A7 road (Great Britain)

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Countries:

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Cumbria

The A7 is a trunk road in Great Britain. It begins in Scotland in central Edinburgh and ends in the center of Carlisle, Northern England.

Course

Not far from the train station Edinburgh Waverley A7 starts in the center of Edinburgh at the endpoint of A1, also marks the eastern end of Princes Street. To the south, extending it follows the North Bridge over the station building and leaves Edinburgh through the south-eastern parts of the city. The road crosses the City of Edinburgh bypass and thus represents a major access road to the city center dar. Midlothian reaching separates the A7 cities Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith, crosses North and South Esk binds in a southeasterly direction to extend to the sparsely populated regions of the Council Area.

In the Scottish Borders, the A7 follows the course of the Gala Water, which they crossed in Galashiels. This crossing of the run of the A7 bends and propose henceforth a südsüdwestliche direction. For a few miles the following Tweed, the road crosses it, follows the course of the Ettrick Water and reached Selkirk. After the repeated crossing of the Teviot in Hawick and beyond, the road reaches Dumfries and Galloway, where she performs Langholm.

Following the Esk to the south, the A7 happened the Anglo- Scottish border and runs on their last 19 km through the English county of Cumbria. When she crosses the Esk Longtown and a few kilometers south of the Lyne. In a roundabout when crossing the M6 ​​A7 crosses the A689 ( Carlisle - Hartlepool ) and reached by crossing the Eden on the listed Edenbridge Carlisle. There it ends in the city center at the end point of the A6.

Crossing the border between England and Scotland

Eden Bridge over the Eden in Carlisle