The Leeds Outer Ring Road is a main road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of

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. The

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is approximately long and consists of single and dual carriageways. The road is not a loop and so is not a true ring road, although it is designated as such. The road begins in Belle Isle and ends in Thorpe Park, Leeds at junction 46 of the

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. It begins in Belle Isle as an un-numbered road and goes through to Beeston. It is then designated the A6110 between Beeston and Bramley a dual carriageway, before running concurrently with the Stanningley By-Pass A647 also a dual carriageway but with grade separated junctions. For the rest of the way between Farsley and Colton the road is the A6120 and it is a mixture of single and dual carriageway. The ring road ends at Junction 45 of the M1. There are future proposals for the complete dualling of the congested Outer Ring Road but they were not given priority in the Leeds Transport Plan.

Ring Road names

The road name of the ring road reflects the district it passes through. The table below states the name of the ring road and the number of carriageways in each district. ''As A6110'' *

A643 road The A643 is a main road between Leeds and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Its eastern end is at the Armley Gyratory roundabout on the western edge of Leeds City Centre. The road then goes through: * Beeston * Churwell * Morley * B ...

Ring Road Beeston / Elland Road ''There is a brief concurrency where the A6110 and A643 run together as 40mph dual carriageway for about 1/2 mile''. ''As A6120'' *

A64 road The A64 is a major road in North and West Yorkshire, England, which links Leeds, York and Scarborough. The A64 starts as the A64(M) ring road motorway in Leeds, then towards York it becomes a high-quality dual carriageway until it is east ...

Ring Road Seacroft ''There is a brief concurrency where the A6120 and A64 run together as 70mph dual carriageway for about 1/2 mile''. * A63 road Selby Road ''The former A63 between M1 J46 and Whitkirk Roundabout was redesignated A6120 in 2001''.

East Leeds Orbital Route

After a protracted planning process,

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announced in June 2018 the awarding of contracts for the East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR) which runs from

Thorpe Park Thorpe Park Resort, commonly known as Thorpe Park, is an amusement park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London. It is operated by Merlin Entertai ...

(adjacent to junction 46 of the M1) to the present ring road near Red Hall, just to the west of its intersection with the A58. The route cost approximately £120 million and is a dual carriageway throughout, with roundabouts intersecting with roads to the east of Leeds. The route was opened on 22nd August 2022.

References

External links

A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road study - Leeds City Council

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