A16 road (England)

The A16 road is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands region of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Peterborough, where it meets the A1175, A47 & A1139 then on to the A1 and the A605; the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Northampton and the west, and south west of England. Its length is 78 miles (126 km). The road was "de-trunked", with responsibility largely returned to Lincolnshire County Council from the Highways Agency in 2002.[2][3]

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A16
Route information
Length78.3 mi[1] (126.0 km)
Major junctions
South end A47 in Peterborough
Major intersections A151 near Spalding

A17 in Sutterton
A52 in Boston
A158 near Partney

A18 near Ludborough
North end A180 in Grimsby
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
Primary
destinations		Spalding
Boston
Road network
← A15→ A17

Settlements on route

From north to south its route is:

The road is a Primary Route for its entire length. Most of the A16 is single carriageway.

History

Ludborough Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) £1.2 million Ludborough Bypass opened on 25 October 1992.[4]

Fotherby Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) Fotherby Bypass opened in 2004.

Louth Bypass opening

3-mile (4.8 km) £6.6 million Louth Bypass opened in August 1991.[5]

Partney Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) Partney Bypass opened in August 2005.

Stickford Bypass opening

The 1-mile (1.6 km) £1 million Stickford Bypass opened in October 1992.

Boston Inner Relief Road opening

The £1.4 million Boston Inner Relief Road opened in early 1978.

Boston-Algarkirk Diversion opening

The 6-mile (9.7 km) £11.5 million Boston-Algarkirk Diversion opened in October 1991.

Spalding Bypass opening

The 11-mile (18 km) £23 million Spalding-Sutterton Improvement (the Spalding Bypass) opened in August 1995.[6]

Junction list
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CambridgeshirePeterborough0.00.0 A47 (Eye Road) / Welland Road to A1 / A15 / A605 – Wisbech, Peterborough, Leicester, Dogsthrope, The North, London, Sleaford, Northampton, Eye, Eye Green, ThorneySouthern terminus
LincolnshireCowbit–Spalding boundary13.121.1 A1175 south-west / B1173 (Barrier Bank) to A15 – Stamford, Spalding town centre, Bourne, Deeping St Nicholas, Market DeepingNorth-eastern terminus of A1175
Spalding16.226.1 A151 (Holbeach Road) to A17 – Spalding, Holbeach, King's Lynn, Weston, Moulton
Surfleet19.831.9A152 north-west – Surfleet, Gosberton, DoningtonSouth-eastern terminus of A152
Sutterton23.237.3 A17 / Station Road to A52 – King's Lynn, Sleaford, Grantham, Sutterton, Fosdyke, Wigtoft
Boston29.747.8 A52 west (Liquorport Road) to A1121 – Grantham, SleafordSouthern terminus of A52 concurrency
29.948.1 A1138 south (South End) – FishtoftFishtoft signed northbound only; northern terminus of A1138
30.448.9Horncastle Road (A1137 west) / Wide Bargate / B1183 – HorncastleEastern terminus of A1137
31.250.2 A52 east (Wainfleet Road) – Wainfleet, FishtoftFishtoft signed southbound only; northern terminus of A52 concurrency
West Keal–East Keal boundary43.469.8 A155 west (Main Road) to A153 – Sleaford, West Keal, East KirkbyEastern terminus of A155
Partney47.576.4 A158 – Skegness, Lincoln, Partney, Scremby, Burgh le Marsh, Sausthorpe, Horncastle
Ulceby with Fordington51.482.7 A1028 south-east (Main Road) / A1104 north-east to A158 – Skegness, Mablethorpe, Ulceby, Alford, BilsbyUlceby signed northbound only; north-western terminus of A1028; south-western terminus of A1104
Raithby cum Maltby60.497.2 A157 east (Station Road) / B1520 (London Road) – Mablethorpe, Louth, Manby, SaltfleetbySouthern terminus of A157 concurrency
Elkington62.6100.7 A157 west / B1200 to A631 – Lincoln, Louth, Gainsborough, Market Rasen, WragbyNorthern terminus of A157 concurrency
Utterby–Ludborough boundary67.9109.3 A18 west – Immingham, Humber Bridge, Ludborough, North OrmsbyEastern terminus of A18
New Waltham74.6120.1Louth Road (A1243 north) / Becklands Avenue – ScarthoSouthern terminus of A1243
75.3121.2 A1098 north (Hewitt's Avenue) – CleethorpesSouthern terminus of A1098
Grimsby76.9123.8 A46 (Weelsby Road) – Cleethorpes, Lincoln
77.8125.2Ellis Way / Frederick Ward Way (A1136) - Town centre
78.3126.0 A180 (Cleethorpe Road / Westgate) / Lockhill / M180 – Cleethorpes, ImminghamNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Future

Boston Distributor Road

There are demands for Boston to be bypassed. Therefore, Lincolnshire County Council have 'safeguarded' the corridor for the Boston Distributor Road. [7]

Incidents

There are multiple crashes on the A16, especially near Louth and Crowland. [8]

Spalding-Peterborough route change

Old route of the A16

The route of the A16 changed following the completion of the new Spalding-Peterborough link road. The section between Spalding to the south of Crowland only, opened in August 2010; the remainder was completed in October 2011. The new route has taken the number A16, effectively linking the route with Peterborough, with the current road from Spalding to Stamford becoming the A1175.[9]

A1073 road

This new section replaced the A1073 road, a road that ran between the former A16 at 52°45.5262′N 0°9.6174′W 0.81 miles (1.3 km) south of Spalding in Lincolnshire and the A47 between Eye and Eye Green at 52°36.7206′N 0°11.1378′W near Peterborough. [10][11][12]

The A1073 route had become increasingly dangerous over the years because traffic usage had increased. It was narrow with many blind corners and slopes, and much of it was on an embankment with deep ditches either side and no run-off areas. There were dangerous junctions, particularly with the B1443 between Peakirk and Thorney, which formed a staggered crossroads. The road was a principal route servicing the food-processing industry in Spalding, bringing in supplies and moving products to the supermarket distribution system to the south.

An upgrade to the route had been under discussion for many years. The main hold-up was arguments over funding between the administrative counties of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and the Department for Transport, exacerbated by the actions of a former Leader of Lincolnshire County Council who went to jail for seeking to influence the route to his own financial advantage.[13] Eventually a route was agreed, avoiding Cowbit and Crowland and joining the A47 west of Eye, and in 2008 construction work began, originally due to be completed by Autumn 2010.[14][15]

The Northern 8.3 miles (13.4 km) of the new route opened between Spalding and the roundabout south of Crowland in Autumn 2010, with the opening of the Southern 4.8 miles (7.7 km) delayed due to structural problems at the embankment at Car Dyke Bridge. On completion of remedial repairs and the opening of the Southern portion on 16 October 2011, the new road was renumbered to form part of the A16; the original A1073 alignment between Spalding and Eye Green became an unclassified local road.[16]

References
  1. "Peterborough PE4 7AA, UK to Cowbit, Spalding, UK to A16, Spilsby, UK to Grimsby, United Kingdom". Google Maps. Alphabet Inc. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. "Could the M11 motorway be extended to the Humber Bridge?". Grimsby Telegraph. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. "Local Transport Plan: Chapter 19: Detrunking" (PDF). Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. "Bypass opens tomorrow". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 24 October 1992. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. Craig, Peter (22 August 1991). "A new route to the coast". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. "Road to close for work to proceed". Horncastle Target. 6 September 1995. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. "Boston Distributor Road". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  8. "A16". Grimsby Live. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  9. Chance to see route of £69.8 million road from Spalding to Eye Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Lincs. Free Press, 25 September 2008
  10. "Protest at A1073 delay to go to Westminster". Spalding Guardian - Lincolnshire Free Press. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  11. "The A1073 Spalding to Eye improvement". Peterborough City Council. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  12. "Safety concerns delay full opening of A1073 road scheme". BBC News. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  13. "BBC report of trial of council leader". BBC News. 2 April 2004.
  14. "Work starts on £80m road scheme". BBC News. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  15. "A1073 – Spalding to Eye Improvement Scheme". Lincolnshire County Council. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  16. Chance to see route of £89 million road from Spalding to Eye Archived 29 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Lincs. Free Press, 25 September 2008
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