- A678 road
UK road routebox
road= A678
length-mi=
length-km=
direction= West - East
start=Blackburn
end=Padiham
construction-date=
completion-date=
junctions= ukroadsmall|679
ukroadsmall|6119
ukmotorwaysmall|65
ukroadsmall|680
ukroadsmall|6068
ukroadsmall|671The A678 is a road in
Lancashire ,England , which runs between the towns ofBlackburn andPadiham .The road was formerly the main route between Blackburn and
Burnley before it wasbypass ed by theM65 motorway which opened in the 1980s. It currently runs between the A6078 Blackburn Town Centre Orbital Route and the A671 in Padiham, via the small towns ofRishton andClayton-le-Moors , having been extended at the Blackburn end when the A677 was renumbered east of Blackburn. Within Blackburn the road is aprimary route . It forms the main route for traffic arriving in Blackburn from other towns in East Lancashire andWest Yorkshire , as it connects the town centre with the M65 junction 6 atWhitebirk . The Red Lion roundabout at Whitebirk, where the A678 joins the A6119, withslip road s to the M65, had become prone totraffic congestion [cite web | url=http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/council/meetings/displayFile.asp?FTYPE=A&FILEID=11751 | title=Lancashire Local - Hyndburn | date=2005-11-28 | accessdate=2008-03-18 | publisher=Lancashire County Council ] since the M65 was extended in 1997, and was recently upgraded with the addition oftraffic light s [cite web | url=http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.39306 | title=Whitebirk Gateway to be transformed | date=2008-03-12 | accessdate=2008-03-17 | publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council ] .The A678 is the main road through Rishton and is called Blackburn Road, High Street and Hermitage Street. It crosses the A680 at a set of traffic lights in Clayton-le-Moors and then passes through Altham before it reaches the A6068, and then the A671 in Padiham. Although most of the road between Whitebirk and Padiham is bypassed by the M65 and is no longer a primary route it is considered by
Hyndburn Borough Council to be one of the district's primary roads according to itslocal plan . and provides access toindustrial estate s in Altham. [cite web |url=http://ww2.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/your_council/Planning/localplan/pages/ch07.htm | title=Hyndburn Local Plan - Chapter 7 - Transport | accessdate=2008-03-18 | publisher=Hyndburn Borough Council]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.