User:Christopher spence/A601

The A601 was a road that started in Luton bedfordshire and finished at Great Abington about 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Newmarket. cambridgeshire. the section of road is now numbered A505

Bedfordshire The road began as Hitchin road in Luton, Bedfordshire travelling north easterly, until at aproximately 4km from Luton town centre it crossed the Hertfordshire border.

Hertfordshire The road leaves Luton as a dual carriageway until just short of Hitchin, passing through the town and adjoining Letchworth, where as it leaves it becomes a dual carriageway again, crossing the A1(M) motorway to the east of the town at Junction 9, before continuing past Baldock to Royston, crossing the A10 on its north-eastern edge.

Cambridgeshire The road continues as single carriageway roughly north-easterly, crossing the M11 motorway at Junction 10 near Duxford where once again it becomes dual carriageway and on towards the A11 at Great Abington about 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Newmarket.

the present A601 road is now the inner ring road for Derby

There is a small Motorway, the A601(M) Motorway leading from J35 and J35a on the M6