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A49 road
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The A49 is an A road in western England, which traverses the Welsh Marches region. It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington and Wigan before terminating at its junction with the A6 road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61 motorways.
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Length | 140 mi (230 km) | |||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||
Primary destinations | Hereford Leominster Shrewsbury Whitchurch Warrington Wigan | |||
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The stretch between Ross-on-Wye and the A5 at Shrewsbury is a trunk road, maintained by National Highways.[1]