B5181
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| From: | Hibel Road (SJ915739) | |||
| To: | Park Street (SJ917731) | |||
| Via: | Churchill Way | |||
| Distance: | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | |||
| Meets: | A537, A536 | |||
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For the original B5181 in Liverpool, see B5181 (Liverpool).
The B5181 is a short link road on the west side of Macclesfield town centre.
Route
Starting at a roundabout junction on the A537 north of the town centre, where Hibel Road becomes Cumberland Street, the route heads south as Churchill Way – a new thoroughfare opened (as a section of the A523) sometime after 1976 and designed to serve as an inner relief road taking north-south traffic away from the old Jordangate and Mill Street route through the middle of Macclesfield. Having skirted the west side of the town centre, the B5181 curves round towards the south-east to end at another roundabout, on the A536 Park Street.
History
Churchill Way Northern Extension opened on 7 December 1982 along with the Macclesfield East-West Link Road.
Churchill Way Southern Extension from Roe Street to Park Lane (0.3 mile) was officially opened on 31 July 1985 by Ron Carey, County Council Chairman. The official coach party was beaten by a group of local youngsters on BMX bikes who rode under the tape at the ceremony. Contractor was F.J. Goodwin and Sons of Manchester, forecast cost £1.65 million.
The route was downgraded to Class II B5151 when the A523 was shifted once again, this time in 1992 to run east of the town centre, along the new Relief Road known as The Silk Road. Some maps claim the B5181 still has Class I status, as part of the A538, but Cheshire East Council do give the road its Class II number.