A16 ROAD

The 'A16 road' is a principal road of Lincolnshire in the east of England, connecting the port of Grimsby and Stamford, where it meets the A1 and the A43 the latter, in turn, giving a through route to Oxford and the south west of England. Its length is 85 miles.
From north to south its route is:

★ Grimsby

★ Utterby

★ Louth (now bypassed)

★ Burwell

★ Walmsgate

★ Dalby

★ Partney (now bypassed)

★ Spilsby

★ East Keal

★ Keal Cotes

★ Stickford

★ Stickney

★ Sibsey

★ Hilldyke

★ Boston

★ Wyberton

★ Kirton (now bypassed)

★ Surfleet

★ Pinchbeck (now bypassed)

★ Spalding (now bypassed)

★ Deeping St Nicholas

★ Market Deeping (now bypassed)

★ Tallington

★ Uffington

★ Stamford
Although it has 'primary route' designation for its entire length virtually none of the A16 is dual carriageway and there are speed restrictions on much of it.
The one-mile (1.6 km) £1.2m Ludborough Bypass opened in November 1992. The one-mile (1.6 km) Fotherby Bypass opened in 2004. The three-mile (5 km) £6.6m Louth Bypass opened in August 1991. The one-mile (1.6 km) Partney Bypass opened in August 2005. From West Keal to Boston, the road is very flat. The one-mile (1.6 km) £1m Stickford Bypass opened in October 1992. The £1.4m Boston Inner Relief Road opened in early 1978. There are demands for Boston to be bypassed. The six-mile (10 km) £11.5m Boston-Algarkirk Diversion opened in October 1991. The eleven-mile (18 km) £23m Spalding-Sutterton Improvement (the Spalding Bypass) opened in August 1995. The four-mile (6 km) £7m Market Deeping Bypass (also part of the A15) opened in July 1998.

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★ Partney Bypass opens.

★ Boston Bypass Pressure Group.

★ Lincolnshire Police drop off member of public by the A16 who then dies from hypothermia walking home.

★ Park and Ride site at Stickney.