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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 27.5 mi[1] (44.3 km) | |||
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| From | Liverpool 53°24′43″N2°59′47″W / 53.411990°N 2.996526°W /53.411990; -2.996526 (A565 road (southern end)) | |||
| Major intersections |  A57 A5046 A5052 A5053 A5054 A5055 A5056 A5058 A5057 A5098 A566 A5036 A5758 A5267 A570A5267 A59 | |||
| To | Tarleton 53°40′25″N2°49′53″W / 53.673496°N 2.831321°W /53.673496; -2.831321 (A565 road (northern end)) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Liverpool Bootle Southport | |||
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TheA565 is a road in England that is around 27.5 miles (44.3 km) long and runs fromLiverpool inMerseyside toTarleton inLancashire. It is aprimary route linking the town ofSouthport to Liverpool and toPreston (latterly via the connectingA59), having been designated atrunk road as part of theTrunk Roads Act 1946.
The A565 starts inLiverpool at the junction with theA5052 road andA5053 road respectively, at the south end of Great Howard Street; a spur also heads southbound from this junction for 0.3 miles (0.48 km).[2] From Liverpool, the road follows a north-bound alignment throughBootle,Crosby and on toFormby where it passes along a bypass. After the bypass, the road heads towardsSouthport where it meets theA570 Scarisbrick New Road before continuing north-east through Banks and intoLancashire, ultimately reachingTarleton where it meets and becomes theA59 road.[1]
Much of the present day A565 route from Liverpool to Thornton is unchanged since theVictorian age.[3]
A bypass ofFormby, now forming part of the A565 was constructed during 1936–1937 at a cost of £195,463 (equivalent to £15,931,169 in 2023). It was opened on 10 December 1938 byLord Derby, with the ceremony taking place at the Southport end of the road. At a width of 120 feet (37 m) and length of 4 miles (6.4 km), it shortened the route by nearly 0.75 miles (1.21 km).[4] TheMinistry of Transport provided a grant of 60% towards the construction cost.[5]
The A565 route was included in theTrunk Roads Act 1946, designated in its route from Bootle through to Tarleton.[6]
A bypass ofThornton, Merseyside, known as theA5758 Broom's Cross Road, was constructed during 2014–2015, linking the A565 at Thornton withSwitch Island junction, having been planned since the 1960s.[7]
Liverpool City Council announced in 2016 that they had appointed a construction company to create a new dual-carriageway road in Liverpool, involving the widening of Great Howard Street and Derby Road, a 1.7 miles (2.7 km) stretch, at an expected cost of £18million,[8] which had risen to £22million by the time the work started in May 2017.[9] The council deemed the works necessary given the road would be a vital route for freight traffic to and from the Liverpool2 deep water container terminal, in addition to an associated tunnel and bridge which required replacement, having failed a structural assessment.[10]
| Section | Start | End | Constructed | Type |
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| Formby Bypass[5] | Formby | 1936–1937 | Dual-carriageway | |
| Southport Bypass[11] | Southport | Proposed 1940s | Not constructed | |
| Crosby (centre) Bypass[12] | Crosby | c1951-1952 | Single-carriageway | |
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53°34′47″N3°02′58″W / 53.5797°N 3.0494°W /53.5797; -3.0494 (A565 road)
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