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 A666 nearFarnworth | |
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| South end | Pendlebury 53°30′09″N2°18′37″W / 53.5025°N 2.3103°W /53.5025; -2.3103 (A666 road (southern end)) |
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| North end | Langho 53°48′31″N2°26′41″W / 53.8086°N 2.4448°W /53.8086; -2.4448 (A666 road (northern end)) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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TheA666 is a major road inGreater Manchester andLancashire, England.
The road runs from its junction with theA6, andA580 at theIrlams o' th' Height boundary withPendlebury nearManchester, throughPendlebury,Clifton,Kearsley,Farnworth,Bolton,Darwen andBlackburn before meeting theA59 atLangho. Along the route are theWest Pennine Moors, theTurton and Entwistle reservoir and the Entwistle reservoir forest.
The road is mostly known as Manchester Road, Bolton Road, or Blackburn Road, depending on which area it is in.
It is sometimes referred to as theDevil's Highway[1] or the Devil's Road[citation needed] because ofBiblical associations of its number 666, and its high accident rate on the moors betweenEgerton and Darwen.
Because of a crash rate that was three times higher than motorways in the borough, with 26 vehicle collisions and crashes a year and 40 people injured, road works and other changes were introduced, including the speed limit changed from 70 mph to 50 mph,speed cameras, better safety fencing, banningcyclists from the road, andslip road changes. Finished at the start of 2000, these reducedroad accidents by 60%.[1]
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53°38′29″N2°26′59″W / 53.6414°N 2.4497°W /53.6414; -2.4497 (A666 road)
