A180 road (England)

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UK road A180.svg
A180
Route information
Part of Tabliczka E22.svg E22
Length16.87 mi (27.15 km)
Major junctions
West end Barnetby-le-Wold
53°35′02″N0°25′21″W / 53.5840°N 0.4225°W / 53.5840; -0.4225 (A180 road (western end))
Major intersectionsUK-Motorway-M180.svg M180
A15
A16
UK road A160.svg A160
UK road A1098.svg A1098
UK road A1173.svg A1173
A46
East end Cleethorpes
53°33′40″N0°02′08″W / 53.5610°N 0.0356°W / 53.5610; -0.0356 (A180 road (eastern end))
Location
Country United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Primary
destinations
Grimsby, Immingham
Road network

The A180 is a primary route in northern England, that runs from the M180 motorway to Cleethorpes. The road is a continuation of the M180, but built to lower specifications: it is mainly dual two-lane without hard shoulders. The road is (mostly grade separated) dual carriageway for 16.87 miles (27.15 km) from the M180 to Grimsby, and is a single carriageway road for 2 miles (3.2 km) between Grimsby and Cleethorpes beach.

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Route

The A180 begins at junction 5 of the M180 in North Lincolnshire, where it picks up traffic from the motorway and the A15 road heading towards the ports of Grimsby and Immingham. The road crosses the border into North East Lincolnshire and has a junction with the A160 road to Immingham Dock. It bypasses the town of Immingham and Habrough before meeting the A1173 road (linking to the A46 road to Lincoln). The road then has a junction with the A1136 road prior to having two roundabout junctions with local roads. In central Grimsby, the A180 meets the A16 road (to Louth and Boston) at a roundabout, and continues along the front into Cleethorpes. In central Cleethopes the A180 terminates at a roundabout with the A46 road (clee road)and the A1098 road(Isaacs hill).

Construction

In 1975 there would be a 'motorway link road' between Grimsby and Barnetby with three possible routes

The northern route was the most likely, as Immingham only needed a short spur road. The M180 was to be finished by 1978, and the link road' by 1980. The borough engineer was William Webster [1]

By June 1975 - there were four routes, to start by 1978, with southern two routes reaching the A18 at Riby crossroads. It was not decided if it would be a motorway. [2] On Friday 2 July 1976, the government said it wanted the north route, announced by Ken Marks [3]

A public enquiry into the route began on Tuesday 5 December 1978 at Ulceby Community Centre. Lincolnshire County Council favoured the A18 route, and Habrough parish council had put forward another route. [4] Officially it was the Brigg Bypass to Grimsby Section of the Sheffield - Grimsby Trunk Road, to be completed by 1982.

In September 1979 the road route, as the A18, was confirmed. 14 miles would cost £30m, to start by the end of 1980. [5] [6] Another enquiry was held at Ulceby on Tuesday 22 January 1980. [7]

Budge started work on Tuesday 5 May 1981; the contract was £13m for eight miles in May 1981, to finish in the summer of 1983. [8] [9] Monk were given the contract of £14.5m in early October 1981, to start in late October 1981, for the six miles from Ulceby to Pyewipe. [10]

The first 5.75 miles opened in late March 1983.

History and noise

The A180 was opened in 1983 as an extension to the M180.

Its ribbed concrete surface makes it the noisiest road in the United Kingdom. [11] [12] In June 2017, sound levels inside a family car travelling along the road were measured at up to 92 decibels. [13]

In the 2000s, parts of the road that lie close to inhabited areas were resurfaced with tarmac following continued complaints and campaigns. Calls for the entire stretch of the road to be resurfaced continued. In March 2018 it was announced that the remaining concrete sections would be resurfaced in three stages at a cost of £10 million. [14]

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References

  1. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 14 March 1975, page 1
  2. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 24 June 1975, page 1
  3. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 2 July 1976, page 1
  4. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Tuesday 5 December 1978, page 1
  5. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Saturday 1 September 1979, page 1
  6. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 4 September 1979, page 8
  7. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Monday 3 December 1979, page 14
  8. Retford Times Friday 8 May 1981, page 1
  9. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 30 October 1981, page 5
  10. Hull Daily Mail Friday 2 October 1981, page 1
  11. What was happening in the area ten years ago Archived 15 September 2012 at archive.today Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  12. Britain's Deadliest Roads – Channel 5. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. How the notoriously noisy A180 compares to jets flying overhead and freight trainsGrimsby Telegraph. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  14. Noisy Lincolnshire A180 road to get £10m resurfacing work BBC News. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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53°36′24″N0°13′51″W / 53.6067°N 0.2307°W / 53.6067; -0.2307 (A180 road)