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.jpg) A635 as Ashton Old Road in Beswick, Greater Manchester | ||||
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| West end | .svg) Manchester | |||
| Major intersections |  A6 A57 A6010 A627 A670 A6018 A616 A629 A636 A637 A61 A628 A6195 A1 | |||
| East end |  A638 nearDoncaster | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Manchester Ashton-under-Lyne Holmfirth Huddersfield Barnsley | |||
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TheA635 is a main road that runs betweenManchester andDoncaster running east–west throughStalybridge,Saddleworth Moor,Holmfirth,Barnsley and theDearne Valley.The section forming the eastern part of theMancunian Way is a motorway and is officially designated as theA635(M) though there is no road sign with this designation,[1] and the signs at the entrance of Mancunian Way westbound showA57(M).
The section betweenGreenfield andHolmfirth, which passes acrossSaddleworth Moor, is known locally as the Isle of Skye Road after apublic house that was at Wessenden Head until it was demolished in the 1950s after a fire.[2][3] It passes over treeless high moor top for about 4 miles: Saddleworth Moor west of the watershed and Wessenden Head Moor to the east. This section of the road is at high altitude and in winter months local snowfall usually results in closures of the road. In January 2010, as a result of theextreme winter, the road was closed for over a month, and other closures also occurred in the same winter.
Unlike the other Pennine passes in the area such as theA57 Snake Pass (Manchester to Sheffield), theA62 (Manchester to Huddersfield and Leeds) and theA58 (Rochdale to Halifax and Leeds), the section of the A635 over the Pennines enjoys much quieter traffic since theA628 Woodhead pass is much more direct when travelling between Manchester and Barnsley, connecting directly to the M1 junction 37 and passing through the centre of Barnsley. In 2012, after an increase of car incident rates on the moors, a 50 mph speed limit was put in place between Greenfield and the boundary withKirklees. InBarugh Green there's a small junction where theB6428 terminates. The road continues through Barnsley to Doncaster where it merges with the A638.
The road became infamous because of its connection with the 1960sMoors murders.[4][5] The grave sites of victims are located adjacent to the road above Greenfield, close to an area called Hollin Brown Knoll, which overlooks the 3 reservoirs: Dovestone, Yeoman and Greenfield.[citation needed]
A section of the road at the Manchester end had to be closed in August 2015 after it collapsed following unusually torrential rain.[6]
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