A167 road

The A167 and A167(M) is a road in North East England. It is partially a trunk road and partially a motorway, where it is commonly referred to as Newcastle Central Motorway. Most of the road’s route was formerly that of the A1, until it was re-routed with the opening of the A1(M) in the 1960s.

A167
Major junctions
From	Topcliffe
Major intersections	A1(M) A1 A61 A66 A67 A68 A168 A177 A183 A184 A186 A187 A189 A191 A684 A688 A689 A690 A691 A693 A1058 A1150
To	Kenton Bar
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Newcastle upon Tyne Gateshead City of Durham Darlington
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A166 → A168

Route

The route starts from the A168 at Topcliffe, North Yorkshire and runs to Cowgate, Tyne and Wear where the route splits in two. The northern fork continues to Kenton Bar, where it meets the A1 and the A696, while the southern fork heads west, again terminating at the A1, this time at Westerhope.

From the Topcliffe A168 Junction, the route runs north through Northallerton, and crosses the A66 road just east of the A66(M) section. It runs on through Darlington, across A1(M) junction 59, and on to Newton Aycliffe, Ferryhill, Durham and Chester-le-Street.

A167 road near Northallerton looking north with the Battle of the Standard monument on the right

The A167 bypass at Chilton near Ferryhill was completed and opened to traffic on 20 June 2005. Construction had started in 2004, 65 years after first proposed when the route was still the A1.

Beyond Chester-le-Street the A167 continues to A1(M) junction 63 and through Birtley before crossing the A1 at the junction near the Angel of the North. (The first route of the Great North Road ran via Wrekenton on the present B1296. The second route ran via Low Fell on the A167. The third route ran from the A1(M) junction 65 via the A194(M) and the A19 Tyne Tunnel, to the Wideopen A1/A19 Junction.)

The start point of the Great North Run is on the A167(M) Central Motorway in Newcastle.

A167(M)

A167(M)
Route information
Length	1.1 mi (1.8 km)
Existed	1975–present
Major junctions
From	Jesmond
Major intersections	A1(M) motorway
To	Tyne Bridge north end
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Newcastle upon Tyne
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A74(M) → A194(M)

Sliproads to/from A167(M) at Swan House junction

The A167 continues through Gateshead across the Tyne Bridge into Newcastle upon Tyne, where it becomes the A167(M) Newcastle Central Motorway for a short distance. After the city centre it reverts to dual carriageway to its terminus at the Kenton Bar A1/A696 junction.

Originally the road was the A1(M), but changes to the route of the A1 have caused changes to the route number. When the A1 was re-routed through the Tyne Tunnel, it was renumbered as the A6127(M) – becoming one of only two four-digit, Axxxx(M) motorways, the other being the A6144(M) motorway. After the construction of the A1 western bypass, the Tyne Tunnel became the A19 and the A6127(M) became the A167(M).

The A167(M) is unusual due to that it has a slip road leading from an unclassified road directly onto the right-hand ("fast") lane at Camden Street, a result of its two-tier construction. However, as of late 2011, this slip road is closed. It also has other junctions where entry to and exit from the motorway is via the outside lane, which can lead to a lot of weaving and conflicting traffic movement. The A167(M) is subject to a 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit throughout.

Junctions

A167(M) motorway
Northbound exits	no junction numbers	Southbound exits
Road continues as A167 Jedburgh, Newcastle (A696) Hexham (A69) Morpeth (A1)	Gosforth B1318 Freeman Hospital Non Motorway Traffic
City Centre (N) Gosforth B1318		Start of motorway
Tynemouth & Docks A1058 Jesmond (B1600)	(New Bridge Street)	Tynemouth & Docks A1058 Jesmond (B1600)
City Centre, Wallsend A193	(Manors)	City Centre, Wallsend A193
Start of motorway	(Swan House)	Walker, City Centre (S) A186
City Centre (S), Walker A186 Non Motorway Traffic		Road continues as A167 Gateshead A167 The SOUTH A1(M)

Future

In June 2019, North Yorkshire County Council prioritised a scheme to construct a bypass on the A167 around the town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire. This would be a north–south road which was costed at £40 million in 2019.

External links

• CBRD Motorway Database – A167(M)
• Pathetic Motorways – A167(M)
• BBC News: A167 Chilton Bypass Opens
• The Motorway Archive – A167(M)