A1300 road

The A1300 is the main 'cross town' route in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. The road runs from Simonside to Marsden via Harton Nook. It is 3.7 miles (6 km) long.

The A1300 begins as the John Reid Road at the junction with the A194. The road proceeds as Dual carriageway through Simonside, Brockley Whins, Biddick Hall and West Harton before passing South Tyneside District Hospital and Temple Memorial Park.

The duel carriageway ends at the A1018 King George Rd Roundabout, and it goes along shops near Prince Edward Rd (A1300). It gets to a roundabout were the Sunderland Rd meets the A1300.

Then it gets to an Odd Traffic Light T Junction, but no left turn into that road, it gets to a roundabout were Centenary Ave meets to (Horsley Hill Square) and the A1300 Goes still on all the way to another roundabout. Now it meets nearly the last junction for the A1300 so the roads meet the A1300 at a roundabout which is B1301 and Lizard Ln.

The road then becomes Redwell Lane and meets the Coast Road (A183) on the coast at Marsden.

The current route of the A1300 was originally the B1300, although when the Tyne Tunnel was completed, they decided to upgrade the B1300 to A-road status, to make easier access to South Shields town centre.

The section known as John Reid Road was named after Lieut.-Col. John Reid, O.B.E., M.I.C.E., who served as the Borough Engineer for over 30 years. Construction began in 1963, and the road was officially opened on 27 April 1965 by Lord Lindgren, then Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport. During the ceremony, around 200 residents protested for safer pedestrian access, which led the council to commit to a subway crossing at a cost of £18,000. Reid retired shortly thereafter and was honoured for his decades of service to the borough.

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