A1033 road

The A1033 road is a main arterial route across Kingston upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire connecting Hull with Withernsea. The road carries traffic to and from the Port of Hull and Salt End at its western end, and local and holiday traffic at its eastern end. It is a primary route from the junction of the A63 road to the Salt End roundabout and is maintained on that section by Highways England. The section by the docks is also part of a designated abnormal load route.

A1033
The New Hedon Road Railway Bridge
Route information
Length24 mi[1] (39 km)
Major junctions
West endDunswell
  A1079
A1174
A1165
A165
A63
East endWithernsea
Road network

The section northwards from the A63 junction to Dunswell, is known to have traffic problems.

History

The section of road between Hedon and Patrington, was repaired considerably under a Parliamentary bill for a turnpike between the two locations in 1761. The section between Hedon and Hull was a new turnpike road that followed the more direct route between the two places, but was not opened until 1833.[2]

A section of the road by the Port of Hull was used in a very early trial of stone mastic asphalt (SMA). The site was chosen because it was a heavily trafficked route with lorries going to and from the docks. Sections of SMA were laid in 1991 and 1993 as part of a trial into preventing deformation of the road under heavy traffic conditions.[3] In 2003, a new 4.2-mile (6.7 km) section of dual carriageway was opened between the junction with the A63 and Salt End roundabout (the trunk road section).[4] The Highways Agency approved scheme cost over £40 million and was part of a TPI (Targeted Programme of Improvements) as the A1033 was subject to congestion due to the extra port traffic.[5] The new road was built alongside the existing single carriageway, with it being just to the south, and so became the westbound section of the dual carriageway. The works included a flyover at Salt End.[6]

A Eurorap survey carried between 2012 and 2014, rated the section from the junction of the A63 road to Withernsea as being a low medium risk road, with the section from the A63 north to the A1079 road as being a medium risk road.[7] In 2014, a scheme to add a dedicated lane for ferry traffic into the Port of Hull was opened at a cost of £590,000.[8]

In October 2019, it was announced that a 1,300 feet (400 m) stretch of the coastline at Withernsea would be given new sea defences in a scheme worth over £5 million. The defences will also prolong the life of the A1033 as it enters the town from the south quite close to the coastline.[9]

Settlements

The numbers adjacent to certain locations denote the average number of motor vehicles using that particular stretch of road per day in 2017.

Route details

The route starts at the junction of the A1174 road and the A1079 road, heading east across the River Hull, and staying on the eastern bank of the river south towards Drypool.[18]

The section of dual carriageway between the A63 in Hull to the roundabout at Salt End, is designated as a trunk road, one of only two in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[19] The trunk road section is maintained by Highways England, with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council maintaining the non-trunk route from Salt End to Withernsea.[20] The road is the primary route connecting the north and York to the Port of Hull, and as such, the section between the A63 junction and the A1079 junction is subject to congestion.[21] A small section of road into and out of the Port of Hull is an abnormal load route to and from Beverley along the A165 road.[22]

As the road runs eastwards by the Port of Hull, it has two cycle paths on either side. The northern path is for local access, but has a connection with the National Cycle Network Route 66,[23] and the southern path goes into the docks and is part of the Trans Pennine Trail.[24]

As the road leaves Salt End, it cuts to the south of Hedon. The old road used to go through Hedon,[25] but traffic levels prompted the building of a bypass in the late 1980s.[26]

  • The A1033 to Withernsea. This shows the rural nature of the road when it is out of Hull
  • Hedon Road
  • Saltend Flyover during its construction
  • Sutton Road approaching A1033 roundabout
  • Hedon Road Hull. This shows the single carriageway A1033 adjacent to the A63 trunk road before they merge and the road is known as the A1033 only.
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References
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  2. MacMahon, Kenneth Austin (1964). "Roads and Turnpike Trusts in Eastern Yorkshire". East Yorkshire Local History Series. York: East Yorkshire Local History Society (18): 25–26. OCLC 562277081.
  3. Nicholls, J C (1998). "Road trial of Stone Mastic Asphalt and other thin surfacings". TRL Report. Crowthorne: Transport Research Laboratory (314): 5. ISSN 0968-4107.
  4. Beales, S P; O' Kelly, B C (2008). "Performance of embankments on soft ground: A1033 Hedon Road improvement scheme UK". In Ellis, Ed; Yu, Hai-Sui; McDowell, Glen; Dawson, Andrew; Thom, Nick (eds.). Advances in transportation geotechnics : proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Nottingham, UK, 25-27 August 2008. London: CRC Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-415-47590-7.
  5. "House of Commons - Transport - Written Evidence". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. Beales, S P; O' Kelly, B C (2008). "Performance of embankments on soft ground: A1033 Hedon Road improvement scheme UK". In Ellis, Ed; Yu, Hai-Sui; McDowell, Glen; Dawson, Andrew; Thom, Nick (eds.). Advances in transportation geotechnics : proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Nottingham, UK, 25-27 August 2008. London: CRC Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-415-47590-7.
  7. Collins big road atlas Britain 2019. Bishopriggs: HarperCollins. 2018. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-00-827268-5.
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  9. "European funding secured for South Withernsea Coastal Defence scheme". East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  10. "Roundabouts to get £6.3m upgrade". BBC News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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  13. "Traffic statistics on the A1033, Thorngumbald, East Riding of Yorkshire | TA200268". roadtrafficstats.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  14. "Traffic statistics on the A1033, Thorngumbald, East Riding of Yorkshire | TA200268". roadtrafficstats.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  15. Simon, Jos (2011). The rough guide to Yorkshire. London: Rough Guides. p. 300. ISBN 9781848366039.
  16. "292" (Map). Withernsea & Spurn Head. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244890.
  17. "293" (Map). Kingston upon Hull & Beverley. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244906.
  18. "Assessment of growth impacts" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. p. 19. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  19. "Classification of roads". www.eastriding.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  20. "Transport asset management". www.eastriding.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  21. "Stoneferry Corridor Consultation". pclconsult.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  22. "Preferred routes for high and heavy abnormal load movements" (PDF). GOV.UK. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  23. "Enhancing Hull's National Cycle Routes". cmis.hullcc.gov.uk. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  24. "Artworks for new turbine dock route". BBC News. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  25. "View: TA12 (includes: Hedon; Hull) - Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, 1937-1961". maps.nls.uk. 1953. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  26. "Hedon Conservation Appraisal" (PDF). www.eastriding.gov.uk. 2006. p. 2. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

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