A55 expressway

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The A55 expressway is a major dual carriageway route across North Wales, linking the English border to the island of Anglesey and serving as a key corridor for regional and cross-Irish Sea traffic.

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A55 expressway canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expressway
road
connects Anglesey
English border
connectsTo Port of Holyhead
country United Kingdom
crosses Menai Strait
followsCoastOf North Wales coast
function access route to Irish ferry services at Holyhead
strategic transport corridor for North Wales
hasJunctionWith A470 road NERFINISHED
A483 road NERFINISHED
A494 road NERFINISHED
A5 road
hasLaneConfiguration two lanes in each direction on most sections
hasStructure Britannia Bridge
Pen-y-Clip tunnel
linked to: Penmaenbach tunnel

Penmaenbach tunnel
locatedIn North Wales
Wales
maintainedBy Welsh Government (trunk sections)
openedInPart 1970s
1980s
1990s
parallelTo A5 road (on some stretches)
North Wales Coast Line railway
partOf British road network
E22 European route (in some classifications)
linked to: European route E22
passesThrough Conwy County Borough
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
linked to: Anglesey
roadNumber A55
runsNear Bangor
Colwyn Bay
Conwy
Llandudno Junction
Mold
Prestatyn
Rhyl
St Asaph
serves cross-Irish Sea traffic
regional traffic in North Wales
terminus Chester area
Holyhead

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Welsh trunk road network hasComponent A55 expressway
Bodelwyddan locatedNear A55 expressway
Queensferry hasNearbyMotorway A55 expressway