A50 road
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The A50 road is in two parts as follows (from north to south):
- The centre of Warrington via Junction 20 of the M6, Knutsford, Holmes Chapel, Kidsgrove and Stoke on Trent to Junction 24A the M1 near Kegworth via Derby's southern bypass. From Stoke to Derby was originally planned to be the M64.
- Junction 22 of the M1 to the centre of the City of Leicester which is its southernmost point.
However it used to be a much longer route.
Previous routes
North of Leicester
Before the dual carriageway section bypassing Derby was built, it formerly went through Burton-upon-Trent and Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Leicester, but that section is now designated the A511 road.
South of Leicester
It used to terminate at Hockcliffe in Bedfordshire at a junction with the A5.
- The section from Leicester to Northampton is now designated the A5199 having been down-classified when the A14 was built to deter drivers from assuming it was a high-grade road, which it is not.
- The section south of Northampton was down-classified when the M1 was built as it runs parallel with the motorway and is an unsuitable alternative:
- Between Northampton and the Newport Pagnell bypass it is now the B526.
- Between the Newport Pagnell bypass and Junction 14 of the M1 it is now part of the A509 road.
- From Junction 14 of the M1 to Woburn it is the A5130
- From Woburn to Hockcliffe it is the A4012.