A678 road

A678 road
Major junctions
West end:	Blackburn
	A679 road A6119 road [[Image:Motorway Left.svg\|[ \|x30px\|link=]] M65 motorway A680 road A6068 road A671 road
East end:	Padiham
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A678 is a road in Lancashire, England, which runs between the towns of Blackburn and Padiham.

The road was formerly the main route between Blackburn and Burnley before it was bypassed by the M65 motorway which opened in the 1980s. It currently runs between the A6078 Blackburn Town Centre Orbital Route and the A671 in Padiham, via the small towns of Rishton and Clayton-le-Moors, having been extended at the Blackburn end when the A677 was renumbered east of Blackburn. Within Blackburn the road is a primary route. It forms the main route for traffic arriving in Blackburn from other towns in East Lancashire and West Yorkshire, as it connects the town centre with the M65 junction 6 at Whitebirk. The Red Lion roundabout at Whitebirk, where the A678 joins the A6119, with slip roads to the M65, had become prone to traffic congestion^[1] since the M65 was extended in 1997, and was recently upgraded with the addition of traffic lights.^[2]

The A678 is the main road through Rishton and is called Blackburn Road, High Street and Hermitage Street. It crosses the A680 at a set of traffic lights in Clayton-le-Moors and then passes through Altham before it reaches the A6068, and then the A671 in Padiham. Although most of the road between Whitebirk and Padiham is bypassed by the M65 and is no longer a primary route it is considered by Hyndburn Borough Council to be one of the district's primary roads according to its Local Plan. and provides access to industrial estates in Altham.^[3]

References

↑ "Lancashire Local - Hyndburn". Lancashire County Council. 2005-11-28. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
↑ "Whitebirk Gateway to be transformed". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
↑ "Hyndburn Local Plan - Chapter 7 - Transport". Hyndburn Borough Council. Retrieved 2008-03-18.

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A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme

	A6 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69

	A602 A605 A606 A607 A612 A614 A616 A617 A624 A625 A628 A630 A631 A632 A635 A636 A638 A640 A642 A643 A647 A650 A657 A658 A660 A661 A666 A671 A678 A684 A685 A686 A688 A689 A690 A695 A696 A697

	A6003 A6023 A6030 A6055 A6079 A6108 A6121 A6136 A6177 A6182

List of A roads in Zone 6 List of B roads in Zone 6

Coordinates: 53°46′45″N 2°22′11″W / 53.77908°N 2.36974°W / 53.77908; -2.36974

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