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Lincolnshire

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Lincolnshire
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Primary Destinations
Boston • Gainsborough • Grantham • Grimsby • Humber Bridge • Immingham • Lincoln • Scunthorpe • Skegness • Sleaford • Spalding • Stamford
Other Important Destinations
Cleethorpes • Louth • Mablethorpe
Current Highway Authorities
Lincolnshire County Council • North East Lincolnshire Council • North Lincolnshire Council
Borders
Cambridgeshire • Leicestershire • Norfolk • Northamptonshire • Nottinghamshire • Rutland • Yorkshire
National Highways Roads
M180 • M181 • A1 • A46 • A52 • A160 • A180
This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Lincolnshire Council
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Lincolnshire is a traditional county in the east of England. It is traditionally subdivided into three parts: Lindsey (in the north), Kesteven (in the southwest) and Holland (in the southeast); the three parts had separate county councils until 1974, administered from Lincoln, Sleaford and Boston respectively.

Geography & Economy

King George V Bridge over the Trent

The county runs from the Humber in the north to the Fens in the south. Although much of the county is flat, particularly the Fens and the Isle of Axholme in the northwest, the county also contains low hills, most famously the Wolds in the northeast. Lincoln city centre is also well-known for a road aptly named Steep Hill.

The majority of Lincolnshire is rural, with farming one of the most important industries, particularly in the fertile soil of the Fens. Apart from the county town of Lincoln the largest settlements are in the north. Grimsby and Immingham are important ports, with the former still important for fish although it no longer sees fleets of trawlers. The coast also brings tourists to the county, with Skegness the most famous of many seaside resorts.

Roads

Lincoln bypass

Most of Lincolnshire has a good road network, although there are fewer roads serving Axholme and the Wolds. The Fens are well served, although roads are constrained by the numerous watercourses. At one time the county was linked to Hull in Yorkshire by a ferry from New Holland, taking the A15 number; this was replaced by the Humber Bridge in 1981.

Most non-trunk roads within the county are maintained by Lincolnshire County Council, with North East Lincolnshire Council maintaining the area around Grimsby and North Lincolnshire Council the area around Scunthorpe. National Highways maintain the surprisingly few trunk roads. These are the main A1 and a small network in the north comprising the M180, M181, A160 and A180 serving Scunthorpe and the ports of Immingham and Grimsby. The other two trunk roads are the A46 west of Lincoln and A52 west of Grantham.

Route From To Length
M100 South Mimms Pelaw 256 miles View
M180 Hatfield, Yorkshire Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincolnshire 25 miles View
M181 Butterwick Crosby 1.2 miles View  
A1077(M) 1.28 km View
A1 London Edinburgh 396 miles View
A15 Hessle (W) Norman Cross 99.3 miles View
A16 Peterborough Grimsby 82.8 miles View
A17 King's Lynn Newark-on-Trent 59.5 miles View
A18 Doncaster Ludborough 58 miles View
A46 Bath Cleethorpes 223 miles View
A52 Newcastle-under-Lyme Mablethorpe 146.0 miles View
A57 Liverpool Lincoln 122 miles View
A150 Wisbech Long Sutton 8.6 miles View
A151 Colsterworth Holbeach 33.3 miles View
A152 Donington Sufleet Seas End 6.7 miles View
A153 Honington Louth 44.0 miles View
A154 Mablethorpe Donington 50.4 miles View
A155 Tumby West Keal 8.7 miles View
A156 Drinsey Nook Gainsborough 11.0 miles View
A157 Wragby Maltby le Marsh 27 miles View
A158 Skegness Lincoln 40.4 miles View
A159 Gainsborough Scunthorpe 15.5 miles View
A160 Brocklesby Interchange Immingham Dock 3.2 miles View
A160 Melton Ross Barrow upon Humber 7.7 miles View
A161 Beckingham Goole 28.4 miles View
A180 Barnetby le Wold Cleethorpes 16.6 miles View
A606 Stamford West Bridgford 38.4 miles View
A607 Leicester Bracebridge Heath 56.2 miles View
A631 Greenland, Sheffield near South Elkington 62.8 miles View
A1018 Little Ponton Gonerby Moor 6 miles View
A1028 Ulceby Cross Gunby 5.4 miles View
A1029 Crosby Warren Brat Hill 3.1 miles View
A1030 Nunsthorpe Cleethorpes 2.5 miles View
A1031 Old Clee Mablethorpe 24.4 miles View
A1073 Eye Spalding 14.6 miles View
A1075 Donington Baythorpe 4.9 miles View
A1076 Gunness Scunthorpe 3.9 miles View
A1077 Scunthorpe (W) South Killingholme 25.5 miles View
A1084 Brigg Caistor 9.1 miles View
A1097 Westgate Grimsby Road 0.4 miles View
A1098 New Waltham Cleethorpes 3.2 miles View
A1101 Long Sutton bypass Bury St Edmunds 53.4 miles View
A1102 Newland Wragby Road 2.3 miles View
A1103 West Rasen Osgodby Moor 3.6 miles View
A1104 Ulceby Cross Mablethorpe 10.8 miles View
A1106 Spalding Fulney 0.6 miles View
A1111 Alford Sutton-on-Sea 6.0 miles View
A1115 Winceby Scremby 9.4 miles View
A1121 Boston Swineshead Bridge 5.3 miles View
A1133 Winthorpe Torksey 13.7 miles View
A1136 Grimsby Healing 4.2 miles View
A1137 John Adams Way Sleaford Road 1.5 miles View
A1138 Boston Town Centre Boston Docks 0.3 miles View
A1162 Lindum Road The Avenue 0.5 miles View
A1173 Caistor Immingham 11.8 miles View
A1175 Stamford Spalding 17.75 miles View
A1180 Lincoln Swallow Beck 2.6 miles View
A1190 High Street Canwick Road 0.2 miles View
A1192 University of Lincoln North Hykeham View
A1243 New Waltham Grimsby 2.8 miles View
A1434 Greetwell South Hykeham 8 miles View
A1500 Marton Scampton 8.6 miles View
A6121 Morcott Bourne 17.7 miles View  
B199 Newland, Lincoln Melville Street, Lincoln 0.52 miles View
B676 Cotes Colsterworth 26.6 miles View
B677 Harlaxton Road London Road 0.7 miles View
B678 London Road Grantham Wharf 0.5 miles View
B1003 Far Wharf Lincoln College View
B1040 Biggleswade Crowland 50.5 miles View
B1081 Tickencote Carpenter's Lodge 4.7 miles View
B1131 Canwick Bracebridge Heath 1.4 miles View
B1148 Holbeach Road Low Road 0.5 miles View
B1162 Northborough Deeping St James 2.0 miles View
B1163 Deeping St James Crowland 7.3 miles View
B1164 Eastgate Spalding Road 0.5 miles View
B1165 Spalding bypass Newton(E) 16.6 miles View
B1165 Eye Crowland 4.8 miles View
B1166 Market Deeping Leverington Common 22.3 miles View
B1167 Thorney By Pass Gedney Hill 7.2 miles View
B1168 Holbeach Drove Holbeach 9.0 miles View
B1172 Spalding Common Spalding 3.4 miles View
B1173 Spalding Spalding By Pass 2.7 miles View
B1174 Little Ponton Gonerby Moor 6.2 miles View
B1174 Stamford Bourne 9.2 miles View
B1175 Spalding Colsterworth 24.3 miles View
B1176 Ryhall Old Somerby 17.3 miles View
B1177 Haconby (W) Bridge End 8.7 miles View
B1178 Harmston Potterhanworth 7.3 miles View
B1178 London Road Winsover Road 0.5 miles View
B1179 New Road Bridge Street 0.2 miles View
B1180 Pinchbeck West Spalding 6.0 miles View
B1180 Donington Baythorpe, Swineshead 4.9 miles View
B1181 Bicker bypass Hoffleet Stow 1.5 miles View
B1182 Wragby Road Lincoln northern bypass 1.2 miles View
B1182 West Street High Street 0.4 miles View
B1183 Boston Horncastle 16.5 miles View
B1184 Langrick Old Leake 10.2 miles View
B1186 Newark-on-Trent Torksey Lock 15.1 miles View
B1187 Beckingham Crowle 14.8 miles View
B1188 Lincoln Ruskington 15.8 miles View
B1189 Billinghay Metheringham 8.3 miles View
B1190 Tom Otter's Bridge Horncastle 29.3 miles View
B1191 Ashby de la Launde(SW) Horncastle 19.5 miles View
B1192 Woodhall Spa Kirton 20.4 miles View
B1193 Park Farm Cherry Holt Road 1.5 miles View
B1193 Newland Newport 1.2 miles View
B1194 Priorygate Wragby Road 0.2 miles View
B1195 Key's Toft Greetham (S) 16.7 miles View
B1196 Gunby Alford 6.5 miles View
B1197 Alford Sutton on Sea 5.9 miles View
B1197 Ulceby Cross Alford 3.1 miles View
B1198 Old Clee Skegness 42.8 miles View
B1199 Bigby Street Bigby Road 0.2 miles View
B1199 Beesby Mablethorpe 4.1 miles View
B1200 Louth Bypass Saltfleetby St Clement (E) 11.0 miles View
B1201 North Thoresby Tetney(S) 2.4 miles View
B1202 Boothby Graffoe Market Rasen 27.6 miles View
B1203 Scartho Market Rasen 17.1 miles View
B1204 South Ferriby Elsham 6.5 miles View
B1204 Kingerby Wood Osgodby Moor 3.6 miles View
B1205 Blyton Nettleton 17.5 miles View
B1206 Kirton in Lindsey (SW) New Holland 23.5 miles View
B1207 Hibaldstow Winterton 12.1 miles View
B1208 Brigg Broughton (N) 3.3 miles View
B1209 Leasingham Leasingham Moor 1.9 miles View
B1209 Brigg Caistor 9.2 miles View
B1210 Kirmington Great Coates 10.2 miles View
B1211 Melton Ross Keelby 8.2 miles View
B1212 Bargate Hainton Avenue 0.7 miles View
B1213 Weelsby Road Cleethorpe Road 2.1 miles View
B1214 Bargate Victoria Street 0.7 miles View
B1215 Hainton Avenue Victoria Street 0.3 miles View
B1216 Gunness near Crosby 2.3 miles View
B1217 Scunthorpe Barton-upon-Humber 13.3 miles View
B1218 Bonby Lodge Waterside, Barton-upon-Humber 4.3 miles View
B1219 Waltham Humberston 2.9 miles View
B1219 Barton-upon-Humber Barrow upon Humber 3.0 miles View
B1225 Caistor Baumber 19.8 miles View
B1226 Lincoln North Bypass Ermine, Lincoln 0.6 miles View
B1241 Lea Saxilby 10.3 miles View
B1262 St Catherine's, Lincoln Wigford Way / St Mary's Street, Lincoln 0.87 miles View
B1273 Tritton Road Nettleham Road 2.3 miles View
B1308 The Avenue Bunkers Hill 2.5 miles View
B1356 Spalding Surfleet 4.6 miles View
B1357 Cowbit Moulton Marsh 10.1 miles View
B1358 Holbeach Clough Fleet Hargate 3.6 miles View
B1358 Ulceby Immingham Dock 6.2 miles View
B1359 Long Sutton Gedney Drove End 7.9 miles View
B1360 Tritton Road High Street 0.51 miles View
B1360 Boston town centre Boston Docks 0.5 miles View
B1361 Caistor Stallingborough 7.9 miles View
B1361 Immingham Grimsby 8.5 miles View
B1371 Swineshead Bridge Chain Bridge, Boston 6.0 miles View
B1372 Clee Road Alexandra Road 0.3 miles View
B1372 Spilsby Scremby 2.9 miles View
B1373 Beesby Withern 2.4 miles View
B1373 Withern Maltby-le-Marsh 3.2 miles View
B1374 High Street Queen's Parade 0.6 miles View
B1378 Tritton Road Lincoln bypass 1.7 miles View
B1378 High Street Old Crosby 0.5 miles View
B1390 Sutton St James Long Sutton 4.2 miles View
B1391 Drayton Wyberton 4.5 miles View
B1392 Althorpe Eastoft 8.2 miles View
B1392 Hubbert's Bridge Kirton 4.4 miles View
B1393 Horncastle Road Sleaford Road 1.3 miles View
B1394 Horbling (NE) Heckington 7.9 miles View
B1395 East Heckington North Kyme 6.1 miles View
B1396 Bessacar Haxey 11.3 miles View
B1397 Dowsby Skirbeck Quarter, Boston 18.2 miles View
B1397 Tattershall Road Station Road 0.3 miles View
B1398 Lincoln Raventhorpe 23.4 miles View
B1399 Bullington Holton cum Beckering 3.0 miles View
B1400 Kirton in Lindsey Airfield Messingham 7.0 miles View
B1401 Clee Hall Farm 1.0 mile View
B1402 Ferry Road New Holland Road 0.8 miles View
B1406 Grimsby Town Railway Station Wellow 0.3 miles View
B1429 RAF Cranwell Cranwell 3.5 miles View
B1430 Scunthorpe Winterton 7.8 miles View
B1431 Laceby Ludborough 9.3 miles View
B1431 Warren Road High Street 0.6 miles View
B1432 Winceby Partney 6.3 miles View
B1433 Gainsborough White's Wood Farm 1.8 miles View
B1434 Owersby Moor Kettlby 8.2 miles View
B1444 Bradley Little Coates 0.8 miles View
B1449 Bilsby Mumby 2.8 miles View
B1450 Gunness Ashby, Scunthorpe 5.7 miles View
B1451 Lumley Square Burgh Road 0.9 miles View
B1501 Bottesford Brumby 2.3 miles View
B1515 Holbeach(W) Fleet Hargate 3.1 miles View
B1517 Quarrington Bone Mill Junction, Sleaford 2.7 miles View
B1518 Sleaford Holdingham 1.1 miles View
B1520 Louth By Pass(S) Louth By Pass(N) 2.3 miles View
B1521 Westgate Grimsby Road 2.3 miles View
B1524 Northborough Market Deeping By Pass(N) 2.0 miles View
B1525 Market Deeping Deeping St Nicholas(SW) 3.7 miles View
B1528 Burgh Road Skegness Station 1.1 miles View
B6403 Colsterworth(S) Byard's Leap 18.4 miles View     
T1 London Scrabster View
T22 Sheffield Grimsby View
T23 Norman Cross Grimsby View
T44 Bath Lincoln View
T47 Oxford Market Deeping View
T51 Kings Lynn Newark View
T59 Liverpool Skegness View

Key

Motorway
Primary Route
Non Primary Route
Former Motorway
Defunct Route
E Road
Future Motorway
Future Primary
Future Non Primary
Historical Route
Tourist Route
Roman Road
Unbuilt Motorway
Unbuilt Primary
Unbuilt Non Primary
National Cycle Network
Cycle Route
Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Lincolnshire Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Lincolnshire


Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Lincolnshire



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