Looking Eastwards on the top and western edge of Ash Fell Edge with the new A685 cutting. The old road can be seen on the right.
The A685 begins in Kendal town centre off the A6. It heads in a north-easterly direction to the village of Tebay and junction 38 of the M6 motorway. From the M6 the A685 has primary status as it heads in an easterly and then north-easterly direction to the small town of Kirkby Stephen. It then has a very short dual carriageway section to aid overtaking, prior to meeting the A66 just outside the small town of Brough, where it terminates. From Newbiggin-on-Lune to Tebay the road follows the route of the former South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway.
The section from Tebay to Kirkby Stephen is banned to HGVs because of height and weight restrictions;[1] HGVs have to go up to Penrith and then come south on the A66.
References
^"Northern Trans-Pennine Routes Strategic Study Stage 3 Report" (PDF). transportforthenorth.com. Department for Transport. p. 24. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
a685, road, a685, road, cumbria, england, that, runs, miles, from, kendal, brough, a685major, junctionsfromkendal54, 3325, 7388, 3325, 7388, southwestern, major, intersectionsa6, a684, a683, a66tobrough54, 5244, 3188, 5244, 3188, northeastern, locationcountryu. The A685 is a road in Cumbria England that runs 28 miles 45 km from Kendal to Brough A685Major junctionsFromKendal54 19 57 N 2 44 20 W 54 3325 N 2 7388 W 54 3325 2 7388 A685 road southwestern end Major intersectionsA6 A684 M6 A683 A66ToBrough54 31 28 N 2 19 08 W 54 5244 N 2 3188 W 54 5244 2 3188 A685 road northeastern end LocationCountryUnited KingdomRoad networkRoads in the United KingdomMotorways A and B road zonesRoute Edit Looking Eastwards on the top and western edge of Ash Fell Edge with the new A685 cutting The old road can be seen on the right The A685 begins in Kendal town centre off the A6 It heads in a north easterly direction to the village of Tebay and junction 38 of the M6 motorway From the M6 the A685 has primary status as it heads in an easterly and then north easterly direction to the small town of Kirkby Stephen It then has a very short dual carriageway section to aid overtaking prior to meeting the A66 just outside the small town of Brough where it terminates From Newbiggin on Lune to Tebay the road follows the route of the former South Durham amp Lancashire Union Railway The section from Tebay to Kirkby Stephen is banned to HGVs because of height and weight restrictions 1 HGVs have to go up to Penrith and then come south on the A66 References Edit Northern Trans Pennine Routes Strategic Study Stage 3 Report PDF transportforthenorth com Department for Transport p 24 Retrieved 21 April 2017 External links EditMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates SABRE page on the A685 54 26 34 N 2 33 23 W 54 4428 N 2 5564 W 54 4428 2 5564 A685 road This England road or road transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A685 road amp oldid 1081365424, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
