A62
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Standedge seen from the top of nearby Pule Hill. The A62 cutting and Redbrook Reservoir can be seen
Route information
Length	39.46 mi[1] (63.50 km)
Major junctions
West end	A665 at Manchester 53°29′06″N 2°13′58″W / 53.4849°N 2.2327°W / 53.4849; -2.2327
Major intersections	M60 A629 A640 A644 M621 A650
East end	A58 at Leeds 53°47′16″N 1°34′15″W / 53.7878°N 1.5709°W / 53.7878; -1.5709
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Primary destinations	Oldham Huddersfield Liversedge
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
← A61 → A63

The A62 road in Northern England runs between the cities of Leeds in West Yorkshire and Manchester in Greater Manchester covering a distance of 38.5 miles (62.0 km). It passes through Heckmondwike, Huddersfield, Failsworth and Oldham.

Route

The A62 begins at a junction with the A58 road as Gelderd Road in Leeds. It runs through West Yorkshire, passing through Birstall, Heckmondwike, Liversedge, Huddersfield, Linthwaite, Slaithwaite, and Marsden. It crosses the Pennines at Standedge, and continues through Saddleworth and into Oldham. From there, the A62 runs into Manchester as Oldham Street and Oldham Road through Failsworth, ending at the Manchester Inner Ring Road.

History

It is paralleled at some distance by part of the M62 Trans-Pennine motorway. Before the M62 was built, the A62 was the main trans-Pennine road between Oldham and Huddersfield. The M62 is numbered after the A62 and now takes most of the long-distance traffic between Manchester and Leeds.