A1300 road
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The A1300 is the main 'cross town' route in South Shields
South Shields
South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

, Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...

. The road runs from Simonside to Marsden via Harton Nook.

Route

The A1300 begins as the John Reid Road at the junction with the A194
A194 road
The A194 road is a road in Tyne and Wear, England. It runs northeast from its start at junction 65 of the A1/A1 near Washington, and the first are motorway standard, designated the A194...

. The road proceeds as Dual carriageway
Dual carriageway
A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

 through Simonside, Brockley Whins, Biddick Hall and West Harton before passing South Tyneside District Hospital
South Tyneside District Hospital
South Tyneside District Hospital is part of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, which was formed in 1993 to provide healthcare services for South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn, Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn.-History:...

 and Temple Park. The road then meets King George Road (A1018
A1018 road
The A1018 is a road in North East England. It runs between South Shields, at the mouth of the River Tyne, and the A19 near Seaham, County Durham. Most of the route it follows is the old alignment of the A19, before it by-passed Sunderland to meet the Tyne Tunnel.-South Tyneside section:The road...

) and continues as Single carriageway
Single carriageway
A single carriageway is a road with 1, 2 or more lanes arranged within a single carriageway with no central reservation to separate opposing flows of traffic. Two-lane road or two-lane highway are single carriageway with one lane for each direction...

 as Prince Edward Road, passing Harton Nook, Cleadon Park and Marsden Estate. The road then becomes Redwell Lane and meets the Coast Road (A183) on the coast at Marsden.
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