A6108 road (Great Britain)
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Scotch Corner 54°26′32″N 1°40′15″W / 54.4422°N 1.6709°W |
 A1 road A66 road A6136 road A684 road A61 road
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Ripon 54°08′37″N 1°30′49″W / 54.1436°N 1.5135°W |
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The A6108 road is an A road in North Yorkshire, England. It runs from Scotch Corner to Ripon going via Richmond and Leyburn across the moors and the valleys of Swaledale and Wensleydale. The road is 37 miles (60 km) long, but through traffic between the two destinations will find a shorter route 26 miles (42 km) by going south on the A1.
Apart from a small section of road at the Scotch Corner Junction (which used to be the old A1) the route is single carriageway for its entire length.
The route was closed for traffic on 5 July 2014 between Leyburn and Ripon to accommodate Stage One of the Tour De France.
The road starts at the Junction of the A1 and the A66, heading south then southwest over Skeeby Beck on a 17th and 18th century bridge through Skeeby and into Richmond. In Richmond town there is a junction with the A6136 road to Catterick Garrison and Catterick Bridge. The road takes the northern flank of the town and heads west, out alongside the River Swale crossing the river at Lownethwaite which is 1 mile (1.5 km) out of Richmond. 2 ½ miles (4 km) out of Richmond, the road heads south through Downholme. The road has a sharp 90° turn to the southwest and an almost immediate 90° turn south east at Walburn Hall on the edge of Wathgill Army Camp. After this there is a short run to the junction with the Catterick road where the A6108 turns onto the unclassified road at a 90° angle south westwards at a T-Junction.
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