The
A63 is a major
roadA road is an identifiable route, way or path between places.
in
YorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the British Isles. Because of its great size, functions were increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
between
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
and
Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
.
It runs east from the
Halton MoorHalton Moor is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The area is three miles to the east of Leeds city centre, and is close to the A63 dual carriageway. It is situated between Killingbeck to the north, Temple Newsam to the south, East End Park to the west and Halton and Colton to the...
area of
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
past
GarforthGarforth is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. The 2001 Census lists 23,892 residents in the Garforth and Swillington ward - 80.57% of which are homeowners, 20% more than the average for Leeds. Garforth itself has 15,394 of those people. Garforth...
and through
SelbySelby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district....
and
HowdenHowden is a small market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies next to the M62, on the A614 road about three miles north of Goole and south-west of York. Howden holds a significant historic importance, William the Conqueror giving the town to the Bishops of Durham...
. The six mile £44 million Selby Bypass opened on 11 June 2004, and it partly shares the route with the north-south
A19The 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.-Doncaster-Selby:...
. At the end of the bypass the A63 joins the A19 on part of the £5 million Barlby Bypass, which is long with the Riccall section further north, which opened in October 1987.
The
A63 is a major
roadA road is an identifiable route, way or path between places.
in
YorkshireYorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the British Isles. Because of its great size, functions were increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
between
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
and
Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
.
Leeds – Howden
It runs east from the
Halton MoorHalton Moor is a district of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The area is three miles to the east of Leeds city centre, and is close to the A63 dual carriageway. It is situated between Killingbeck to the north, Temple Newsam to the south, East End Park to the west and Halton and Colton to the...
area of
LeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The historic core at the heart of Leeds in 2001 had an estimated subdivision population of 443,247, whilst the entire city, that includes the urban and suburban areas incorporated into the city in 1974, had an estimated...
past
GarforthGarforth is a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. The 2001 Census lists 23,892 residents in the Garforth and Swillington ward - 80.57% of which are homeowners, 20% more than the average for Leeds. Garforth itself has 15,394 of those people. Garforth...
and through
SelbySelby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district....
and
HowdenHowden is a small market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies next to the M62, on the A614 road about three miles north of Goole and south-west of York. Howden holds a significant historic importance, William the Conqueror giving the town to the Bishops of Durham...
. The six mile £44 million Selby Bypass opened on 11 June 2004, and it partly shares the route with the north-south
A19The 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.-Doncaster-Selby:...
. At the end of the bypass the A63 joins the A19 on part of the £5 million Barlby Bypass, which is long with the Riccall section further north, which opened in October 1987. This follows what was the old
East Coast Main LineThe East Coast Main Line is a 393-mile long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh....
before the Selby Diversion opened in the early 1980s.
It leaves at the dangerous
Barlby Crossroads to the right, passing Osgodby then over the
railway lineThe Hull to York line is a railway line in northern England. It runs from Hull north west to York, via Selby.Between Selby and York services can take one of two routes. Most services run via Sherburn-in-Elmet, but there is also a more direct route which follows the East Coast Main Line to...
and passes
HemingbroughHemingbrough is a small village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England that is located approximately from Selby and from Howden on the A63....
. The
Osgodby Bypass was cancelled due to increases in prices of land. It crosses the
River DerwentThe Derwent is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England. It is used for water abstraction, leisure and sporting activities and effluent disposal as well as being of significant importance as the site of several nature reserves...
and enters the
East Riding of YorkshireThe East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and it is a ceremonial county of England. It is named after the historic East Riding of Yorkshire , which also constituted a ceremonial and administrative county until 1974...
. It passes through
NewsholmeNewsholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north west of the market town of Howden and lies on the north side of the A63 road.It forms part of the civil parish of Wressle....
before passing straight through Howden next to
Howden MinsterHowden Minster is a large Grade I listed Church of England church in the Diocese of York. It is located in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the largest and most magnificent churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
.
From Howden the A63 is renamed to be the B1230, at the Howden end it is still signposted as the A63. The B1230 continues and carries the A63 traffic over the
M62 motorwayThe M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
and onwards in to
GilberdykeGilberdyke is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hull city centre and east of Howden town centre.It lies a mile south of the M62 motorway on the B1230 road....
. When the B1230 was originally the A63, the main road through Gilberdyke was a dual carriageway for about three miles to the other side of
NewportNewport is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately east of the market town of Howden. It lies on the B1230 road to the south of the M62 motorway...
. Where the B1230 crosses the
M62 motorwayThe M62 motorway is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in northern England, connecting the cities of Liverpool and Hull via Manchester and Leeds. The road also forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E20 and E22...
at Newport the M62 finishes and the A63 starts. Prior to the last eastern section of the M62 to be built, the motorway terminated at a temporary junction at
BalkholmeBalkholme is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Goole town centre and about east of Howden. It lies to the south of the B1230 road as it crosses the M62 motorway....
onto the A63 (now B1230). Before the M62 opened, the single carriageway A63 was Hull's main route to the south of England, via many bottlenecks.
North Cave – Hull
The section from the M62 to the A1034 junction near
South CaveSouth Cave is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately to the west of Hull city centre on the A1034 road just to the north of the A63 road. North Cave is approximately to the north west.- Overview :...
was single carriageway before the M62 opened in May 1976. The section was constructed as the dualling of the Caves Bypass and opened when the last eastern section of the M62 opened, completing the dual carriageway link to the outskirts of Hull. The
ElloughtonElloughton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately to the west of Kingston upon Hull to the south of the A63 road. It lies on the southern end of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is conjoined with Brough that lies to the south east, with which it forms the civil...
bypass was built in October 1971, from the A1034 to the Welton/Brough junction passing
BrantinghamBrantingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about north of Brough, and west of Kingston upon Hull. It lies to the north of the A63 road...
to the west. It replaced the former road through Elloughton and Brough.
The
WeltonWelton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of the town of Brough on the north side of the A63 road to Kingston upon Hull....
/
BroughBrough, , or Brough-on-Humber is a small town in the civil parish of Elloughton-cum-Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town has a population of around 7,000.-Location:...
–
North FerribyNorth Ferriby is a village and civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Geography:It is situated on the north bank of the Humber Estuary, approximately to the west of Hull city centre. To the north, atop a hill, lies Swanland via the B1231. South Ferriby is...
section opened in 1963. At the west end of North Ferriby, the former traffic lights and crossroads were replaced in early 2007 with an
interchange.
The North Ferriby bypass and North Ferriby – Hessle were two sections that opened in 1961. The road continues under the
Humber BridgeThe Humber Bridge is the fifth-largest single-span suspension bridge in the world, near Kingston upon Hull in England. It spans the Humber between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Hessle on the north bank, connecting the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire...
and through
HessleHessle is a town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is part of Hull's built-up area but not within the city's boundaries. It is on the north bank of the Humber Estuary where theHumber Bridge crosses...
before terminating in
Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary...
. This final section carries the name
Clive Sullivan Way, and was named after the rugby player
Clive SullivanClive A. Sullivan was a Welsh rugby league player, who played with both Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers in his career. He was the first black captain of the Great Britain Lions and for any national British sporting side....
, being originally titled the
South Docks Road.
A section of the A63 forms part of the unsigned
EurorouteThe international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe . The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders...
E20The European route E 20 is part of the United Nations International E-road network.It runs roughly west-east through Ireland, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and finally Russia. The length is 1880 km...
.
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