Manchester.E2.80.93Sheffield A57 road

mancunian way

it leaves a57(m) @ a6 exit , follows downing street, , ardwick green south, passing through brunswick , ardwick green barracks of king s , cheshire regiment. a6 leaves @ roundabout, , road temporarily loses trunk status. @ ellen wilkinson high school, meets a665, , becomes trunk road hyde road. crosses under railway , meets a6010 @ crossroads. passes through belle vue, meets b6178 (for levenshulme), crosses railway near belle vue railway station, entering gorton. meets b6167 (for north reddish). enters borough of tameside, becoming dual-carriageway manchester road.

it meets m60 @ junction 24, , divides 2 east , west routes next denton railway station on left , sainsbury s on right, either side of m67. meet , road loses trunk status, entering denton, passing christ church denton on right. meets a6017 @ crossroads, becoming hyde road morrisons on right. meets junction 2 of m67, follows road, near church of st anne , crosses river tame, becoming manchester road. crosses peak forest canal , goes under hope valley line near hyde central railway station. a627 overlaps , there meets junction 3 of m67 asda on right passes through hyde market street , union street , passes tameside college on right. leaves a627 right mottram road, morrisons on left next m67, entering godley , passing under glossop line near godley railway station , godley reservoir. passes through hattersley, , mets final junction of m67 - junction 4 - @ roundabout dual-carriageway a560 (for stockport).

passing through glossop

it resumes trunk road status hyde road, passing through mottram in longdendale, there crossroads @ traffic lights b6174. leaving mottram, meets a6018 left (from stalybridge) @ traffic lights. becomes mottram moor , @ next junction, leaves right, a628 continuing straight on. loses trunk road status , becomes woolley lane, passing through part of hollingworth. crosses river etherow, entering derbyshire , high peak district. enters brookfield , meets a626 (for marple) right. passes under glossop line, @ dinting viaduct, again near dinting railway station passes through dinting , primary school. a6016 leaves right , road enters glossop high street west passing tesco on left. meets a624 (for hayfield) , b6105 @ crossroads in middle of town, near railway station. becomes high street east, passing glossop leisure centre on right. there roundabout , becomes sheffield road, woodcock road leaves glossop , enters peak district national park (dark peak). there sharp bend right , becomes snake pass.

it climbs holden clough , @ featherbed moss, crossed pennine way @ summit @ 1550 ft, hills of bleaklow left , kinder scout right. here enters national trust s high peak estate. passes doctor s gate , follows lady clough valley downhill point lady clough meets river ashop, passing snake pass inn on left. follows river ashop closely north in woodlands valley 4 miles (6.4 km), , leaves high peak estate. crosses river alport. crosses ladybower reservoir @ ashopton bridge. meets a6013 (for bamford) , passes ladybower inn. climbs valley , passes on cutthroat bridge. @ 1200 ft enters south yorkshire , city of sheffield. follows down hill manchester road past hollow meadows.

the rivelin valley

following hill down sheffield, passes new norfolk arms on left, rivelin dams on right rivelin rocks high on left, , leaves peak district national park. @ rivelin mill bridge crosses river rivelin , a6101 leaves left. passes bell hagg inn on left, sportsman in crosspool. enters tapton hill , passes lydgate junior school , tapton school. meets fulwood road in broomhill. b6069 leaves right, , becomes whitham road.

it passes weston park hospital , western bank, passes sheffield children s hospital octagon centre on right , becomes dual-carriageway brook hill, passing straight through university of sheffield arts tower , alfred denny building seen left, , hicks building seen right. becomes broad lane in netherthorpe, passing former jessop hospital , st george s church in portobello (now part of sheffield university). @ roundabout passes city plaza, becoming tenter street westbar green. becomes west bar, passing law courts on left, police headquarters , former castle market on right bridge street. passes close river don on castlegate, becoming exchange place. becomes sheffield parkway (built in 1974), sheffield s main route m1, meeting roundabout.