The A1018 is a road in

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. It runs between

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...

, at the mouth of the

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, and the A19 near

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. Most of the route it follows is the old alignment of the A19, before it by-passed

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to meet the

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Route

South Tyneside section

The road begins in the centre of South Shields, at the local town hall, with A183 and A194, as Westoe Road. At the junction with the B1298, the road becomes a one-way system, with southbound traffic continuing to use Westoe Road, and to turn right onto the B1301 Dean Road, and northbound traffic using the more direct route of Imeary Street. The A1018 then continues on Sunderland Road, before becoming King George Road and a

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. The road crosses the A1300 and continues to a roundabout with Nevinson Avenue. Here the road becomes Shields Road and returns to a single carriageway. The A1018 then extends through Cleadon Village, re-becoming Sunderland Road and runs to the Sunderland border, passing AFC Sunderland academy training ground.

Sunderland section

As the A1018 enters the

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from the north, it is known as Shields Road, which then becomes Newcastle Road. This long straight section passes through

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, Fulwell and

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towards the

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. Newcastle Road ends at a large roundabout. The road runs along Roker Avenue and then Church Street North. At this point, the A1018 merges with the A183 road and become Dame Dorothy Street which crosses the

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into the Sunderland city centre. On the south side of the Wear, the A1018 heads east toward

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as West Wear Street and then Sans Street, and then continues through Hendon via West Wear Street, Hendon Road and Commercial Road into Grangetown as the Southern Radial Route. It bypasses

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to meet Stockton Road at the Wellfield Roundabout.

Sunderland Southern Radial Route

The Southern Radial Route provides a fast and direct route from the south of

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towards Sunderland City Centre. The former route of the A1018, Ryhope Road, was renumbered to the B1522 and will be converted to a No Car Lane between Grangetown and

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. On Ryhope Road, two of the current four lanes of road will be used for cars, and the other two for mixed traffic excluding cars.

References

External links

Southern Radial Route
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