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The A690 is a road in County Durham running from Sunderland in the east through Durham to Crook.
[edit] Sunderland section
Throughout the Sunderland section it is known as either Durham Road or New Durham Road, and is one of the major routes in and out of the city. A single carriageway section runs from the city centre to a large roundabout at the Barnes. The road then becomes dual carriageway and climbs a steep hill toward High Barnes, alongside the Bede site of the City of Sunderland College. Beyond a set of traffic lights at the Prospect Hotel, the road remains dual carriageway, but the inside lane is a 'no car lane'. The road then climbs another hill, becoming single carriageway, with the Farringdon estate to the east and the Thorney Close estate to the west. A down hill stretch leads into the East Herrington and then on toward the A19 fly-over. Past the A19, the road once again becomes a dual carriageway and runs through Houghton-le-Spring, out of the City of Sunderland boundary and on toward the A1. Just after the A19 intersection, the road comes to a notoriously bad intersection - which is frequented by a speed camera van on the Eastbound carriageway just outside the Evans Halshaw car dealership.
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A1(M) motorway
A1052 road
A167 road
A181 road
A182 road
A183 road
A19 road
A689 road
A691 road
