A64(M)
Route information
Length	0.5 mi (800 m)
Existed	1969–present
Major junctions
East end	Quarry Hill
Major intersections
West end	Brunswick
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Leeds
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
←A58(M) →A66(M)

A58(M)
Route information
Length	2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Existed	1964–present
History	Constructed 1964–75
Major junctions
East end	Brunswick
Major intersections
West end	Armley
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Leeds
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
←A57(M) →A64(M)

TheLeeds Inner Ring Road is part-motorway and part-A roads inLeeds,West Yorkshire, England, which forms aring road around the city centre.

It has six different road numbers that are all sections of longer roads. Clockwise, the roads are the A58(M), a motorway section of theA58 road; the A64(M), part of theA64 road; theA61 between York Road and theM621; the M621 between junctions 4 and 2; and theA643 between the M621 and A58. The motorway section is in total is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long and is subject to a 40 mph (64 km/h)speed limit throughout.

The motorway section of thering road forms asemicircle around the north of thecity centre. It is classified as a motorway to prohibit certain types of traffic and pedestrians but is not designed to modern motorway standards: it has no hardshoulders and many exits are unsuitable for a true motorway, including a right-side (fast lane)slip road exit. Most of it runs in a concrete-walled cutting, but it goes into a tunnel under theLeeds General Infirmary. The motorway cuts through inner-city neighbourhoods such asWoodhouse,Sheepscar, andBuslingthorpe, forming an important link in the road network by allowing traffic from theA65,A660, A58, A61 and A64 to bypass the city centre.

Leeds suffered severe traffic congestion as it was on the main route joiningLiverpool,Manchester,Bradford andHull.^[1] In 1955 it was decided to build adual carriageway to remove through traffic.^[2] In the final stages before construction began the road was redesignated as a motorway in 1963, without any changes to the design.^[2] Construction began with the demolition of 365 homes and 174 other structures.^[3]

The motorway was built around the city centre in three stages in the 1960s and 1970s.^[4] Stage 1 opened was the route from the exit for the town hall to the A58 exit, stage 2 was the A64(M) section and stage 3 linked the road to the A58.^[5] Stages 4 to 6 featured upgrades to the A61 constructed in the 1990s to non-motorway standards featuringtraffic light controlled intersections and non-grade separated junctions. When the motorway finally opened, Leeds used the mottoMotorway city of the 70s.

The final stage of the inner ring road (stage 7) began construction in 2006 and opened in late 2008. Featuring a large elevated viaduct, it links theM621 at junction 4 with the previously-constructed traffic light controlled interchange atCross Green, Leeds is of a similar standard to stages 4–6.^[6]

The remainder of the Inner Ring Road is formed by using the M621 between junctions 2 and 4 and the A643 betweenElland Road and theArmley Gyratory. It is not currently signposted as a complete route on the ground other than on the motorway section to the north of the city centre.

Note: both motorways have no junction numbers

A64(M) motorway
Eastbound exits	Junction	Westbound exits
Road continues asA64 towardsSeacroft The NORTH YorkA64 Selby(A63)		Quarry Hill Non Motorway Traffic
City Centre (M1),(M621) St James's Hospital,Bus and coach stations,Burmantofts,Harehills		Start of motorway
City Centre Loop HarrogateA61 Wetherby(A58) Moortown,Roundhay,Chapeltown, Quarry Hill		City Centre HarrogateA61 Wetherby(A58)
No exit		SkiptonA660 City Centre,University,Multi Storey Car Park,Infirmary
A58(M) motorway
WetherbyA58 Harrogate(A61) Sheepscar, Meanwood		No exit
SkiptonA660 University Multi Storey Car Park		No exit
Civic Precinct, Infirmary		City Centre
Start of motorway		IlkleyA65 Leeds/Bradford Rail Station
IlkleyA65 Leeds/Bradford Rail Station Non Motorway Traffic		Road continues asA58 toArmley (M621, M62, M1) HalifaxA58 Bradford(A647) Huddersfield(A62)

• Leeds Outer Ring Road

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• Leeds Construction Link – The building of the inner ring road in the 1960s
• The Motorway Archive – Leeds Inner Ring Road

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