B6229
| B6229 | ||||||||||
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| From: | Lucas Green (SD580201) | |||||||||
| To: | Chorley (SD584184) | |||||||||
| Via: | Harper's Lane | |||||||||
| Distance: | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) | |||||||||
| Meets: | A6, A674, B6228, A6 | |||||||||
| Former Number(s): | A674 | |||||||||
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Route
The B6229 consists of two parallel roads either side of the A674 to the north of Chorley.
Northern section: Moss Lane
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This is the original line of the B6229. We start on the A6 to the south of Lucas Green and head east along Moss Lane. The road quickly reaches a diversion which crosses a bridge over the M61 after which the road heads more northerly before bending to the right to cross a narrow bridge over the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. After crossing a mini-roundabout the road reaches a T-junction on the dual-carriageway A674.
Southern section: Harper's Lane
Theoretically the B6229 then multiplexes east along the A674 to traffic lights before following a useless multiplex south along the B6228 (original A674) back over the canal and the M61. It may be simpler just to say that the road is a duplicate.
The B6229 reappears at a roundabout on the B6228 on the edge of Chorley. It heads west along the original line of the A674, asking the question why the ex-A674 north of the roundabout was renumbered B6228 and not B6229. Harper's Lane is largely residential. Eventually the railway line is crossed, after which the B6229 ends at a roundabout, back on the A6.