The A565 is a road in England that is around long and runs from
Liverpool in
Merseyside to
Tarleton in
Lancashire. It is a
primary route linking the town of
Southport to Liverpool and to
Preston
Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to:
Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
(latterly via the connecting
A59), having been designated a
trunk road as part of the Trunk Roads Act 1946.
Route
The A565 starts in
Liverpool at the junction with the A5052 road and A5053 road respectively, at the south end of Great Howard Street; a spur also heads southbound from this junction for .
From Liverpool, the road follows a north-bound alignment through
Bootle,
Crosby and on to
Formby where it passes along a bypass. After the bypass, the road heads towards
Southport where it meets the
A570 Scarisbrick New Road before continuing north-east through Banks and into
Lancashire, ultimately reaching
Tarleton where it meets and becomes the
A59 road
The A59 is a major road in England which is around long and runs from Wallasey, Merseyside to York, North Yorkshire. The alignment formed part of the Trunk Roads Act 1936, being then designated as the A59. It is a key route connecting Merseysi ...
.
History
19th century
Much of the present day A565 route from Liverpool to Thornton is unchanged since the
Victorian age.
20th century
A bypass of
Formby, now forming part of the A565 was constructed during 1936–1937 at a cost of £195,463 (). It was opened on 10 December 1938 by
Lord Derby, with the ceremony taking place at the Southport end of the road. At a width of and length of , it shortened the route by nearly .
The
Ministry of Transport provided a grant of 60% towards the construction cost.
The A565 route was included in the 1946 Trunk Roads Act, designated in its route from Bootle through to Tarleton.
21st century
A bypass of
Thornton, Merseyside, known as the
A5758 Broom's Cross Road, was constructed during 2014–2015, linking the A565 at Thornton with
Switch Island
Switch Island is a major road junction near Aintree in Merseyside, England, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. The junction is at the western terminus of both the M57 and M58 motorways, which converge on the A59 trunk road, the north-s ...
junction, having been planned since the 1960s.
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards.
The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor ...
announced in 2016 that they had appointed a construction company to create a new dual-carriageway road in Liverpool, involving the widening of Great Howard Street and Derby Road, a stretch, at an expected cost of £18million,
which had risen to £22million by the time the work started in May 2017.
The council deemed the works necessary given the road would be a vital route for freight traffic to and from the Liverpool2 deep water container terminal, in addition to an associated tunnel and bridge which required replacement, having failed a structural assessment.
Bypass schemes
References
External links
A565 at Sabre Roads wiki
Roads in England
Roads in Lancashire
Roads in Merseyside
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