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The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the lightly populated region of rural east Lancashire .
Deansgate is a main road (part of the A56) through Manchester City Centre, England.It runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile in length.
The road forms a major part of the Manchester–Salford Inner Ring Road and runs south of the city centre. Running eastbound, it starts as a two-lane dual carriageway and passes underneath the A56 . Following this, the road widens to three lanes.
A56: Anglo-Saxon period [2] Cuts the city centre in two and runs roughly north–south in a near straight route through the western part of the city centre. It is one of the oldest thoroughfares through the city and is the longest road in the city centre at over one mile long. [3]
The origin of the name Stretford is "street" (Old English strǣt) on a ford across the River Mersey. [1]The principal road through Stretford, the A56 Chester Road, follows the line of the old Roman road from Deva Victrix to Mamucium (), crossing the Mersey into Stretford at Crossford Bridge, built at the location of the ancient ford.
0–9. European route E22; A34 road; A49 road; A56 road; M56 motorway; A57 road; Mancunian Way; M58 motorway; A560 road; A556 road; A572 road; A574 road; A575 road ...
The A556 is a road in England which extends from the village of Delamere in Cheshire West and Chester to the Bowdon Interchange in Cheshire East, bordering Greater Manchester. [1] [2] The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections and forms a large part of the route between Manchester and Chester. It also acts as a major ...
The first turnpike road in the area was the latter-day A56 Chester Road between Manchester and Crossford Bridge (on the border between Sale and Stretford). Turnpike trusts collected tolls from road users and used the proceeds to maintain the highway. There was a toll booth on the Sale side of Crossford Bridge.