A65 road

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The A65 is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in Yorkshire via Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, passes west of Settle, then continues through Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.

[edit] Bypasses

Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:

• The two-mile £5.5m dual-carriageway Burley-in-Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
• The two-mile £4m Addingham bypass opened in January 1991.
• The £2.8m Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
• The north section of the £16.4m Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of the A59.
• North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
• The four-mile £8.5m Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.

[edit] Junctions (A/B roads)

• A58 Leeds Inner Ring Road (start)
• B6157 Kirkstall
• A6120 Horsforth
• B6152 Rawdon
• A658 Yeadon
• B6153 Guiseley (demerge)
• A6038 Guiseley (merge)
• A6038 Menston (demerge)
• A660 Burley in Wharfedale (merge)
• B6382 Ben Rhydding (demerge)
• B6382 Ilkley (merge)
• A6034 & B6160 Addingham
• A6069 Skipton (demerge)
• A59 Skipton merge
• A6131 Skipton (demerge)
• B6265 Skipton
• A59 & A629 Skipton (demerge)
• B6253 Hellifield (demerge)
• A682 Long Preston (merge)
• B6478 Long Preston (demerge)
• B6480 nr Settle (demerge)
• B6480 (merge)
• B6480 Clapham (demerge)
• B6480 Clapham (merge)
• B6480 Newby (demerge)
• B6255 Ingleton (demerge)
• A687 Ingleton (demerge)
• A683 Kirkby Lonsdale (merge)
• A683 Kirkby Lonsdale (demerge)
• B6254 Kirkby Lonsdale (demerge)
• B6446 Kirkby Lonsdale (merge)
• A6070 {merge) & A590 (demerge) nr M6 Junction 36
• B6385 Crooklands (demerge)
• B6254 Kendal (merge)
• A6 Kendal (demerge)
• A6 Kendal (demerge)
• A6 Kendal (demerge)
• A684 Kendal (end)

	A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering system	edit
A6	A60 - A61 - A62 - A63 - A64 - A65 - A66 - A67 - A68 - A69
	A602 - A605 - A614 - A625 - A630 - A635
	A638 - A647 - A666 - A684 - A685 - A686 - A689 - A690 - A696
	A6030 - A6055 - A6079 - A6108 - A6136 - A6177 - A6182
	List of A roads in Zone 6