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The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Maltby, Gainsborough and Market Rasen. It is mostly single road throughout its length but has some stretches of dual carriageway as well. The road is approximately long. ==Sheffield (Meadowhall) to Bawtry== The road starts at the M1/A6109 junction at Meadowhall. This is the northern half of Junction 34 on the M1. The road then passes under the M1 on the lower deck of the Tinsley Viaduct as a dual carriageway with the Meadowhall Shopping Centre visible to the southwest. At the southern half of junction 34 a roundabout links the road to the A6178 Sheffield Road and the A6102 Shepcote Lane (part of the Sheffield by-pass). This short section is classified as a trunk road. After the M1 the road is a single carriageway non-trunk road and heads east to Rotherham as ''Bawtry Road'' through Tinsley. It passes Tinsley Infants School and Tinsley Junior School, and on the left hand side on the corner oh ''Highgate'' is the ''(Pike & Heron )''. The Jamia al Hudaa Sheffield, a girls' independent Muslim secondary school is on the right, and opposite ''Park House Lane'' is the Outokumpu sports and scoial club, with Sheffield Hallam University's Graham Solley Sports Development Centre on the (right ) (where SHU play other universities at sport). The road enters the borough of Rotherham at a bend to the left, becomes the parish (boundary ) between Brinsworth and Rotherham, and there is a crossroads, with the left for ''Balk Lane'' and the BOC (Brinsworth Operations Centre ), opposite Firth Rixson Aurora Sports Club, and the right for ''Bonet Lane'' (B6067) near ''The Fairway''. There is a left turn for (Phoenix Golf Club ), a right turn for ''Brinsworth Lane'' near former ''The Atlas'' and the Esso ''Brinsworth Service Station'', a right turn for ''Whitehill Lane'' (B6066, for Catcliffe, and is also the Trans Pennine Trail). It passes under a 15 ft 3 in (railway bridge ), and (crosses ) the River Rother. The road then serves as a bypass of Rotherham after it combines with the (dual-carriageway ) ''Centenary Way'' (A630) at ''(Canklow Roundabout )''. A TOTAL garage is on the right, and a McDonalds and the Pace (former Q8) ''Canklow Service Station'' is opposite. It continues to the south-east as the non-trunk dual-carriageway ''(West Bawtry Road )'', with (Canklow Woods ) to the east, on the side of the Rother Valley. Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate is on the (right ) with Leger Holidays HQ, the large ''Crossroads'' Volvo (truck garage ), and Manheim Auctions. It is followed by the Canklow Meadows Retail Park, and it passes the Holiday Inn (Rotherham-Sheffield ) on the left (former Swallow Hotel), opposite Energy Alloys. The A630 (''Rotherway'') leaves to the right at the busy ''Rotherway Roundabout'', over the River Rother, to junction 33 of the M1, with a large electrical substation to the right. The A631 used to continue to the east as a trunk single-carriageway, but was upgraded to dual carriage way to the A618, and is crosses by the Rotherham Roundwalk. The West Bawtry Road Improvement - Rotherway to Whiston Crossroads was built by Birse Civils of Barton-upon-Humber for £5 million.〔(Rotherway to Whiston )〕〔(Whiston Improvement 2006 )〕 The A631 is now dual-carriageway between the M1 and M18 junctions The A631 then continues round Rotherham (crossing ) the A618, becoming the dual-carriageway ''East Bawtry Road''. Moorgate is to the left and Whiston is to the right - the road is the Rotherham-Whiston parish boundary. Ember Inns ''(The Hind )'' is on the right. It meets the (B6410 ) and the A6123 (''Herringthorpe Valley Road'', the Rotherham ring road) at the ''(Worrygoose Roundabout )''. The A631 becomes a non-trunk (road ) and meets the (A6021 ) at the ''Brecks Roundabout'', also meeting ''Brecks Lane''. After the roundabout is the (Rotherham ) Premier Inn, and ''(The Brecks )'' Beefeater (pub ) on the left, opposite an Esso garage. Further on the left is a small Sainsbury's, some takeaways, and Texaco ''The Brecks'' garage. It becomes ''(Bawtry Road )'', passing the Dalton Listerdale Junior and Infants (School ), and (passes ) through Listerdale and Wickersley with a parade of shops either side and ''(The Three Horseshoes )'' on the left, being crossed by the Rotherham Roundwalk. The ''(Masons Arms )'' is on the left, next to the ''Wickersley Roundabout'' which meets ''Northfield Lane'' from the left and ''(Morthen Road )'' (B6060) from the right, with the St Albans CE (primary school ) to the south. It (passes ) eastwards through Bramley with Wickersley (library ) and the Wickersley School and Sports College on the right, next to the footbridge, meeting the B6093 from the left (for Sunnyside) near St Francis (church ). Rotherham Morrisons〔(Morrisons Rotherham )〕 is on the right hand (side ), with access for the (Rotherham East ) Ibis (hotel ). There is also the ''(Sir Jack )'' Roast Inn (carvery ) and a McDonalds. The road crosses the M18 at Junction 1 and continues as ''Bawtry Road'', a trunk road, through Hellaby, with a left (turn ) for the Hellaby Industrial Estate, and the large (Stockyard ) truck stop. There are speed cameras on this stretch. It enters Maltby as ''Rotherham Road'' with a left (turn ) for ''Addison Road'', then passes Maltby Academy and leisure centre on the left, and Hooton Levitt and St Bartholomew parish (church ) on the right. The A634 leaves to the south east for Blyth and Retford, and ''(Braithwell Road )'' (B6376) leaves to the left. It passes through the town centre as ''(High Street )'', passing the fire station and library on the left. It then crosses the B6427 then heads east (towards ) Tickhill, passing the ''(Lumley Arms )''. The main landmark on the left hand side is Maltby Main Colliery, for which there is an (entrance ) on the left, opposite Maltby Wood. It (crosses ) a (railway ) and ''(Scotch Spring Lane )'' (the Doncaster-Rotherham boundary), for Stainton, is on the left, the point where the road becoomes the Doncaster-Rotherham boundary for one mile, just before being (crossed ) by a 400 kV pylon line, the point where it also enters the Doncaster postcode. ''(Limekiln Lane )'' is on the left, and the (landscape ) is now mostly rural from here to Bawtry. At the junction of ''(Blyth Gate Lane )'' on the right, the borough boundary leaves to the south along ''Sandbeck lane'' and the (road ) enters the Borough of Doncaster. It passes under a railway line and (enters ) Tickhill as ''Rotherham Road'' where it (meets ) the A60 from the right. It continues along ''West Gate'', passing the police station on the left. There is a right turn for Tickhill Castle, and the road bends sharply to the left (near ) the ''(Millstone )''. on the left is St Mary's Church, Tickhill. The road passes along ''(Castle Gate )'' and a JET (garage ), and at the ''Market Place'', the A60 continues straight ahead, and the A631 leaves sharply to the (right ) at a T-junction for ''(Sunderland Street )''. After Tickhill the road passes (under ) the A1(M) (Doncaster bypass) near a (radio mast ) then over the beginnings of the River Torne, and (crosses ) the (B6463 ) (for Harworth to the south) as ''(Bawtry Road )'' at Spital Hill. It meets the Nottinghamshire boundary from the south, which follows the road all the way to Bawtry for around three miles. Harworth is to the south, and it meets ''(Bawtry Road )'' (for Harworth) from the right. There is a bend to the left, with (Swinnow Wood ) on the left, and Plumtree Farm Industrial Estate on the (right ). The road enters Bawtry as ''(Tickhill Road )'', with the Nottinghamshire boundary passing along the southern edge of the town. In Bawtry, next to Bawtry Hall, it meets the north-south A638, also a trunk road, the former A1. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A631 road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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