Crewe

Crewe is an important railway junction and has major railway engineering works in Cheshire.

History

Inner Relief Road

Stage 1 opened in 1981

Stage 1 - West Street Extension from Hightown to Market Street. Opened on 2 March 1981 by Charles Hassall, Mayor of Crewe and Nantwich. Approved cost was £820,000. It allowed the early relief for Victoria Street, albeit that Market Street still had to be used. Numbered A532.

Stage 2 opened in 1982

Stage 2 - Vernon Way from Badger Avenue to Earle Street and the West Street link from Market Street to Vernon Way. Reported as open (with photo of traffic) by the Staffordshire Sentinel of 29 December 1982. Approved cost was £1,087,000. Numbered A532 and B5076.

Stage 3 opened in 1983

Stage 3 - Vernon Way from Earle Street to Oak Street. Opened on 18 April 1983 by Roy Hinks, County Council Chairman. This completed the road. Contractor was Wrekin Construction, cost £2.34 million. Numbered A5019.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A534	Nantwich
A534	M6, Congleton
A5020		Crewe Eastern bypass
A532		Crewe Northern bypass
A5019	Town Centre
A5078	Town Centre
B5076	Leighton Hospital
B5071	Gresty Green, A500	Accessed by A5078