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A666 road (Great Britain)

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A666
A666 near Farnworth
Major junctions
South end: Pendlebury
53°30′09″N 2°18′37″W / 53.5025°N 2.3103°W / 53.5025; -2.3103 (A666 road (southern end))
  A6 A6 road
A6044A6044 road
[ M 60  ]M60 motorway
A667A667 road
[ M 61  ]M61 motorway
A6053A6053 road
A575A575 road
A579A579 road
A676A676 road
A673A673 road
A6099A6099 road
A58 A58 road
A675A675 road
[ M 65  ]M65 motorway
A6062A6062 road
A6078A6078 road
A6119A6119 road
A59 A59 road
North end: Langho
53°48′31″N 2°26′41″W / 53.8086°N 2.4448°W / 53.8086; -2.4448 (A666 road (northern end))
Location
Primary
destinations
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Bolton
Blackburn
Road network

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The A666 is a major road in Greater Manchester and Lancashire, England. Known as Manchester Road, Bolton Road, or Blackburn Road, depending on which area it is in, it runs from its junction with the A6 and A580 at the Irlams o' th' Height boundary with Pendlebury near Manchester, through Pendlebury, Clifton, Kearsley, Farnworth, Bolton, Darwen and Blackburn before meeting the A59 at Langho. Along the route are the West Pennine Moors, the Turton and Entwistle reservoir and the Entwistle reservoir forest.

It is sometimes referred to as the Devil's Highway or the Devil's Road because of Biblical associations of its number 666, and its high accident rate on the moors between Egerton and Darwen. Conversely, for a short length from the M61 Kearsley spur and bypassing Farnworth to central Bolton, it is officially called St. Peter's Way.


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