A689 road

A689
Major junctions
West end	Carlisle 54°52′25″N 2°58′43″W / 54.87357°N 2.978586°W / 54.87357; -2.978586 (A689 road (western end))
	A595 road A7 road M6 motorway Junction 44 A69 road A686 road A68 road A6072 road A688 road A167 road A1(M) motorway Junction 60 A177 road A19 road A1185 road A178 road
East end	Hartlepool 54°41′32″N 1°12′33″W / 54.6922°N 1.2092°W / 54.6922; -1.2092 (A689 road (eastern end))
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A689 is a road in northern England that runs east from the A595, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) to the west of Carlisle in Cumbria, to Hartlepool in County Durham.

The road begins west of Carlisle, just outside the city at the A595. The initial 5.13 miles (8.26 km) stretch is newly opened as part of the Carlisle Northern Development Route, a road bypassing Carlisle from west to north. Crossing the River Eden and the West Coast Main Line, the road intersects with Junction 44 of the M6 at Greymoorhill.^[1] From Junction 44 of the M6, the A689 runs roughly south-east to a roundabout, with the B6264. From here, the A689 heads east, and crosses the River Irthing at Ruleholme, then it meets the A69 at a roundabout junction. The A689 joins the route of the A69 around part of the Brampton bypass. Near the village of Milton, the A689 turns right, and continues through Milton and Hallbankgate before crossing the border into the county of Northumberland.

The route continues roughly south-east, and re-enters the county of Cumbria just north of small market town of Alston. After passing through Alston, the A689 eventually crosses the border into County Durham, where the route still heads gradually south-east through Weardale. At Killhope Cross between Killhope and Nenthead the road reaches a height of 2,056 feet (627 m), making it the equal highest paved pass in England (or 3rd highest A road in England.^[2])

At a roundabout with the A68, the A689 briefly joins the route of the A690, before turning right in the town of Crook (for a few years has bypassed Crook town centre and now uses a new bypass). Heading south-easterly still, the A689 encounters the town of Bishop Auckland, where it temporarily heads north-easterly (where it merges with the A688), before setting off in an easterly direction north of Bishop Auckland.

The A689 meets the A167 at the Rushyford roundabout, then shortly comes across the A1(M) at Junction 58. The A689 by-passes the town of Sedgefield, and becomes dual carriageway standard for the remainder of the route, after the section between Sedgefield and Wynyard was upgraded to dual carriageway in 2001. The A689 meets the A19 near Wolviston, before turning north-east and eventually terminating close to the centre of Hartlepool.

See also

• List of highest paved roads in Europe


• List of mountain passes

References

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   ^ A Compendium of High Roads and Road Passes in Great Britain, Alan Kind & Friends http://web.me.com/mondard/Hodology/Highest_Roads_files/Highest%20Roads%20Part%201.pdf
   

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  A689 Carlisle-Hartlepool - from SABRE's "Roads By 10".

v t e A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A6 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69
	A602 A605 A606 A607 A612 A614 A616 A624 A625 A628 A629 A630 A631 A632 A635 A636 A638 A640 A642 A643 A647 A650 A657 A658 A660 A661 A666 A671 A678 A684 A685 A686 A688 A689 A690 A695 A696 A697
	A6003 A6023 A6030 A6055 A6079 A6108 A6121 A6136 A6177 A6182
List of A roads in Zone 6 List of B roads in Zone 6

Coordinates: 54°44′15″N 2°07′37″W / 54.7376°N 2.1269°W / 54.7376; -2.1269 (A689 road)

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