en A688 road

A688
A688
	A688 at Parkhead Farm
Route information
Length	25.2 mi (40.6 km)
History	A181 extension finished 30 October 2008
Major junctions
South West end	Barnard Castle;
	A67; A68; A6072; A689; A167; A177; A1(M) (Junction 61); A181
North East end	Byers Garth, near Sherburn Hospital
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary; destinations	Bishop Auckland
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The A688 is a road in County Durham in North East England.

It begins at the junction with the A67 road in Barnard Castle and continues in a north easterly direction for 25 miles (40 km), terminating at the A181 to the east of Durham City.

Route

The road passes through the village of Staindrop, past Raby Castle through West Auckland, Bishop Auckland and on to Spennymoor. It then continues through the Thinford intersection with the A167 to Junction 61 of the A1(M) at Bowburn. The latest extension, which was from the A1(M) Junction 61 to the A181, was opened on 30 October 2008.^[1]

Description

The road is single-carriageway except for a short 800 m (870 yd) stretch of dual-carriageway at Spennymoor.

References

^ "Minister opens new £11.4m road link between Wheatley Hill and Bowburn". The Northern Echo. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

External links

Media related to A688 road (England) at Wikimedia Commons

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Download coordinates as:

54°38′07″N 1°42′49″W / 54.6352°N 1.7136°W / 54.6352; -1.7136 (A688 road)

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[1] "Minister opens new £11.4m road link between Wheatley Hill and Bowburn". The Northern Echo. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

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