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	A580 road
Length (miles)	29.5
Length (km)	48.5
Direction	West - East
Start	Walton, Liverpool
Primary; destinations1	St Helens, Merseyside
End	Irlams o' th' Height, Salford (A6)
Construction began	29 April, 1929
Construction ended	1934
Roads joined	A5058 road; M57 motorway; A59 road; A5207 road; A5208 road; A570 road; A571 road; A58 road; A49 road; M6 motorway; A573 road; A572 road; A579 road; A574 road; A577 road; A575 road; M61 motorway; M60 motorway; A5185 road; A666 road; A6 road
Risk Rating	Low-medium, Medium
Notes; Primary destinations as specified by the Department for Transport.;

The A580 is a primary A road in England that connects Liverpool and Manchester and known officially along its entire length as the East Lancashire Road)^[2] The road was designed and built to provide better access to the Port of Liverpool for East Lancashire and Manchester.^[2] It was the UK's first purpose-built intercity highway and was officially opened by King George V on 18 July, 1934.^[2]

The road runs from Walton in Liverpool to join the A6 at Irlams o' th' Height in Salford, and was designed to eventually have three parallel roads, one for through traffic and two for local access,^[2] although in the event it was upgraded later to dual-carriageway: the section within the Liverpool boundary had always been thus. The upgrading resulted in separation of the two carriageways: the first occasion this had been done in Britain.^{[dubious – discuss]} It achieved its name since it was originally intended to reach East Lancashire, although this was never carried out: that intended portion has now been superseded by the M62 motorway.^[2]

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^ http://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=a580
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Early Highways Liverpool-East Lancashire Road A580". Historic Highways. Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/eastlancs/index.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

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[0] ttp://www.eurorap.org/road_lookup?map_type=risk&country=GB&road=a580

[lancshistoric-1] "Early Highways Liverpool-East Lancashire Road A580". Historic Highways. Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/eastlancs/index.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

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