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A5268
The new opening in the City Walls created for the A5268
Route information
Length	1.9 mi (3.1 km)
Existed	1966–present
Major junctions
Orbital around Chester
Major intersections	A540 A56 A51 A483 A548
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A5268 is Chester's Inner Ring Road. The road, which was built to dual carriageway standard, has roundabouts and traffic lights. Its purpose was to enable the pedestrianisation of Chester.

Construction

Work involved demolishing a large tract of properties through Nicholas Street and Watergate Street and building a flyover across the North Wales Mainline railway. A new opening also had to be constructed through Chester's city walls. In 1966 St Martin's Gate was opened by Minister of Transport, Barbara Castle. The whole inner ring road project was completed by 1972.

History

It was constructed in the 1960s to divert traffic from through the city centre. The through-traffic function of the road was superseded in 1976 by the construction of Chester's southerly by-pass.

References

1. http://www.chesterwalls.info/martins.html St Martin's Gate
2. http://www.chesterwalls.info/gallery/ringroad.html Chester Inner Ring Road

v t e Roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A5 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59
	A500 A501 A505 A507 A508 A509 A511 A512 A514 A515 A516 A518 A519 A523 A525 A527 A528 A529 A530 A531 A533 A535 A536 A537 A538 A540 A541 A555 A556 A562 A563 A565 A570 A572 A574 A580 A583 A584 A585 A586 A587 A588 A590 A591 A592 A593 A594 Leicester Cumbria A595 A596
	A5004 A5012 A5025 A5036 A5038 A5058 A5100 A5103 A5109 A5112 A5114 A5117 A5120 A5124 A5127 A5130 A5135 A5147 A5150 A5183 A5199 A5268 A5300 A5758
	B5289 B5300 B5302 B5470
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