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| This page is about the A1 road in Great Britain.For other A1 roads, see A1 (disambiguation).Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire.Signs at the northern terminus of the A1 in central Edinburgh.Previously the sign had read 'London and the South' instead of Berwick upon Tweed.A1 skirting the Scottish coastline just across the border from Northumbria.The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK at 409 miles (658 km) long.It connects London, the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England, with Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.For much of its path it follows the historic Great North Road.The modern course of the A1 diverges somewhat, particularly where it passed through a town or village that has subsequently been bypassed, or where new motorway standard road has been constructed on a more direct route.Between its junctions with the M25 (near London) and A696 (near Newcastle upon Tyne) the road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E15 which runs from Inverness to Algeciras.Origins and history
2 Route
3 Improvements underway
4 Future improvements
5 Expressway
6 A1(M)
6.Origins and history
For the numbering rationale see: Great Britain road numbering scheme
For details of the route and history of the road within the M25, see A1 road (London)
The original A1 route was designated by the Ministry of Transport in 1921, mostly following the course of the ancient Great North Road.This ran from Smithfield in Central London, up St John Street to the Angel Islington, where it merges with the present A1, which follows a parallel route from St Pauls up Aldersgate Street and Goswell Road to the Angel, Islington.The route then follows Upper Street and Holloway Road through Barnet, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, to Alconbury, where it joined the route of a Roman road, Ermine Street, as far as Colsterworth, where it is joined by the A151.At one point, North of Doncaster where the Roman Road roughly bisects the course of both the A1(M) and the older Great North Road (here numbered A638), the Roman Road is known as the Roman Rigg or Roman Ridge.The route was modified in 1927 when bypasses were built around Barnet and Hatfield, the latter being rebuilt in a tunnel during the 1980s.The Great North Road includes other stretches of Roman Road including Dere Street, and is mentioned in much English literature, for example Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.Various inns that still stand along the A1 claim that Turpin ate his lunch there that night, or stopped off there for a brief respite for his horse.Harrison Ainsworth, in his famous 1834 romance Rookwood, immortalised this with a spirited account of this wonderful ride by Dick Turpin on his mare, and it is in this connection that Turpin's name has been generally remembered.Charles II some 50 years before Turpin, who to establish an alibi rode from Gad's Hill (near Rochester, Kent) to York (some 190 miles) in about 15 hours.Jam Inn at Stretton, in Rutland.The A1 passes a few feet from the door.The road skirts the remains of Sherwood Forest, and passes the historic Catterick Garrison.Route
The A1 runs from the heart of the City of London at St.The A1 shares its London terminus with the A40, in the City area of Central London.Tweed, into Scotland, past Dunbar, Haddington and Musselburgh before finally arriving in Edinburgh at the East End of Princes Street near Waverley Station at the junction of the A7, A8 and A900 roads.For more information on the London sections of the road, see A1 road (London).B6403, and Carpenters Lodge (Stamford) (B1081)) on the A1 between Blyth and the A1(M) section to Alconbury with grade separated junctions.Future improvements
There is a proposal to link with the main section of the A14 at Brampton Hut roundabout with a planned A14 southerly bypass of Huntingdon.Improvements to the road north of Newcastle upon Tyne were planned where the road consists mostly of single carriageway sections as opposed to a combination of dual carriageway and motorway to the south.There are no current plans to dual the whole of the A1 route between Newcastle and Edinburgh, despite fierce campaigns in the past to make this so.The section north of Morpeth is single carriageway and the combination of heavy tourist traffic to locations like Alnwick Castle ("Hogwarts") and heavy goods vehicles serving Scotland has made the road a notorious stretch with dangerous overtaking, leading to many speed cameras to discourage the practice.Expressway
In Scotland a section of the road has been upgraded to motorway standard and classified as a Special Road, but is not designated as the A1(M).Some sections of the A1 have been upgraded to motorway standard.These are known as the A1(M).The four lane Peterborough section from the Alconbury junction near Huntingdon to Orton Southgate near Peterborough; this stretch starts just north of the A14 junction proper and receives traffic from the A14 eastbound from the M6 and westbound from the A14 spur and M11.The new Hook Moor section, and South Leeds Orbital, from Darrington, intersects with the M62 adjacent to Ferrybridge power station and is joined by the end of the M1 at Aberford.The southern stretch to the River Wharfe bridge opened in August 2005.The majority of this was replaced in 2006 by a new section taking the A1(M) east of Wetherby, joining the old dual carriageway section for only a mile at Wetherby racecourse, before it opens out again to the three lanes and on to Darrington.The final stretch of A1(M) from Barton just north of Scotch Corner in North Yorkshire to Washington in Tyne and Wear through County Durham.When this section opened it ended at a temporary terminus south of the M1.The northern section of the upgrade, bypassing Fairburn village opened to traffic in April 2005 with a temporary connection with the existing A1 between Fairburn and Brotherton.M62 motorway opened to traffic on 13 January 2006.This section opened in 1998.Looking southwards from junction 2.Future plans
Further sections of motorway upgrades are planned, which would ultimately create a single motorway running from Doncaster to Gateshead.A168 to Barton (end of northernmost section of A1(M)).The Bramham to Wetherby scheme public inquiry began on 18 October 2006.Once these two schemes are complete, which is currently scheduled for 2011, then the Newcastle upon Tyne area will be connected to the rest of the national motorway network.It is possible that the section of A1(M) between Micklefield and Newcastle would then be renamed as M1, as the M1 from London to Micklefield and A1(M) from Micklefield to Newcastle would then be one single continuous motorway.The Lord Peter Wimsey short story "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag" by Dorothy L.These signs gave their name to 70s rock band Hatfield and the North.The A1(M) is mentioned in the song "Gabadon" by Sheffield band Haze.The 'Great North Road' is mentioned in Mark Knopfler's song "5:15 AM", from the album Shangri La.This article needs additional citations for verification.This page was last modified 15:36, 12 January 2008.See Copyrights for details.Look up A 1, A1, a1 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A1 means "very good" or in the best possible condition.It is usually considered to derive from the shipping insurers, Lloyds of London's description of "A1 at Lloyd's", a first class ship.It was also a term popularised by the British War Office ABC system of classification for recruits in the First World War.For example, "A1 Cleaning Services" or "A1 Tool Hire".HMS A1, a British A class submarine of the Royal Navy
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In town and country planning in the UK, A1 is the code for permission to use specific land or premises for general retail.Originally Class A1, later reclassified Class A3
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