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The
A61 is a major
trunk road in
England. It runs from
Derby to
Thirsk in
North Yorkshire. From Derby, it heads north via
Alfreton,
Clay Cross,
Chesterfield,
Sheffield,
Barnsley,
Wakefield,
Leeds,
Harrogate and
Ripon. The road is closely paralleled by the
M1 motorway as far as Leeds.
Heading south, the road begins as single carriageway which bypasses Ripon and onto Harrogate town centre. At Harrogate, the road divides into two major one way streets which enclose the town centre and run along The Stray, (a 200 acre stretch of grassland in Harrogate). The A61 continues through
Harewood before approaching the north's
metropolis, where a sudden urban fringe approaches. As the road enters Leeds, the road becomes a main dual carriageway (or Trunk Road) and artery for north Leeds. For a distance it stays the same before the arrival of the superbusway near
Potternewton. Here, the A61 rises slightly, and a panoramic view of Leeds skyline is revealed. The descent into Leeds is quick and the road soon turns into a multi-lane road, as it approaches
Sheepscar Interchange. Fast Flowing traffic is directed onto the A61, although some traffic is directed off the A61 to avoid Leeds City Centre as it routes around the back of
Quarry House. The A61 meets it shortly after, as it shares the city centre loop for a short distance. After crossing the river, the road splits again before taking traffic out to the motorways. The road then continues out of
Leeds towards
Wakefield and
Barnsley. South of Barnsley it crosses the
M1 at Junction 36 then heads towards
Sheffield.
The A61 travels into Sheffield through
Grenoside and
Hillsborough, passing next to the Sheffield Wednesday
football stadium. At this point it forms a major artery into the
City Centre from the north, before becoming the
Sheffield Inner Ring Road (which as of 2007 is labelled as A61 all the way around), meeting the
A57 at junction 1 (for
Sheffield Parkway heading east to
Worksop) and junction 6 (for the
Snake Pass to
Manchester) of the ring road, and then emerging on the south side past the Sheffield United
football stadium through
Heeley and climbing up to
Norton and the Meadowhead roundabout. From there the road becomes dual carriageway, heading towards
Chesterfield on the
Dronfield by-pass. The road used to go through Chesterfield town centre, passing by the famous
crooked spire, but this caused heavy congestion that was alleviated by a bypass built in the 1980s. The spire itself is clearly visible from the bypass. The road reverts to single carriageway south of Chesterfield, passing through
Clay Cross on its way to
Alfreton.
South of Alfreton, the A61 merges with the dual carriageway
A38, but the old A61 continues as the B6179 through
Swanwick and
Denby, meeting the
A38 again just north of the City. The A61 road continues towards the city centre along
Sir Frank Whittle Road until it finally ends at the junction with the
A52 near to the headquarters of
Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
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