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The
A68 is a major road in the
United Kingdom, running from
Darlington in
England to
Edinburgh in
Scotland.
From Darlington, it runs north. It bypasses
Bishop Auckland, running through
West Auckland,
Toft Hill and
Tow Law, past
Consett and
Corbridge. The road used to run through the centre of Corbridge but now runs on a new single carriageway alignment to the East of the town. To bring the road back to the previous route of the A68 it now
overlaps the
A69 for just under three miles, before turning off north again.
It then runs into Scotland through
Redesdale at
Carter Bar, through
Jedburgh,
St Boswells,
Earlston,
Lauder, up by Soutra Hill and into
Dalkeith where the
B6373 leaves and rejoins it in the town.
The A68 then ends just north of Dalkeith on the
Edinburgh City Bypass (
A720) at Sheriffhall Roundabout. It used to run all the way into
Edinburgh, but the section within Edinburgh became part of the
A7 several years ago. After many years of wrangling work has finally begun on the Dalkeith Northern Bypass which will remove large volumes of traffic from the centre of the town. The new road will leave the existing line of the A68 a couple of miles to the east of Dalkeith at Fordel Mains and join the Edinburgh City Bypass at a new junction close to the A720's eastern terminus on the
A1 at Old Craighall Junction. When completed it'll take the A68 designation and the old route through Dalkeith will be renumbered and downgraded to non-primary status.
It is the only major road to cross the England/Scotland border for a long distance either way (the next crossing being the
A697 road near
Coldstream/
Cornhill-on-Tweed in the east, and the
A7 near
Canonbie.
Apart from the
A69 concurrency the road is entirely single carriageway apart from a short section before it crosses the
A1(M) into
Darlington.
The A68 is part of
Euroroute E15 (
Inverness-
Algeciras) between its northern terminus on the A720, and its junction with the
A696 just on the English side of the border. The E15 continues northwards and southwards on the A720 and A696 respectively.
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