Everything about A660 Road totally explained
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Leeds Inner Ring Road)
A6120 road (
Leeds Outer Ring Road)
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The
A660 is a major
road in
West Yorkshire,
England that runs from
Leeds to
Burley-in-Wharfedale where it meets the
A65. (The A65 also starts in Leeds and runs parallel to, and south of, the A660. It continues to
Ilkley,
Skipton,
Settle and
Kendal as a main trans-
Pennine route.) The A660 is approximately long, and crosses the watershed from
Airedale to lower
Wharfedale. For most of its length the road is in the
metropolitan district of the
City of Leeds; the last 0.4 mile (0.6 kilometre) is in
City of Bradford district.
Leeds City Centre to Leeds Ring Road
The A660 starts in
Leeds City Centre, officially at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane. The northbound carriageway passes
Leeds Metropolitan University's "civic quarter" campus, crosses the A58(M) (
Leeds Inner Ring Road), which is here in a cutting, and passes the
University of Leeds with its landmark tower. The southbound carriageway is separated, at one stage by several terraced streets. The carriageways combine before crossing
Woodhouse Moor to
Hyde Park. The road passes the buildings of
Leeds Girls' High School and climbs to
Headingley, passing St Michael's church and many shops and bars including the
Arndale Centre. Shortly after the church, a plaque shows the site of the original
oak tree which gave its name to the
wapentake of
Skyrack ("Shire oak"): this is reflected in two pub names and nearby
Shire Oak Road. The road continues through
Far Headingley and
West Park.
This stretch of the A660 was the route of the first
tram service in Leeds (to Far Headingley) and is still a major bus corridor, with several peak hour
bus lanes. It suffers from high congestion, and there were historic plans to create a
Headingley bypass. Line 2 of the proposed
Leeds Supertram was to be on this road.
Many students live near the road, and its many licensed premises host the
Otley Run pub crawl.
The road has several names in this section:
Woodhouse Lane from
Claypit Lane to Hyde Park (but
Blenheim Walk for the separated southbound carriageway),
Headingley Lane between Hyde Park and St Michael's church, Headingley, and
Otley Road beyond this point.
Leeds Ring Road to A65
The A660 crosses the A6120 (
Leeds Ring Road - officially
Leeds Outer Ring Road) at
Lawnswood, and then passes the western part of
Adel. At
Golden Acre Park the road crosses the
Leeds Country Way footpath, which uses the underpass taking pedestrians from the car park to the park. The road passes east of the main part of
Bramhope village, and the next major intersection is the
A658 Bradford to
Harrogate road:
Pool Bank is a steep hill leading north-east from this junction down to
Pool-in-Wharfedale. The road skirts the northern slopes of
The Chevin before bypassing
Otley to the south along the line of the former
Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway (opened 1865, closed 1967). At the end of the Otley bypass the road crosses the
A6038 (Otley to
Bradford), and then follows the
River Wharfe before joining the
A65 at the roundabout at the start of the
Burley-in-Wharfedale bypass.
About 0.4 mile (0.6 km) before its end, the road crosses into
City of Bradford metropolitan district, having been in the
City of Leeds district for the rest of its length. The road is only separated from the county of
North Yorkshire by a few yards and the width of the river Wharfe, which here forms the county boundary.
The road is known as
Otley Road until Golden Acre Park, then
Leeds Road until the start of the Otley bypass.
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