A51 road
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A51 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Cheshire East Council Cheshire West and Chester Council Shropshire Council Staffordshire County Council Warwickshire County Council | ||||
Length | 79 mi (127 km) | |||
Existed | 1922–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
Northwest end | Chester 52°33′31″N 1°40′51″W / 52.5586°N 1.6808°W | |||
Southeast end | Kingsbury 53°11′32″N 2°52′56″W / 53.1921°N 2.8821°W | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Counties | Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire | |||
Primary destinations | Chester Nantwich Stone Rugeley Lichfield Tamworth | |||
Road network | ||||
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The A51 is a road in England which runs for 85 miles (137 km) from Chester, Cheshire to Kingsbury, North Warwickshire.
It takes on the following route:
- Chester
- Vicars Cross
- Littleton
- Tarvin
- Duddon
- Clotton
- Tarporley (merges briefly with A49)
- Nantwich
- Woore
- Stone (merges briefly with A34)
- Sandon
- Weston
- Great Haywood
- Little Haywood
- Rugeley (bypass opened 2007 [1])
- Lichfield
- Tamworth
- Kingsbury
The A51 is used by some long-distance traffic as an alternative to the M6 motorway, which is prone to congestion through Birmingham. The nearby M6 Toll motorway now serves a similar function. Originally the A51 terminated at Two Gates where it met the A5, the road south continuing as the A423. When the A423 was removed north of Coventry, the A51 was extended to meet the A47 (now B4114). It was cut back to Kingsbury when the A47 was downgraded.
Coordinates: 52°56′32″N 2°16′15″W / 52.9421°N 2.2707°W