Durham Council

Durham County Council is the Highway Authority for all roads in the Administrative County of Durham, with the exception of Trunk Roads, which are managed by National Highways.

The majority of the area lies within the historic county of County Durham, although a large area in the west of the council area that lies south of the River Tees lies within the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

Highways Management

The county council is responsible for the maintenance of all roads and associated footpaths within its area. The council also maintain bridges, 57 sets of traffic signals, traffic signs, road markings and 78,000 street lights.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are within the boundaries of the council area:

• Bishop Auckland
• Consett
• Durham

Trunk Roads

The following roads that run through the council area are at least partially Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by National Highways:

• A1(M)
• A19
• A66

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by the authority:

Route	From	To	Length
A67	Bowes	Crathorne	34.1 miles	View
A68	Dalkeith	Darlington	128 miles	View
A167	Topcliffe	Kenton Bar	65.6 miles	View
A177	Durham	Stockton on Tees	21.7 miles	View
A179	Hartlepool	Sheraton	5.4 miles	View
A181	Durham	Castle Eden	9.0 miles	View
A182	Washington	Seaham	17.5 miles	View
A183	Chester-le-Street	South Shields	18.2 miles	View
A688	Barnard Castle	Byers Garth	24.8 miles	View
A689	Newby, Carlisle	Hartlepool	93.6 miles	View
A690	Crook	Sunderland	22.2 miles	View
A691	Durham	Shotley Bridge	13.9 miles	View
A692	Castleside	Lobley Hill, Gateshead	13.6 miles	View
A693	Chester-le-Street	Leadgate	10.1 miles	View
A694	Scotswood	Shotley Bridge	11.1 miles	View
A1018	Seaton	South Shields	12.5 miles	View
A1052	Houghton Gate	Houghton-le-Spring	2.9 miles	View
A1086	West View, Hartlepool	Easington	7.5 miles	View
A6072	Heighington	Tindale Crescent	6.1 miles	View
A6076	Lanchester	Sunniside	8.0 miles	View
B1198	Shincliffe	Sherburn	1.3 miles	View
B1278	Sedgefield bypass	Wheatley Hill	5.8 miles	View
B1279	Thornley	Wheatley Hill (E)	2.9 miles	View
B1280	Sheraton	South Hetton	9.7 miles	View
B1281	Castle Eden By Pass	Blackhall Colliery	3.2 miles	View
B1283	West Sherburn	Horden	10.5 miles	View
B1284	Chester le Street	Hetton le Hole	5.8 miles	View
B1285	Hetton le Hole	Seaham Grange	6.1 miles	View
B1287	Ryhope	Dalton-le-Dale	4.4 miles	View
B1320	Peterlee	Horden	2.0 miles	View
B1404	Houghton le Spring	Seaham	5.1 miles	View
B1432	Cold Hesledon	Little Thorpe	3.0 miles	View
B6168	Flint Hill	Annfield Plain	2.8 miles	View
B6173	Pickering Nook	Stanley	2.2 miles	View
B6274	Staindrop	Richmond	14.4 miles	View
B6275	Barton Interchange	Royal Oak	10.3 miles	View
B6276	Brough	Middleton in Teesdale (S)	13.6 miles	View
B6277	Alston	Cross Lanes	32.9 miles	View
B6278	Barnard Castle	Shotley Bridge	30.4 miles	View
B6279	Eggleston(SE)	South Burdon	21.9 miles	View
B6281	Mickleton(E)	Egglestone	1.5 miles	View
B6282	Middleton in Teesdale	Shildon	22.7 miles	View
B6284	Etherley Dene	Newton Cap	1.2 miles	View
B6286	Willington	Toronto	3.3 miles	View
B6287	Coundongate	Ferryhill	4.8 miles	View
B6288	Kirk Merrington	Croxdale	3.7 miles	View
B6290	Picktree Lane	Blind Lane	0.46 miles	View
B6291	Bowburn	Thornley	4.4 miles	View
B6295	Langley	Copthill	15.1 miles	View
B6296	Wolsingham	Lanchester	9.2 miles	View
B6297	Wolsingham (N)	Tow Law	1.9 miles	View
B6298	Stanley Crook	Crook	2.5 miles	View
B6299	Tow Law	Willington	4.6 miles	View
B6300	Brandon	Sunderland Bridge	1.9 miles	View
B6301	Tow Law	Lanchester	6.7 miles	View
B6302	Cornsay Colliery	Durham	6.3 miles	View
B6306	Hexham	Edmundbyers	14.7 miles	View
B6308	Medomsley	Consett Bypass	2.5 miles	View
B6309	Belsay (NW)	Leadgate	23.5 miles	View
B6310	Shotley Bridge	Burnopfield	6.5 miles	View
B6311	Tantobie	Dipton	1.2 miles	View
B6312	Plawsworth	Witton Gilbert	2.8 miles	View
B6313	Craghead	Chester-le-Street	4.4 miles	View
B6314	Rowlands Gill	Burnopfield	1.3 miles	View
B6322	Medomsley Road	Durham Road	0.82 miles	View
B6443	Newton Aycliffe	Aycliffe Industrial Estate	1.9 miles	View
B6444	Aycliffe	Heighington	2.4 miles	View
B6532	Stanley	Durham	7.7 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered (Class III) Roads

Main Article: Durham Council (Class III roads)

For its Class III road network, Durham Council uses "C" prefixes. The numbering system is shared with Darlington Council as they were part of Durham until 1997.

Junctions

Main Article: Durham Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Durham Council (Crossings)

Links

• Durham County Council Website