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Factfile - Images - Timeline - Exit List

A tiny fragment of urban motorway for Newcastle, originally called the 'Central Motorway East' and intended to be one side of a network of similar routes. The other sections and connecting roads were never built, and recently this was renamed the Central Motorway, which pretty much says it all. There are no plans to do anything to complete the rest of the routes; indeed, the land reserved for the parallel western side of the motorway box has now been used to build a surface-level boulevard. To see a plan of all the routes that were proposed, take a look at the file below.

When this route first opened it was classified A1(M) - designed then to help A1 traffic avoid the city centre. Since then, the A1 has moved house to pass through the Tyne Tunnel and then moved again to the new Western Bypass. In the Tyne Tunnel days this was called the A6127(M) (catchy, I know) and since the Western Bypass opened has been A167(M).

The road makes an effective bypass for the city centre, though its junctions are almost terrifying, with entries and exits bombarding the driver from all sides. Some entrances simply can't be called sliproads - at least one ends at a 'give way' line. Between the B1318 and the next junction south from the A1058, the southbound carriageway runs underneath the northbound one to save space, and thus forms the UK's only double-deck motorway.

Factfile

Start	Elswick (A167)
Finish	Jesmond (A167)
Passes	Newcastle
Length	2 miles
Terminates	None
Spurs	None
Meets	None

Images

Views of the A167(M) from on and off the road. If you have a photo to contribute, contact me.

Construction Timeline

When the various parts of the A167(M) were built, listed in chronological order.

Open	Section
1975	Entire motorway

Exit List

All the junctions and destinations along the route.

Northbound								Southbound
Kenton Gosforth A167 (A1)		B1318		NORTH A167		B1318		N/A
City Centre B1318
Jesmond South Gosforth B1318
0.2 miles, 2 lanes								0.2 miles, 2 lanes
North Shields Tynemouth A1058						B1600 A1058		North Shields Tynemouth A1058
0 miles, 4 lanes
								0.4 miles, 2 lanes
Byker A193		B1307				A193		Byker A193
0.4 miles, 2 lanes								0.4 miles, 2 lanes
N/A		A186		A167 SOUTH		A186		City Centre Elswick Byker A186
								Gateshead South Shields A167

With thanks to James for information in this section.