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A68 road

A68 road shield

A68 road
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Route information
Part of Tabliczka E15.svg E15
Major junctions
From: Darlington
  [ A 1 (M)  ]A1(M) motorway
A7 A7 road
A696A696 road
A69A69 road
To: Edinburgh City Bypass
Location
Primary
destinations
:

Bishop Auckland
Consett
Corbridge
Jedburgh
Road network

A68 road shield

The A68 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Darlington in England to the A720 in Edinburgh.

From Darlington, the road runs north, bypassing Bishop Auckland, and running through West Auckland, Toft Hill and Tow Law, past Consett and Corbridge. The road used to run through the centre of Corbridge but now runs on a new single-carriageway alignment to the east of the town, crossing the River Tyne over Styford Bridge. To bring the road back to the previous route of the A68 it now overlaps the A69 for 2.9 miles (4.7 km), before turning off north again.

The A68 passes through rural Northumberland, following the route of Dere Street for much of this stretch. It reaches the Scottish border at Carter Bar, where there is a junction with the A6088, leading to Hawick. The road then runs through the small Border towns of Jedburgh, St Boswells, Earlston and Lauder before going over Soutra Hill, passing through the village of Pathhead and by-passing the town of Dalkeith, before reaching the A720. Prior to September 2008, the A68 passed through the town of Dalkeith before terminating at the Sherriffhall Roundabout on the A720. The bypass has removed large volumes of traffic from the centre of Dalkeith.


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