A67 road

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A67
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Route information
Length33.1 mi[1] (53.3 km)
Major junctions
West end A66 in Bowes
Major intersections A66 / A167 in Darlington
East end A19 near Crathorne
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
CountiesCounty Durham
North Yorkshire
Primary
destinations
Barnard Castle
Darlington
Road network
← A66→ A68

The A67 is a road in England that links Bowes in County Durham with Crathorne in North Yorkshire. The road from Middlesbrough to Darlington was previously the A66 road, the road also starts and ends on the A66.

Route

The section from the A66 to Barnard Castle is primary status;[2] from that point it turns right and it loses its primary status to the A688 road.[3] It then travels east through Gainford and crosses the A1(M) but does not have a junction with it.[4] The road regains primary status as it goes concurrent with the A66 road from the Blackwell roundabout and heads along the southern edge of Darlington.[5]

As the A66 heads north, the A67 leaves at Morton Park to head east past Dinsdale and Durham Tees Valley Airport before joining with the A135 in Eaglescliffe. From there it heads south through Yarm—crossing the Tees via Yarm Bridge[6] —and Kirklevington before joining the A19 road at Crathorne.[7]

The road has been described by a UK Government transport minister as an important commuter route and as being the gateway to Teesdale from Darlington.[8] Despite its status as an important route, it is not maintained by National Highways but by the local authority.[9] The section around Darlington and also onwards towards Middlesbrough was originally the A66.[10]

Safety

The 10-mile (16 km) stretch of road between the A66 at Morton Park and the A19 was named the third most improved road in 2013. Work on this section included vehicle activated signage, draining and resurfacing.[11]

Settlements

A67 west of Gainford

Junction list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
County DurhamBowes0.00.0 A66 – Brough, Bowes, Scotch CornerWestern terminus
Barnard Castle4.97.9 A688 northeast (Prospect Place) – Bishop AucklandSouthwestern terminus of A688
Darlington19.932.0 A66 west (Bridge Road) / A167 (Grange Road / Croft Road) to A1(M) south / A168 – The South, Scotch Corner, Darlington, Northallerton, ThirskWestern terminus of A66 concurrency
Morton Palms23.337.5 A66 east / B6280 (Yarm Road) to A1(M) north / A1150 – The North, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Teesside, Durham, DarlingtonStockton and M'brough signed eastbound only, To A1150, Teesside and Durham westbound only; eastern terminus of A66 concurrency
Egglescliffe29.747.8 A135 north (Yarm Road) – StocktonSouthern terminus of A135
County Durham–
North Yorkshire
boundary		Egglescliffe–
Yarm
boundary		29.848.0Yarm Bridge over River Tees
North YorkshireYarm–
Kirklevington
boundary		31.150.1 A1044 northeast / B1264 (Green Lane) – Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby, Middlesbrough, WorsallSouthwestern terminus of A1044
Kirklevington–
Crathorne
boundary		32.9–
33.1		52.9–
53.3		 A19 – The North, The South, Middlesbrough, ThirskEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b "54.5190999, -2.0090285 to 74 Merrybent, Darlington DL2 2LE, UK to Urlay Nook Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS16 0LH, UK to 12 A67, Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm TS15 0AY, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. ^ Wafer, dave. "Funding for Local Transport Safer Roads Fund" (PDF). durham.gov.uk. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ^ "92" (Map). Barnard Castle & Richmond. 1;50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319261903.
  4. ^ "304" (Map). Darlington & Richmond. 1;25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245569.
  5. ^ "A67 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ Betteney, Alan (2019). "Crossing the Tees: Fords, Ferries and Bridges" (PDF). River Tees Rediscovered. Tees Archaeology: 23–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  7. ^ "The A19 Trunk Road (Crathorne Interchange to Parkway Interchange)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Landslip road needs £4m funding". BBC News. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ^ Seddon, Sean (21 September 2017). "Why the A19 is missing out on funding to save lives on the road". nechronicle. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  10. ^ Bax, A.; Fairfield, S. (1978). The Macmillan guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79 (2 ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-333-19908-4.
  11. ^ "Teesside's A67 route hailed in road safety report". Gazette Live. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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