.jpg) Edge Lane after widening, June 2012 | |
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| Part of | A5047 road |
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| Length | 1.7 mi (2.7 km)[1] |
| Location | Fairfield, Liverpool |
| Postal code | L7 |
| Coordinates | 53°24′26″N 2°57′30″W / 53.40730°N 2.95826°W |
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Edge Lane is a main road running from the periphery of Liverpool city centre at Hall Lane towards the M62 motorway. Edge Lane technically comprises two roads, that of 'Edge Lane' and that of 'Edge Lane Drive' and passes through the districts of Old Swan, Kensington, Wavertree and Edge Hill. It forms part of the A5047.
The road appears in historical records from the 16th century and remained rural until houses and streets were constructed along the route during the 19th century. Following a project to widen the road in 2012, numerous properties were demolished to facilitate the route becoming dual carriageway, which in 2008 was described as being one of Merseyside's "biggest traffic bottlenecks" into the city centre as a result of rush hour congestion.[2]
There is a large leisure park on the route containing various amenities such as bowling alley and fast food outlets.
- ^ Length of Edge Lane (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Bottleneck road scheme approved". BBC News. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2018.