A6043
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| A6043 | ||||
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| From: | Oldham Road (SJ934993) | |||
| To: | Penny Meadow (SJ941992) | |||
| Via: | Wellington Road | |||
| Distance: | 0.4 miles (0.6 km) | |||
| Meets: | A627, A6140, A670 | |||
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The A6043 is a short link road forming part of the Northern Bypass in Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester.
Route
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The road originally ran along part of Wellington Road between the A627 and A670. When the latter was diverted away from the town centre the A6043 was extended along part of Penny Meadow so it still met the A670, then in 2012 the majority of the A6043 was bypassed by the new Albion Way relief road, which ends in more-or-less the same place.
Albion Way, from Turner Lane to Crickets Lane North, was opened on 30 January 2012 by Kieron Quinn, Tameside Council leader. Cost was £15 million.
The A6043 still exists according to both Ordnance Survey and Google mapping, but it is signed westbound as (A627) and eastbound as A6018.