A56 or A-56 may refer to:
Roads
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A56 road
The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as t ...
, a road connecting Chester and Broughton in England
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A56 motorway (Italy), a road connecting Capodichino and Arco Felice in Italy
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A56 highway (Spain), a proposed road to connect Ourense and Lugo in Spain
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Bundesautobahn 56, a formerly proposed road to connect Waldfeucht and Waldbröl in Germany
Other
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Benoni Defense
The Benoni Defense is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of ...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. Most commonly, it is reached by the sequence:
:1. d4 Nf6
:2. c4 c5
:3. d5
Black can then sacrifice a pawn with 3...b5 (the Be ...
, a group of chess openings generally characterized by the opening moves 1.d4 c5 2.d5
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