A650 road (Great Britain)
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| Length: | 25 mi (40 km) |
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| West end: | A629 road, Keighley |
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| East end: | County Hall, Wakefield |
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Keighley, Bradford, Wakefield |
| Road network | |
A650 road is a main route through the West Yorkshire conurbation in England. The road goes from Keighley to Wakefield on a rough north west/south east axis for 25 miles (40 km). The route is mostly single carriageway with some dualled sections in the Aire Valley, Bradford and the approach to Wakefield from the M1.
Two sections of the A650 are designated as part of the Governments High Load Route; the section between Keighley and Saltaire and the section between the A58 on the Drighlington bypass and the Tingley roundabout.
The road begins at a roundabout with the A629 Skipton to Rotherham road in Keighley. The B6265 road (which was formerly the A629 until the bypass to Skipton was opened) also filters into the roundabout. The road heads south along the edge of Keighley town centre and is single carriageway until it intersects with the A6035 spur road heading south through the town. The road then becomes dual carriageway and arrives very quickly at the next roundabout with local roads in the Aireworth suburb of Keighley.
Hereafter the road is travelling in a south easterly direction through the Aire Valley towards Bingley. The route here has blue measured mile signs so that drivers can test their vehicles and odometers. The next roundabout is at Crossflatts before the road heads into Bingley and instead of bypassing the town, it goes through the very centre at the lowest point in the valley, before intersecting with the old A650 route at the Bankfield roundabout in Cottingley.
The road carries on through Nab Wood (where the eastbound side has a bus lane) to emerge at the improved roundabout at Saltaire and the junction with the A657. The road then carries on in a southerly direction through Saltaire village which merges seamlessly into Shipley town. The A6038 leaves the road at an acute angle of 45° on the left and the road continues into Bradford, again with a bus lane on the southbound side (IE towards Bradford).
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