A56 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
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Length | 71.46 mi (115.00 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | A5268 Chester | |||
A41 M53 M56 A50 M60 A57(M) A58 M66 M65 | ||||
East end | A59 Broughton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United Kingdom | |||
Primary destinations | Runcorn Warrington Altrincham Manchester Bury Burnley | |||
Road network | ||||
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The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the dense urban sprawl of inner city Manchester and the lightly populated region of rural east Lancashire. The road includes a short section of trunk road between the end of the M66 motorway near Ramsbottom and the M65 motorway west of Burnley.