A5758 road
The A5758 road (also known as Broom's Cross Road or the Thornton Bypass) is a 2.2-mile (3.5 km) single-carriageway road in Merseyside, England, constructed during 2014–15 and linking the A565 road in Thornton to Switch Island junction. The road is officially named the A5758 Broom's Cross Road, with Broom's Cross being the site of a medieval wayside cross near Thornton and the road numbering referencing the two motorways the road links to, the M57 and M58 motorway respectively.
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| Length | 2.2 mi (3.5 km) | |||
| Existed | 2015–present | |||
| History | First proposed during 1960s | |||
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| From | Thornton | |||
| To | Switch Island | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
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