A5300 road
Encyclopedia
The A5300 or Knowsley Expressway is a trunk road
in Merseyside
, England
. It runs three miles (5 km) from its junction with the A562
to its junction with the M62
, where it becomes the M57
. Along its course it crosses the Liverpool to Manchester Line Southern route.
schools ran a competition for their school pupils to name the new road. The competition was won by Halsnead Community Primary School pupil Daniel Pendleton who named it Knowsley Expressway.
Trunk road
A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, and other things.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic...
in Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It runs three miles (5 km) from its junction with the A562
A562 road
The A562 is a road in England which runs from Liverpool to Warrington.At Liverpool the road is known at first as Parliament Street, then Upper Parliament Street, Smithdown Road, Allerton Road, Menlove Avenue, Hillfoot Road, Hillfoot Avenue and Higher Road, before joining Speke Boulevard.It ends in...
to its junction with the M62
M62 motorway
The M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
, where it becomes the M57
M57 motorway
The M57 motorway, also known as the Liverpool Outer Ring Road, is a road in England. Designed as a bypass road for Liverpool, it is long and links various towns east of the city, as well as the M62 and M58 motorways.-Route:...
. Along its course it crosses the Liverpool to Manchester Line Southern route.
Naming of the Road
In 1995-96, KnowsleyMetropolitan Borough of Knowsley
The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres...
schools ran a competition for their school pupils to name the new road. The competition was won by Halsnead Community Primary School pupil Daniel Pendleton who named it Knowsley Expressway.