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Highways Agency - A69 Carlisle to Newcastle |
 | | The A69 between the A1 in the east and the M6 in the west, provides an important link in the strategic road network, linking the industrial areas of the North East England and Teesside with the North West of England, the West of Scotland and, via the west coast ports, with Ireland. |
 | | The A69 between the M6 in Cumbria and the A1 Newcastle Western Bypass is approximately 84 kilometres long (31 km dual and 53 km single carriageway). |
 | | The Bypass (built to relieve traffic using the A69 through Haltwhistle and reduce accident, congestion, air pollution, noise and vibration) is approximately 3.5 kilometres long and required the construction of 3 major structures; 2 bridge crossings of the river South Tyne and a bridge crossing the Newcastle to Carlisle Railway. |
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