A170 road
Road in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The A170 is an A road in North Yorkshire, England that links Thirsk with Scarborough through Hambleton, Helmsley, Kirkbysmoorside, Pickering. The road is 47 miles (76 km); a single carriageway for almost its totality.
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Length | 43.7 mi (70.3 km) | |||
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West end | Thirsk | |||
Major intersections | A19 A168 A169 A171 A64 A165 | |||
East end | Scarborough | |||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||
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The route has been in existence since prehistoric times and there are folk-tales about famous people from history using it. When turnpikes were installed between York and Coxwold and Ampleforth, drovers would take their cattle this way because it was wide enough and meant they avoided paying the tolls.[1]