A15 | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 96.00 mi (154.50 km) |
Major junctions | |
North end: | Hessle |
A63 road A164 road A1077 road A180 road M180 motorway A18 road A631 road A1500 road A46 road A158 road A57 road A607 road A17 road A153 road A52 road A151 road A1175 road A47 road A1179 road A605 road A1129 road A1260 road A1(M) motorway |
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South end: | Norman Cross |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Lincoln, Sleaford, Peterborough |
Road network | |
The A15 is a major road in England. It runs north from Peterborough via Market Deeping, Bourne, Sleaford and Lincoln along a variety of ancient, Roman, and Turnpike alignments before it is interrupted at its junction with the M180 near Scawby. The road restarts 10 miles (16 km) east, and then continues north past Barton-upon-Humber, crossing the Humber on the Humber Bridge before terminating at Hessle near Kingston upon Hull.
According to the AA, the route is 95 miles (153 km) long, and should take 2 1⁄4 hours. Norman Cross – Bourne takes 33 minutes, Bourne to Lincoln takes 46 minutes and Lincoln to the Humber Bridge takes 54 minutes.
A section of the A15 (between Scampton and the M180) provides the longest stretch of straight road in the UK.
The A15 is Peterborough's main connecting road from the south to the A1(M), joining near Stilton, at Norman Cross. It begins as London Road at junction 16 of the A1(M) with the B1043 (former A1) in Cambridgeshire and the district of North West Cambridgeshire. From here to Yaxley it passes the Norman Cross Hotel and follows the City of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire boundary, where there is a junction with the B1091 (for Farcet).