Kingsway (A34)

Kingsway
Kingsway dual carriageway as it passes through Cheadle
Route information
Part of E05
Length:	156.21 mi (251.40 km)
History:	Completed in 1930 as the A5079 and named after King George V; now part of the A34
Major junctions
South end:	Cheadle (53°22′48″N 2°13′16″W / 53.380°N 2.221°W / 53.380; -2.221)
North end:	Levenshulme (53°26′31″N 2°12′22″W / 53.442°N 2.206°W / 53.442; -2.206)
Location
Primary destinations:	East Didsbury, Parrs Wood, Burnage, Ladybarn
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

Kingsway is a dual carriageway in Greater Manchester, England, which runs from Levenshulme to Cheadle. Part of the A34, it was built in the late 1920s between Levenshulme and Parrs Wood, and later extended to bypass Cheadle and join onto the M60 motorway. It is approximately 7.3 miles long and is a link road between the city centre and the southern suburbs of Greater Manchester.

Kingsway was constructed in stages, from 1928, and completed in 1930. It was named after King George V and was originally numbered A5079.

Kingsway was built as a relief road for the congested Wilmslow Road to the west and it was one of the earliest purpose-built roads especially for motor vehicles. Like Princess Road further to the west, Kingsway was designed as a dual carriageway along the "Brodie System", a new civil engineering technique that had been pioneered by John Alexander Brodie in Liverpool, in which the central reservation incorporated reserved track for trams.Manchester Corporation Tramways eventually ceased operation in 1949 and the tram tracks were removed.