A65 road
The A65 is a major road in England. It runs north west from Leeds in West Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, west of Settle, Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria.
Bypasses
Listed from south to north, beginning at Leeds:- The £5.5 million dual-carriageway Burley in Wharfedale Bypass opened in April 1995.
- The £4 million Addingham bypass opened in January 1991.
- The £2.8 million Draughton Bypass opened in December 1991.
- The north section of the £16.4 million Skipton Bypass opened in December 1981, which is part of the A59.
- North of Skipton, where the road meets the busy A629 from Bradford, there have been plans for a bypass around Gargrave, which is where the road crosses the Pennine Way.
- The £8.5 million Settle & Giggleswick Bypass opened in December 1988.
- The Clapham bypass is the earliest of these bypasses. The National Archives have a file "West Riding CC: Clapham Bypass ; consideration of proposals" covering 1948–1969.
Road safety