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England Road Tours - A19 Doncaster to Seaton Burn

Today's road tour takes a look at the A19, an important but understated major route through Yorkshire and northeastern England, mostly in the shadow of the A1. The road starts at St George's Bridge in Doncaster, turning right at St Mary's Roundabout and onto a single carriageway, remaining so until Thirsk. The road then serves the villages of Bentley, Toll Bar, Askern, Eggborough, passing the power station, and then directly into Selby. We then borrow a tiny part of the A63 before it diverges to the east and continue on to York, coming in at Fulford and reaching the A1036 ring road near Walmgate Bar, and restarting at Bootham near York Minster. Speeds gradually increase again as we reach the outer ring road, and continue into North Yorkshire, generally following the East Coast Main Line. We then turn right before Thirsk onto the major dual carriageway, and swap with the A168. The fast A19 at this point quickly weaves up to Middlesbrough, passing Yarm, Ingleby Barwick, Thornaby and Stockton, and passing Billingham to its north. We also gain a little elevation over the Tees Viaduct as we pass Middlesbrough over the River Tees. The major road continues past Peterlee, Seaham, to the west of Sunderland, east of Washington, and into Jarrow and the Tyne Tunnel. On the other side, the last section of the road takes us past North Shields, Killingworth and Cramlington before terminating at the A1 at Junction 80, Seaton Burn. The A19 was part of the original numbering scheme in 1922, and started at the same junction which used to be the A1. The route to Selby is virtually unchanged, whilst Barlby and Riccall have been bypassed. In York, the A19 used to follow the eastern edge of the River Ouse through the city, along Nessgate, Surrpiergate and Coney Street, which is now pedestrianised. The inner York section of the A19 was declassified in 1975. The section north of York has been straightened and improved, as well as bypassing Easingwold, and whilst the general route northwards is the same, the A19 follows an entirely different road than it originally did, bypassing Stockton on Tees and Sunderland. The Thirsk bypass was the first to be completed in the early 1970s, with the rest of the upgrades following later. The link past Sunderland towards the Tyne Tunnel was completed in 1975, but was only designated as the A19 later. The Tyne Tunnel was completed in 1967, with the newer second tunnel serving southbound traffic from 2011. The entire section from Sunderland to Seaton Burn was originally labelled the A108. Filmed April 2022 0:00 Doncaster 31:00 Selby 1:00:00 York 1:37:00 Thirsk 1:58:00 Middlesbrough 2:27:30 Tyne Tunnel