A67 road

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UK road A67.svg
A67
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Route information
Length33.1 mi [1]  (53.3 km)
Major junctions
West endUK road A66.svg A66 in Bowes
Major intersectionsUK road A66.svgUK road A167.svg A66  / A167 in Darlington
East endUK road A19.svg A19 near Crathorne
Location
Country United Kingdom
Counties County Durham
North Yorkshire
Primary
destinations

Barnard Castle
Darlington
Road network
UK road A66.svg A66 UK road A68.svg A68

The A67 is a road in England that links Bowes in County Durham with Crathorne in North Yorkshire. The road from Middlesbrough to Darlington was previously the A66 road, the road also starts and ends on the A66.

Contents

Route

The section from the A66 to Barnard Castle is primary status; [2] from that point it turns right and it loses its primary status to the A688 road. [3] It then travels east through Gainford and crosses the A1(M) but does not have a junction with it. [4] The road regains primary status as it goes concurrent with the A66 road from the Blackwell roundabout and heads along the southern edge of Darlington. [5]

As the A66 heads north, the A67 leaves at Morton Park to head east past Dinsdale and Durham Tees Valley Airport before joining with the A135 in Eaglescliffe. From there it heads south through Yarm—crossing the Tees via Yarm Bridge [6] —and Kirklevington before joining the A19 road at Crathorne. [7]

The road has been described by a UK Government transport minister as an important commuter route and as being the gateway to Teesdale from Darlington. [8] Despite its status as an important route, it is not maintained by National Highways but by the local authority. [9] The section around Darlington and also onwards towards Middlesbrough was originally the A66. [10]

Safety

The 10-mile (16 km) stretch of road between the A66 at Morton Park and the A19 was named the third most improved road in 2013. Work on this section included vehicle activated signage, draining and resurfacing. [11]

Settlements

A67 west of Gainford A67 West of Gainford - geograph.org.uk - 1577178.jpg
A67 west of Gainford

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
County Durham Bowes 0.00.0UK road A66.svg A66  Brough, Bowes, Scotch Corner Western terminus
Barnard Castle 4.97.9UK road A688.svg A688 northeast (Prospect Place) Bishop Auckland Southwestern terminus of A688
Darlington 19.932.0UK road A66.svgUK road A167.svgUK-Motorway-A1 (M).svgUK road A168.svg A66 west (Bridge Road) / A167 (Grange Road / Croft Road) to A1(M) south / A168  The South, Scotch Corner, Darlington, Northallerton, Thirsk Western terminus of A66 concurrency
Morton Palms 23.337.5UK road A66.svgUK-Motorway-A1 (M).svgUK road A1150.svg A66 east / B6280 (Yarm Road) to A1(M) north / A1150  The North, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Teesside, Durham, Darlington Stockton and M'brough signed eastbound only, To A1150, Teesside and Durham westbound only; eastern terminus of A66 concurrency
Egglescliffe 29.747.8UK road A135.svg A135 north (Yarm Road) Stockton Southern terminus of A135
County Durham
North Yorkshire
boundary
Egglescliffe
Yarm
boundary
29.848.0 Yarm Bridge over River Tees
North Yorkshire Yarm
Kirklevington
boundary
31.150.1UK road A1044.svg A1044 northeast / B1264 (Green Lane) Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby, Middlesbrough, Worsall Southwestern terminus of A1044
Kirklevington
Crathorne
boundary
32.9–
33.1
52.9–
53.3
UK road A19.svg A19  The North, The South, Middlesbrough, Thirsk Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "54.5190999, -2.0090285 to 74 Merrybent, Darlington DL2 2LE, UK to Urlay Nook Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS16 0LH, UK to 12 A67, Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm TS15 0AY, UK". Google Maps . Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. Wafer, dave. "Funding for Local Transport Safer Roads Fund" (PDF). durham.gov.uk. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. "92" (Map). Barnard Castle & Richmond. 1;50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN   9780319261903.
  4. "304" (Map). Darlington & Richmond. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN   9780319245569.
  5. "A67 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. Betteney, Alan (2019). "Crossing the Tees: Fords, Ferries and Bridges" (PDF). River Tees Rediscovered. Tees Archaeology: 23–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. "The A19 Trunk Road (Crathorne Interchange to Parkway Interchange)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. "Landslip road needs £4m funding". BBC News. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. Seddon, Sean (21 September 2017). "Why the A19 is missing out on funding to save lives on the road". nechronicle. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  10. Bax, A.; Fairfield, S. (1978). The Macmillan guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79 (2 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-333-19908-4.
  11. "Teesside's A67 route hailed in road safety report". Gazette Live. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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