A1042 (Teesside)

This article is about the original A1042 in Teesside.
For another road numbered A1042 in Norwich, which used to be part of the A47, see A1042 (Norwich).

The A1042 Kirkleatham bypass rejoins the road's original route

The A1042 at its longest

As originally designated in 1922, the A1042 started on the A174 just south of the church at Kirkleatham. It ran north to Coatham, then along the High Street into Redcar, where it met the northern end of the A1040 (now part of the B1269), which came into town along Redcar Lane, and ended one block inland from the lifeboat station.

By 1930 it had been extended from Redcar along the coast to Marske, where it headed inland through town to rejoin the A174 Redcar Road. Most of that section now forms part of the A1085.

Today, the A1042 has been cut back to its western section only. It terminates at its junction with the A1085, south of Coatham village and west of Redcar town centre. The A1085 now runs a few blocks inland and so does not follow the route of the A1042 into Redcar. At the other end, Kirkleatham is now bypassed and so the road starts a short distance southwest from its former southern end.