A6055 road

A6055
A6055 road looking south at the turning for RAF Leeming and Gatenby. The A1(M) is adjacent.
Route information
Length:	25 mi (40 km)
Major junctions
Southwest end:	Knaresborough
	A59 road A1(M) motorway A168 road (ends here - Junction 48) A1(M) motorway (starts here - Junction 50) A61 road A684 road A1(M) motorway A1(M) motorway A6136 road A1(M) motorway A66 road A6108 road
North end:	A1(M), A66 road (future) Leeming Bar (A1(M)) (current)
Location
Primary destinations:	Boroughbridge Minskip Ferrensby Leeming Bar Catterick Bridge Scotch Corner
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A6055 is a 25-mile (40 km) stretch of road in North Yorkshire that runs from Knaresborough to Boroughbridge, with a break, then starts up again at Junction 50 of the A1(M) to run parallel with A1(M) acting as a Local Access Road (LAR) going between Junction 50 and Scotch Corner. Responsibility for the route rests with the Highways Agency, as it is designated as a primary route associated with the A1(M) upgrade.

It runs in a North-northeast direction from the A59 at Bond End in Knaresborough where it is called Boroughbridge Road, through the Stockwells Estate. It exits Knaresborough just past Greengate Lane where it turns directly north, before once again resuming a northeasterly direction at a sharp bend on the junction with Farnham Lane. It passes the Knaresborough Golf Club, before going through Ferrensby Lodge, and taking another Northerly turn before reaching Ferrensby itself. Beyond Ferrensby the road is called Harrogate Road, and it continues in a more or less exact northeasterly direction from Ferrensby to Spellow Hill, near Staveley, at which point it resumes its due North direction through Minskip, before turning Northeast one final time to its former terminus at junction 48 of the A1(M), just outside Boroughbridge. From here it runs in multiplex with the A1(M) for two junctions to junction 50 at Baldersby Gate Interchange. Northwards from here it follows the line of the former northbound carriageway of the A1, save for a few deviations onto the former southbound line, to a new terminus at Leeming Junction.