A16 road (England)

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UK road A16.svg
A16
A16 road map.png
Route information
Length78.3 mi [1]  (126.0 km)
Major junctions
South endUK road A47.svg A47 in Peterborough
Major intersectionsUK road A151.svg A151 near Spalding

UK road A17.svg A17 in Sutterton
UK road A52.svg A52 in Boston
UK road A158.svg A158 near Partney

UK road A18.svg A18 near Ludborough
North endUK road A180.svg A180 in Grimsby
Location
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Primary
destinations
Spalding
Boston
Road network
UK road A15.svg A15 UK road A17.svg A17

The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands region of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Peterborough, where it meets the A1175, A47 & A1139 then on to the A1 and the A605; the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Northampton and the west, and south west of England. Its length is 78 miles (126 km). The road was "de-trunked", with responsibility largely returned to Lincolnshire County Council from the Highways Agency in 2002. [2] [3]

Contents

Settlements on route

From north to south its route is:

The road is a Primary Route for its entire length. Most of the A16 is single carriageway.

History

Ludborough Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) £1.2 million Ludborough Bypass opened on 25 October 1992. [4]

Fotherby Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) Fotherby Bypass opened in 2004. [ citation needed ]

Louth Bypass opening

3-mile (4.8 km) £6.6 million Louth Bypass opened in August 1991. [5]

Partney Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) Partney Bypass opened in August 2005. [ citation needed ]

Stickford Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) £1 million Stickford Bypass opened in October 1992. [ citation needed ]

Boston Inner Relief Road opening

The £1.4 million Boston Inner Relief Road opened in early 1978.[ citation needed ]

Boston-Algarkirk Diversion opening

The 6-mile (9.7 km) £11.5 million Boston-Algarkirk Diversion opened in October 1991. [ citation needed ]

Spalding Bypass opening

The 11-mile (18 km) £23 million Spalding-Sutterton Improvement (the Spalding Bypass) opened in August 1995. [6]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Cambridgeshire Peterborough 0.00.0UK road A47.svgUK road A1.svgUK road A15.svgUK road A605.svg A47 (Eye Road) / Welland Road to A1  / A15  / A605  Wisbech, Peterborough, Leicester, Dogsthrope, The North, London, Sleaford, Northampton, Eye, Eye Green, Thorney Southern terminus
Lincolnshire CowbitSpalding boundary13.121.1UK road A1175.svgUK road A15.svg A1175 south-west / B1173 (Barrier Bank) to A15  Stamford, Spalding town centre, Bourne, Deeping St Nicholas, Market Deeping North-eastern terminus of A1175
Spalding 16.226.1UK road A151.svgUK road A17.svg A151 (Holbeach Road) to A17  Spalding, Holbeach, King's Lynn, Weston, Moulton
Surfleet 19.831.9 A152 north-west Surfleet, Gosberton, Donington South-eastern terminus of A152
Sutterton 23.237.3UK road A17.svgUK road A52.svg A17  / Station Road to A52  King's Lynn, Sleaford, Grantham, Sutterton, Fosdyke, Wigtoft
Boston 29.747.8UK road A52.svgUK road A1121.svg A52 west (Liquorport Road) to A1121  Grantham, Sleaford Southern terminus of A52 concurrency
29.948.1UK road A1138.svg A1138 south (South End) Fishtoft Fishtoft signed northbound only; northern terminus of A1138
30.448.9Horncastle Road (A1137 west) / Wide Bargate / B1183 Horncastle Eastern terminus of A1137
31.250.2UK road A52.svg A52 east (Wainfleet Road) Wainfleet, Fishtoft Fishtoft signed southbound only; northern terminus of A52 concurrency
West KealEast Keal boundary43.469.8UK road A155.svgUK road A153.svg A155 west (Main Road) to A153  Sleaford, West Keal, East Kirkby Eastern terminus of A155
Partney 47.576.4UK road A158.svg A158  Skegness, Lincoln, Partney, Scremby, Burgh le Marsh, Sausthorpe, Horncastle
Ulceby with Fordington 51.482.7UK road A1028.svgUK road A1104.svgUK road A158.svg A1028 south-east (Main Road) / A1104 north-east to A158  Skegness, Mablethorpe, Ulceby, Alford, Bilsby Ulceby signed northbound only; north-western terminus of A1028; south-western terminus of A1104
Raithby cum Maltby 60.497.2UK road A157.svg A157 east (Station Road) / B1520 (London Road) Mablethorpe, Louth, Manby, Saltfleetby Southern terminus of A157 concurrency
Elkington 62.6100.7UK road A157.svgUK road A631.svg A157 west / B1200 to A631  Lincoln, Louth, Gainsborough, Market Rasen, Wragby Northern terminus of A157 concurrency
UtterbyLudborough boundary67.9109.3UK road A18.svg A18 west Immingham, Humber Bridge, Ludborough, North Ormsby Eastern terminus of A18
New Waltham 74.6120.1Louth Road (A1243 north) / Becklands Avenue – Scartho Southern terminus of A1243
75.3121.2UK road A1098.svg A1098 north (Hewitt's Avenue) Cleethorpes Southern terminus of A1098
Grimsby 76.9123.8UK road A46.svg A46 (Weelsby Road) Cleethorpes, Lincoln
77.8125.2Ellis Way / Frederick Ward Way (A1136) - Town centre
78.3126.0UK road A180.svgUK-Motorway-M180.svg A180 (Cleethorpe Road / Westgate) / Lockhill / M180  Cleethorpes, Immingham Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Future

Boston Distributor Road

There are demands for Boston to be bypassed. Therefore, Lincolnshire County Council have 'safeguarded' the corridor for the Boston Distributor Road. [7]

Incidents

There are multiple crashes on the A16, especially near Louth and Crowland. [8]

Spalding-Peterborough route change

Old route of the A16

The route of the A16 changed following the completion of the new Spalding-Peterborough link road. The section between Spalding to the south of Crowland only, opened in August 2010; the remainder was completed in October 2011. The new route has taken the number A16, effectively linking the route with Peterborough, with the current road from Spalding to Stamford becoming the A1175. [9]

A1073 road

This new section replaced the A1073 road, a road that ran between the former A16 at 52°45.5262′N0°9.6174′W / 52.7587700°N 0.1602900°W / 52.7587700; -0.1602900 0.81 miles (1.3 km) south of Spalding in Lincolnshire and the A47 between Eye and Eye Green at 52°36.7206′N0°11.1378′W / 52.6120100°N 0.1856300°W / 52.6120100; -0.1856300 near Peterborough. [10] [11] [12]

The A1073 route had become increasingly dangerous over the years because traffic usage had increased. It was narrow with many blind corners and slopes, and much of it was on an embankment with deep ditches either side and no run-off areas. There were dangerous junctions, particularly with the B1443 between Peakirk and Thorney, which formed a staggered crossroads. The road was a principal route servicing the food-processing industry in Spalding, bringing in supplies and moving products to the supermarket distribution system to the south.

An upgrade to the route had been under discussion for many years. The main hold-up was arguments over funding between the administrative counties of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and the Department for Transport, exacerbated by the actions of a former Leader of Lincolnshire County Council who went to jail for seeking to influence the route to his own financial advantage. [13] Eventually a route was agreed, avoiding Cowbit and Crowland and joining the A47 west of Eye, and in 2008 construction work began, originally due to be completed by Autumn 2010. [14] [15]

The Northern 8.3 miles (13.4 km) of the new route opened between Spalding and the roundabout south of Crowland in Autumn 2010, with the opening of the Southern 4.8 miles (7.7 km) delayed due to structural problems at the embankment at Car Dyke Bridge. On completion of remedial repairs and the opening of the Southern portion on 16 October 2011, the new road was renumbered to form part of the A16; the original A1073 alignment between Spalding and Eye Green became an unclassified local road. [16]

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