The A67 is a road in
England
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that links
Bowes
Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.
Geography and administration Civic history
Bowes lies within the historic coun ...
in
County Durham with
Crathorne in
North Yorkshire
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. The road from
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
to
Darlington was previously the
A66 road
The A66 is a major road in Northern England, which in part follows the course of the Roman road from Scotch Corner to Penrith. It runs from east of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria.
Route
From its easter ...
.
Route
The section from the A66 to
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato ...
is primary status; from that point it turns right and it loses its primary status to the A688 road. It then travels east through
Gainford and crosses the
A1(M)
A1(M) is the designation given to a series of four separate motorway sections in England. Each section is an upgrade to a section of the A1, a major north–south road which connects London, the capital of England, with Edinburgh, the capit ...
but does not have a junction with it. The road regains primary status as it goes concurrent with the
A66 road
The A66 is a major road in Northern England, which in part follows the course of the Roman road from Scotch Corner to Penrith. It runs from east of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria.
Route
From its easter ...
from the
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roundabout and heads along the southern edge of
Darlington.
As the A66 heads north, the A67 leaves at Morton Park to head east past Dinsdale and
Durham Tees Valley Airport before joining with the
A135 in
Eaglescliffe. From there it heads south through
Yarm
Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It was previously a port town before the industry moved down the River Tees to more accessible settlements n ...
and
Kirklevington
Kirklevington (also known as Kirk Leavington) is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 809.
The civil parish had a population of 1,361. The village shares it ...
before joining the
A19 road at Crathorne.
The road has been described by a UK Government transport minister as an important commuter route and as being the gateway to
Teesdale
Teesdale is a dale, or valley, in Northern England. The dale is in the River Tees’s drainage basin, most water flows stem from or converge into said river, including the Skerne and Leven.
Upper Teesdale, more commonly just Teesdale, falls b ...
from Darlington. Despite its status as an important route, it is not maintained by
Highways England
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but by the local authority. The section around Darlington and also onwards towards Middlesbrough was originally the A66.
Safety
The stretch road between the A66 at Morton Park and the A19 was named the third most improved road in 2013. Work on this section included vehicle activated signage, draining and re-surfacing.
Settlements
![A67 West of Gainford - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/A67_West_of_Gainford_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1577178.jpg)
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Bowes
Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.
Geography and administration Civic history
Bowes lies within the historic coun ...
(junction with
A66 road
The A66 is a major road in Northern England, which in part follows the course of the Roman road from Scotch Corner to Penrith. It runs from east of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire to Workington in Cumbria.
Route
From its easter ...
)
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Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle (, ) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, Northern England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automato ...
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Gainford
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Piercebridge
Piercebridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 113. It is situated a few miles west of the town of Darlington. It ...
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Darlington
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Teesside International Airport
Teesside International Airport , previously Durham Tees Valley Airport, is an international airport located between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, Northern England. It is about south-west of Middlesbrough. The airport serves the North East, ...
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Eaglescliffe
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Yarm
Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It was previously a port town before the industry moved down the River Tees to more accessible settlements n ...
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Crathorne (junction with
A19 road
The A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road. Although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster, but the old r ...
)
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Roads in England
Roads in Yorkshire
Transport in County Durham
Transport in North Yorkshire
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