A66 road

The A66 is a major road in England. It runs from Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria. It is incorrectly numbered as west of Penrith it trespasses into Zone 5.

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From Middlesbrough, it runs past Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington, before meeting the A1 road. From its junction with the A1 road at Scotch Corner, the road heads west, across the Pennines, through Appleby, Penrith, Keswick and Cockermouth, through the northern reaches of the Lake District, before arriving at the coastal town of Workington.

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The sction between Bowes and Scotch Corner is a busy single carriageway with a high proportion of HGVs, and has a terrible accident record. As a result, in 2002 Transport Minister John Spellar pledged to upgrade the route to dual carriageway.

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England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough is a town and district in North-East England, with a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. 2005 mid-year estimates suggest a population of 144,823. However, the total un-official population for the Middlesbrough urban area (including the greater Eston area) is closer to 190,000....

North Yorkshire: North Yorkshire is a county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. It is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby....

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