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.header-IND{background:#128807;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-ISL{background:#ffd200;border:2px solid #000}.mw-parser-output .header-ISR{background:#007e00;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-ISR-freeway{background:#0000fe;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN{background:#0066b3;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN-Exp{background:#005d35;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS{background:#06c;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS-R,.mw-parser-output .header-PHL{background:#093;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-MDG{background:#fff;color:#af1e2d;border:2px solid #000}.mw-parser-output .header-NOR{background:#f2a900}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="margin:0 0 4px 0"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_road_A50.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A50 shield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/UK_road_A50.svg/122px-UK_road_A50.svg.png" decoding="async" width="122" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/UK_road_A50.svg/183px-UK_road_A50.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/UK_road_A50.svg/244px-UK_road_A50.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> A50</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A50_road_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/A50_road_map.png/200px-A50_road_map.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/A50_road_map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="425" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary">Route information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">99.3 mi (159.8 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1984-85 (Construction start and end)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Major junctions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Southeast end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/UK_road_A594.svg/62px-UK_road_A594.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/UK_road_A594.svg/93px-UK_road_A594.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/UK_road_A594.svg/124px-UK_road_A594.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="487" data-file-height="190" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A594_road_(Leicester)" title="A594 road (Leicester)">A594</a> at <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a><br /><small><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=A50_road&params=52.637099_N_1.13978_W_type:landmark_region:GB&title=A50%2C+southern+terminus"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°38′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°08′23″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.637099°N 1.139780°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.637099; -1.139780</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">A50, southern terminus</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="display:none;">Major intersections</span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><div> <p><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/UK_road_A46.svg/49px-UK_road_A46.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/UK_road_A46.svg/73px-UK_road_A46.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/UK_road_A46.svg/98px-UK_road_A46.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A46_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A46 road (Great Britain)">A46</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/UK-Motorway-M1.svg/54px-UK-Motorway-M1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/UK-Motorway-M1.svg/81px-UK-Motorway-M1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/UK-Motorway-M1.svg/108px-UK-Motorway-M1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="M1 motorway (Great Britain)">M1</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_road_A453.svg/62px-UK_road_A453.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_road_A453.svg/92px-UK_road_A453.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/UK_road_A453.svg/123px-UK_road_A453.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A453_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A453 road (Great Britain)">A453</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/36px-UK_road_A6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="36" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/54px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/72px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/UK_road_A38.svg/49px-UK_road_A38.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/UK_road_A38.svg/73px-UK_road_A38.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/UK_road_A38.svg/98px-UK_road_A38.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A38_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A38 road (Great Britain)">A38</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/62px-UK_road_A500.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/92px-UK_road_A500.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/123px-UK_road_A500.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A500_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A500 road (Great Britain)">A500</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/49px-UK_road_A52.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/73px-UK_road_A52.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/98px-UK_road_A52.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A52_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A52 road (Great Britain)">A52</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/49px-UK_road_A53.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/73px-UK_road_A53.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/98px-UK_road_A53.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A53_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A53 road (Great Britain)">A53</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/49px-UK_road_A34.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/73px-UK_road_A34.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/98px-UK_road_A34.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A34_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A34 road (Great Britain)">A34</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/49px-UK_road_A54.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/73px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/98px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A54_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A54 road (Great Britain)">A54</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/54px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/81px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/UK-Motorway-M6.svg/108px-UK-Motorway-M6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="M6 motorway (Great Britain)">M6</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/UK-Motorway-M56.svg/66px-UK-Motorway-M56.svg.png" decoding="async" width="66" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/UK-Motorway-M56.svg/99px-UK-Motorway-M56.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/UK-Motorway-M56.svg/131px-UK-Motorway-M56.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="141" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/M56_motorway_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="M56 motorway (Great Britain)">M56</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_road_A56.svg/49px-UK_road_A56.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_road_A56.svg/73px-UK_road_A56.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/UK_road_A56.svg/98px-UK_road_A56.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A56_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A56 road (Great Britain)">A56</a><br /> </p> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">North end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/49px-UK_road_A49.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/73px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/98px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A49_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A49 road (Great Britain)">A49</a> at <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a><br /><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=A50_road&params=53.408238_N_2.595162_W_type:landmark_region:GB&title=A50%2C+northern+terminus"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°24′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°35′43″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.408238°N 2.595162°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.408238; -2.595162</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">A50, northern terminus</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Primary_status" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary status">Primary<br />destinations</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stoke_on_Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoke on Trent">Stoke on Trent</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary">Road network</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Roads in the United Kingdom</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of motorways in the United Kingdom">Motorways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_zones_in_Great_Britain" title="List of roads zones in Great Britain">A and B road zones</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241597584">.mw-parser-output .browse-table{width:100%;background:none;border-collapse:collapse;display:table;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .browse-table+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+link+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+style+.browse-table{margin-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .browse-table td{padding:0;border:none;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .browse-table tr:not(:first-child) td{padding-top:3px}</style><table class="browse-table"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/24px-UK_road_A49.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/36px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/48px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A49_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A49 road (Great Britain)">A49</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:3px;padding-left:3px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/24px-UK_road_A51.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/36px-UK_road_A51.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/48px-UK_road_A51.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A51_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A51 road (Great Britain)">A51</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg/220px-A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg/330px-A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg/440px-A50_west_of_junction_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>A50 west of junction 5</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG/220px-A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG/330px-A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG/440px-A50ServicesWestbound7.JPG 2x" data-file-width="811" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>Welcome Break Services on Derby Southern Bypass<i><sup id="cite_ref-WC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A50,_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg/220px-A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg/330px-A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg/440px-A50%2C_Longton_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122110.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A50 close to <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg/220px-Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg/330px-Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg/440px-Frog_Island_Leicester_2007a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The A50 passing through Frog Island, <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>A50</b> is a major <a href="/wiki/Trunk_road" title="Trunk road">trunk road</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> between <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>; historically it was also a major route from London to Leicester. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route">Route</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current A50 runs south-east from <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a> via Junction 20 of the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knutsford" title="Knutsford">Knutsford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holmes_Chapel" title="Holmes Chapel">Holmes Chapel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidsgrove" title="Kidsgrove">Kidsgrove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke on Trent</a> to Junction 24 of the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> near <a href="/wiki/Kegworth" title="Kegworth">Kegworth</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>'s southern <a href="/wiki/Bypass_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Bypass route">bypass</a>. From there it is concurrent with the M1 until Junction 22, where it runs into the City of <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>. </p><p>The section from junctions 24a (in <a href="/wiki/Lockington-Hemington" title="Lockington-Hemington">Lockington-Hemington</a>) and 24 (in <a href="/wiki/Kegworth" title="Kegworth">Kegworth</a>) of the M1 is the former A6, and has not been widened. It has only three lanes westbound from junction 24a. </p><p>The Stoke-and-Derby section was originally intended to be part of an <a href="/wiki/M64_motorway" title="M64 motorway">M64 motorway</a> but this project was cancelled in the 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_development">Proposed development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Proposed development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2013 it was reported that funding would be being made available for improvements to the section around <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a>, with work starting no later than 2015/16.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few days earlier the MP was lobbying for the improvements, stating that improvements were needed to the traffic islands for safety reasons and to improve traffic flow.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are plans for 700 new houses to the west of Uttoxeter and to the south of the A50.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (July 2023)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_old_A50">The old A50</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The old A50"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the opening of the M1, the A50 route was one of two main routes from London to the north-west via Leicester, until it was replaced during the 19th century by what has become the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a>. A third route between London and Leicester was via the <a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a> to <a href="/wiki/Old_Stratford" title="Old Stratford">Old Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/A508_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A508 road (Great Britain)">A508</a> to <a href="/wiki/Market_Harborough" title="Market Harborough">Market Harborough</a> and thence the A6. That route and the A50 route both passed through <a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a> which was a significant calling point on many coaching routes until the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Railways">railways</a>. </p><p>Until the M1 opened, the A50 used to terminate at <a href="/wiki/Hockliffe" title="Hockliffe">Hockliffe</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a> at a junction with the <a href="/wiki/A5_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A5 road (Great Britain)">A5</a>. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a> opened alongside the old route south of Northampton it was down-classified as: </p> <ul><li>B526 between Northampton and the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Pagnell" title="Newport Pagnell">Newport Pagnell</a> bypass.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A509_road" title="A509 road">A509</a> between the Newport Pagnell bypass and Junction 14 of the M1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5130_road" title="A5130 road">A5130</a> between Junction 14 and <a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Bedfordshire" title="Woburn, Bedfordshire">Woburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A4012_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A4012 road">A4012</a> between Woburn and Hockcliffe.</li></ul> <p>From that point until the 1990s the southern point of the A50 was at a junction with the A508 in <a href="/wiki/Kingsthorpe" title="Kingsthorpe">Kingsthorpe</a>, Northampton. </p><p>In the 1990s, with the opening of the <a href="/wiki/A14_road_(England)" title="A14 road (England)">A14</a> and to discourage traffic from using the road between Leicester and Northampton, the old route was re-designated as <a href="/wiki/A5199_road" title="A5199 road">A5199</a> between Leicester and Northampton. </p><p>At the same time the A50 became the <a href="/wiki/A511_road" title="A511 road">A511</a> north of Leicester, between <a href="/wiki/Burton_upon_Trent" title="Burton upon Trent">Burton upon Trent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashby-de-la-Zouch" title="Ashby-de-la-Zouch">Ashby-de-la-Zouch</a> to Leicester when the dual carriageway section bypassing Derby was completed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_current_route">The current route</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The current route"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Part of the route mirrored the plans for the original <a href="/wiki/M64_motorway" title="M64 motorway">M64 motorway</a>, with three lanes in some sections – notably between <a href="/wiki/Kegworth" title="Kegworth">Kegworth</a> and the A6 near Derby. </p><p>The new A50 route was opened in stages between March 1985 and 1999, with using various temporary designations: </p> <ul><li>1985: 9-mile (14 km) £16m <a href="/wiki/Blythe_Bridge" title="Blythe Bridge">Blythe Bridge</a> – <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a> section from the north-west.</li> <li>1992: £2.6m <a href="/wiki/Etwall" title="Etwall">Etwall</a> bypass, opened as the <a href="/wiki/A516_road" title="A516 road">A516</a>.</li> <li>1995: 6-mile (9.7 km) £30.4m <a href="/wiki/Hatton,_Derbyshire" title="Hatton, Derbyshire">Hatton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilton,_Derbyshire" title="Hilton, Derbyshire">Hilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foston,_Derbyshire" title="Foston, Derbyshire">Foston</a> bypass, opened by <a href="/wiki/John_Arthur_Watts" class="mw-redirect" title="John Arthur Watts">John Watts</a> as the A564.</li> <li>1997 (June): 3-mile (4.8 km) £52m section 1 of Blythe Bridge – Queensway.</li> <li>1997 (September): the £109.5m 14.9-mile (24.0 km) Derby Southern Bypass (opened by <a href="/wiki/Helene_Hayman,_Baroness_Hayman" title="Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman">Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman</a>, Minister for Roads at the DETR), as the A564.</li> <li>1997 (September): The A6 Derby Spur.</li> <li>1997 (November): the 1-mile (1.6 km) £21m section 2 of Blythe Bridge – Queensway.</li> <li>1998: 5-mile (8.0 km) £20.6m <a href="/wiki/Doveridge" title="Doveridge">Doveridge</a> Bypass as the A564.</li> <li>1999: the delayed A50/M1 junction 24a improvements.</li></ul> <p>On completion, the Southern Derby Bypass was re-designated as the A50, being maintained privately by Connect A50 Ltd. Much of this new section of road is made of <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">concrete</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incidents">Incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A50_road&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2008, two mentally ill Swedish sisters, <a href="/wiki/Ursula_and_Sabina_Eriksson" title="Ursula and Sabina Eriksson">Ursula and Sabina Eriksson</a>, caused mayhem on the nearby M6, and one of them jumped from an overpass on the A50.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 15 April 2018, a police pursuit on the road ended in a collision between two cars near <a href="/wiki/Longton,_Stoke-on-Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Longton, Stoke-on-Trent">Longton, Stoke-on-Trent</a>. A man was killed and three others were injured, one critically. <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Police" title="Staffordshire Police">Staffordshire Police</a>'s Collision Investigation Unit and the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Office_for_Police_Conduct" title="Independent Office for Police Conduct">Independent Office for Police Conduct</a> are both investigating.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. 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href="/wiki/A56_road" title="A56 road">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A57_road" title="A57 road">A57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A58_road" title="A58 road">A58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A59_road" title="A59 road">A59</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A500_road" title="A500 road">A500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Inner_Ring_Road#Constituent_Roads" title="London Inner Ring Road">A501</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A505_road" title="A505 road">A505</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A507_road" title="A507 road">A507</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A508_road" title="A508 road">A508</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A509_road" title="A509 road">A509</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A511_road" title="A511 road">A511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A512_road" title="A512 road">A512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A514_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A514 road">A514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A515_road" title="A515 road">A515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A516_road" title="A516 road">A516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A518_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A518 road">A518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A519_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A519 road">A519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A523_road" title="A523 road">A523</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A525_road" title="A525 road">A525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A527_road" title="A527 road">A527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A528_road" title="A528 road">A528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A529_road" title="A529 road">A529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A530_road" title="A530 road">A530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A531_road" title="A531 road">A531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A533_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A533 road">A533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A535_road" title="A535 road">A535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A536_road" title="A536 road">A536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A537_road" title="A537 road">A537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A538_road" title="A538 road">A538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A540_road" title="A540 road">A540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A541_road" title="A541 road">A541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A555_road" title="A555 road">A555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A556_road" title="A556 road">A556</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A562_road" title="A562 road">A562</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A563_road" title="A563 road">A563</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A565_road" title="A565 road">A565</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A570_road" title="A570 road">A570</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A572_road" title="A572 road">A572</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A574_road" title="A574 road">A574</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A580_road" title="A580 road">A580</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A583_road" title="A583 road">A583</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A584_road" title="A584 road">A584</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A585_road" title="A585 road">A585</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A586_road" title="A586 road">A586</a></li> <li><a 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title="A5025 road">A5025</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5036_road" title="A5036 road">A5036</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5038_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5038 road">A5038</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5058_road" title="A5058 road">A5058</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5100_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5100 road">A5100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5103_road" title="A5103 road">A5103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5109_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5109 road">A5109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5112_road" title="A5112 road">A5112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5114_road" title="A5114 road">A5114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5117_road" title="A5117 road">A5117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5120_road" title="A5120 road">A5120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5124_road" title="A5124 road">A5124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5127_road" title="A5127 road">A5127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5130_road" title="A5130 road">A5130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5135_road_(Great_Britain)" 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