A49 road

The A49 is a major road in England. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, bypasses Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington, Newton-le-Willows, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan and Standish before finally terminating at its junction with the A6 road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61 motorways.

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Road - England - Ross-on-Wye - Herefordshire - Hereford - Leominster - Ludlow - Craven Arms - Church Stretton - Bypass - Shrewsbury - Whitchurch - Cheshire - Warrington - Newton-le-Willows - Ashton-in-Makerfield - Wigan - Standish - A6 road - Bamber Bridge - M6 - M65 - M61 motorway

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The road has a history of head-on collisions as it carries a lot of north-south traffic through Herefordshire and Shropshire with little chance for safe overtaking. A significant percentage of these accidents result in death.

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Herefordshire - Shropshire

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The three-mile £6m Weaverham Diversion (near Northwich) opened in September 1992. The two-mile £3.8m Tarporley Bypass opened in September 1986. The three-mile £13.7m Whitchurch Bypass (also part of the A41) opened in July 1992. The two-mile £1.3m Prees Bypass opened in August 1988. Shrewsbury was bypassed when the £64m east-west A5 bypass was built in August 1992. The three-mile £4m Ludlow Bypass opened in the summer of 1979. The one-mile £1.4m Brimfield Bypass opened in March 1983. The four-mile £9m Leominster Bypass opened in November 1988. There are plans for a nine-mile dual-carriageway Hereford bypass.

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Northwich - Whitchurch - A41 - A5

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