfall or high winds.[3]

[edit] Current developments

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[edit] Proposed developments

Main article: Longdendale Bypass

The route goes through Longdendale and proposed improvements, the Longdendale Bypass plans, are (as of 2008) a matter of great debate.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ A628: Hollingworth - Pontefract. Sabre-roads. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  2. ^ "High winds cause chaos in region", BBC, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-27. 
  3. ^ A628 Road Watch. Save Swallow's Wood. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.

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