A6177 road
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The A6177 is a ring road
around Bradford
in West Yorkshire
, England
. It is mostly formed from existing roads and save for its southern section is single-carriageway.
before crossing the B6381 Bradford to Thornbury
road at Habib's Restaurant, the former Barrack Tavern public house. The next major junction is at Laisterdyke
with Leeds Road, part of the A647 Halifax
to Leeds via Bradford road, which it meets for the first time. Just after crossing the A647, it passes over the Leeds to Bradford railway line and continues via Sticker Lane to Dudley Hill roundabout, an elevated junction with sliproad connections to and from Wakefield
Road part of the A650 Wakefield to Keighley
road.
At Dudley Hill
, the road turns east and becomes the dual carriageway Rooley Lane. To the left soon after Dudley Hill is Rook Lane which forms a link for traffic from the northbound A650 for traffic heading clockwise onto the ring road. The next roundabout is Bierley which connects with an Asda
supermarket and the Bierley housing estate. Continuing eastwards then is the elevated Staygate roundabout which connects with the M606
Chain Bar and the M62
, and the A6036 to Stump Cross near Halifax. Clockwise traffic negotiates Staygate roundabout into Mayo Avenue while anticlockwise traffic is diverted from the roundabout pass the end of the M606 up a slip road which was once part of Birch Lane into the ring road.
At Staygate the road heads north along Mayo Avenue and crosses the A641 Huddersfield
to Bradford road at Manchester
Road. There was once a roundabout at this point, but it was replaced by a large signal-controlled junction in 2004 to improve traffic flows. From Manchester Road it becomes a single carriageway again and run along Smiddles Lane, Southfield Road, Southfield Lane and Hudson Avenue through Little Horton to Cross Lane traffic lights at Great Horton
where the A647 is met for the second time.
From Cross Lane the A647 joins with the ring road as it turns east along Great Horton Road towards Horton Grange crossing the trackbed of the old Bradford-Queensbury/Halifax/Keighley railway
at the junction with Park Avenue. At Horton Grange, the A647 turns east onto All Saints Road while the ring road turns North West along Horton Grange Road. It crosses the Bradford to Clayton Road at Legrams Lane and continues via Ingleby Road, passing the headquarters of Grattan
and across Bradford Beck to Girlington. At Girlington there is the Victoria shopping centre home to a Morrisons
supermarket and a Woolworths
before the junction of the B6145 Bradford to Denholme Gate road at Thornton Road. At this point the road turns east along Whetley Lane, crosses the B6144 Bradford to Haworth
road and heads into Manningham
via Marlborough Road and Carlisle Road.
At Manningham the road meets the A650 for the second time before heading down Queen's Road and across the Bradford to Shipley railway. To the left and right are two roads which form connections to and from Canal Road, the A6037 Bradford to Shipley Road which the ring road crosses via a bridge which at one time went over the old Bradford Canal
. At this there are good views for anti-clockwise traffic of Lister's Mill on the right and the Valley Parade
football ground. After the junction with King's Road the route joins Bolton Road for a few yards before turning right into Lister Lane. This is where the A6176 to Pullan Avenue and the A658 road starts. Along Lister Lane the route passes along the back of Peel Park, home of the famous Bradford Mela
before returning to its start at Undercliffe.
, which had formerly been numbered B6232. It has partly reverted to its old number, with the remainder, at the Blackburn end, being renumbered as the A6077.
Ring road
A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...
around Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, 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 is mostly formed from existing roads and save for its southern section is single-carriageway.
Route Description
Starting from Undercliffe going clockwise at the junction of the A658 to the east of Knaresborough road, it heads south along the single carriageway Idle Road and Killinghall road through Bradford MoorBradford Moor
Bradford Moor is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. It is in the BD3 postcode area.The ward covers the areas of Bradford known as Bradford Moor, Laisterdyke and Thornbury...
before crossing the B6381 Bradford to Thornbury
Thornbury, West Yorkshire
Thornbury is a district on the eastern edge of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England on the border with the City of Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the East Bradford parliamentary constituency....
road at Habib's Restaurant, the former Barrack Tavern public house. The next major junction is at Laisterdyke
Laisterdyke
Laisterdyke is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire situated to the east of the city on the border with Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the East Bradford parliamentary constituency....
with Leeds Road, part of the A647 Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...
to Leeds via Bradford road, which it meets for the first time. Just after crossing the A647, it passes over the Leeds to Bradford railway line and continues via Sticker Lane to Dudley Hill roundabout, an elevated junction with sliproad connections to and from Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
Road part of the A650 Wakefield to Keighley
Keighley
Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...
road.
At Dudley Hill
Dudley Hill
Dudley Hill is a village in the borough of City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.- History :Dudley Hill had its own railway station although it is closed now....
, the road turns east and becomes the dual carriageway Rooley Lane. To the left soon after Dudley Hill is Rook Lane which forms a link for traffic from the northbound A650 for traffic heading clockwise onto the ring road. The next roundabout is Bierley which connects with an Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
supermarket and the Bierley housing estate. Continuing eastwards then is the elevated Staygate roundabout which connects with the M606
M606 motorway
The M606 Bradford Spur motorway in England leaves the M62 motorway at junction 26, near Cleckheaton, and heads into Bradford, to join the A6177 Bradford Ring Road...
Chain Bar and 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...
, and the A6036 to Stump Cross near Halifax. Clockwise traffic negotiates Staygate roundabout into Mayo Avenue while anticlockwise traffic is diverted from the roundabout pass the end of the M606 up a slip road which was once part of Birch Lane into the ring road.
At Staygate the road heads north along Mayo Avenue and crosses the A641 Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
to Bradford road at Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
Road. There was once a roundabout at this point, but it was replaced by a large signal-controlled junction in 2004 to improve traffic flows. From Manchester Road it becomes a single carriageway again and run along Smiddles Lane, Southfield Road, Southfield Lane and Hudson Avenue through Little Horton to Cross Lane traffic lights at Great Horton
Great Horton
Great Horton is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England.The ward covers the area west of Bradford ring road and east of the village of Clayton. The areas covered include Great Horton, Scholemore, Paradise Green, Lidget Green and Pickles Hill...
where the A647 is met for the second time.
From Cross Lane the A647 joins with the ring road as it turns east along Great Horton Road towards Horton Grange crossing the trackbed of the old Bradford-Queensbury/Halifax/Keighley railway
The Queensbury Lines
The Queensbury Lines were part of the Great Northern Railway in West Yorkshire, England. They opened in 1882 and closed in 1955, however goods trains continued to run until 1974 between Bradford Exchange and Horton Park Station....
at the junction with Park Avenue. At Horton Grange, the A647 turns east onto All Saints Road while the ring road turns North West along Horton Grange Road. It crosses the Bradford to Clayton Road at Legrams Lane and continues via Ingleby Road, passing the headquarters of Grattan
Grattan plc
Grattan is a British catalogue clothing retailer based in Bradford, UK with 18 stores and 2 main catalogues and a number of specialty catalogues. Grattan has approximately 2,600 employees....
and across Bradford Beck to Girlington. At Girlington there is the Victoria shopping centre home to a Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
supermarket and a Woolworths
Woolworths Group
Woolworths Group plc was a listed British company that owned the high-street retail chain, Woolworths, as well as other brands such as the entertainment distributor Entertainment UK and book and resource distributor Bertram Books...
before the junction of the B6145 Bradford to Denholme Gate road at Thornton Road. At this point the road turns east along Whetley Lane, crosses the B6144 Bradford to Haworth
Haworth
Haworth is a rural village in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is located amongst the Pennines, southwest of Keighley and west of Bradford. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope...
road and heads into Manningham
Manningham, Bradford
Manningham is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, approximately a mile north of the city centre and is seen as the centre of the city's south Asian population.- Geography :...
via Marlborough Road and Carlisle Road.
At Manningham the road meets the A650 for the second time before heading down Queen's Road and across the Bradford to Shipley railway. To the left and right are two roads which form connections to and from Canal Road, the A6037 Bradford to Shipley Road which the ring road crosses via a bridge which at one time went over the old Bradford Canal
Bradford Canal
The Bradford Canal was a English canal which ran from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley into the centre of Bradford. It opened in 1774, and was closed in 1866, when it was declared to be a public health hazard. Four years later it reopened with a better water supply, and closed for the...
. At this there are good views for anti-clockwise traffic of Lister's Mill on the right and the Valley Parade
Valley Parade
Valley Parade, also known as the Coral Windows Stadium through sponsorship rights, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1886, and was the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club until 1903, when they changed code from rugby football to association...
football ground. After the junction with King's Road the route joins Bolton Road for a few yards before turning right into Lister Lane. This is where the A6176 to Pullan Avenue and the A658 road starts. Along Lister Lane the route passes along the back of Peel Park, home of the famous Bradford Mela
Mela
Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a Fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sports. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were of great importance...
before returning to its start at Undercliffe.
A6177 in Blackburn
From the late 1990s until 2005, there was a duplicate road numbered A6177 in Lancashire. This was a road between Blackburn and HaslingdenHaslingden
Haslingden is a small town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels', though the town is in fact set on a high and windy hill. In the early 20th century Haslingden had the status of a municipal borough, but following local government...
, which had formerly been numbered B6232. It has partly reverted to its old number, with the remainder, at the Blackburn end, being renumbered as the A6077.