Doncaster–Selby The southern end of the A19 starts at the St Mary's Roundabout with the
A630 and A638 just to the north of Doncaster itself near to the parish church. It leaves the A638 at the next roundabout as
Bentley Road, and then winds its way over the
East Coast Main Line, which it follows through Selby and York, through the suburb of Bentley. Much of the course of the southern section of the A19 runs through the old
Yorkshire coalfield. It meets the
B1220 for
Carcroft and goes through
Owston. The surrounds are mostly flat as the road heads towards the
M62. It enters
North Yorkshire where it crosses the
River Went near Walden Stubbs. It meets the M62 at junction 34. From the M62, the village of
Eggborough has been bypassed in recent years, with the new road travelling from this roundabout to near the site of
Eggborough Power Station. Close by is
Whitley Bridge and the A19 then meets the A645 at a roundabout and its previous alignment to the north of the village, before travelling through
Chapel Haddlesey where it crosses the
River Aire and the small village of
Burn.
Selby–Thirsk The £5 million Riccall and Barlby bypass opened in October 1987. This improved junctions with the A63 (
Howden) and A163 (
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor). The A63 and A19 meet at a roundabout near a large pickle factory. The A19 heads towards
Riccall, following what was the
East Coast Main Line before the
Selby Diversion was built. Where the road leaves the old railway, the
Trans Pennine Trail follows along the old track. At
Escrick, the road enters the Vale of York, and passes the
BP York Road Garage, the Parsonage Hotel and
St Helen's Church. Next is
Deighton, passing the
White Swan Inn, then it heads towards Crockey Hill. It meets the A64 near the headquarters of
Persimmon plc. The
York Northern By-Pass (A1237) is a substitute for the A19 through York. There road makes a left turn for
Tollerton and goes through Tollerton Forest. Heading northward, the section between York and
Thirsk was not helped much by the opening of the £5 million
Easingwold Bypass in November 1994, as the road remained single carriageway, starting at a roundabout. There is a left turn for
Raskelf. It meets the A168 from the south, and the old route through Thirsk is now the A170, then the
A61. The bypass meets the A61 and A168 (for Northallerton) at a junction near
South Kilvington.
Thirsk–Billingham North of Thirsk, the A19 takes over from the A168 as the link from the A1 to
Teesside and becomes a fast
dual carriageway with mostly grade separated
interchanges. The five-mile £4.4 million Thirsk bypass was opened on 5 September 1972 by
Robin Turton, Baron Tranmire, the local MP (from 1929), with a flypast by four
Royal Air Force Vickers Varsity aircraft –
RAF Topcliffe is to the south-west of Thirsk. It passes
North Kilvington, and the £0.3 million South of Knayton (at Swan Lane) to north of Thirsk bypass section opened in the early 1970s. It climbs slightly past the junction at
Knayton near
Borrowby and skirting the western edge of the
North York Moors, meeting the A684 (for
Northallerton) at Clack Lane End after passing through
Leake and by the
Haynes Arms. The Borrowby diversion opened in the late 1960s. The £1.1 million south of Clack Lane End to north end of Borrowby diversion opened in the early 1970s, built by
A.F. Budge. The
Cleveland Tontine to Clack Lane End improvement opened in the early 1970s. It drops towards the Cleveland Tontine at the junction with the A172 (for
Stokesley and
Guisborough). later, it passes the BP
Exelby Services on both sides of the road. Eventually after passing the
Crathorne/
Yarm exit the road passes over the
Leven viaduct towards Teesside. From the Crathorne bypass, the road leaves the old route to the east, with the old route now being the A67 then the A135 through Stockton. The
Tees Viaduct was opened on 17 November 1975 by
John Gilbert. The Teesside Diversion was built by Cementation Construction, from April 1972, costing £10,239,606. The 6,350 ft bridge, had a dual carriageway with three lanes, built by Cleveland Bridge. This was stage 1 of the Teesside Diversion. Stage 2 was south to Crathorne. About from the Parkway Turn (A174) in
Middlesbrough the road is raised slightly, overlooking
Thornaby industrial estate and the town of
Ingleby Barwick, giving clues that Teesside is imminent.
Billingham–Seaton Burn Past Teesside the A19 enters rural landscape, meeting the former route through Billingham, where it enters the borough of Hartlepool. There is a right turn for
Dalton Piercy at the Windmill Motel, and two link roads into
Elwick, to the east, only accessible from the southbound carriageway. At
Sheraton with Hulam, there is an intersection for the B1280 (for
Wingate to the west), and the
A179 (for Hartlepool, to the east). At this intersection the road enters
County Durham. The route over Sedgewick Hill has been improved to the east. There is staggered crossroads, for
Hutton Henry, to the left. There used to be a right turn for
Castle Eden, now accessible only from the southbound carriageway. North of here, the Castle Eden Diversion opened in the early 1970s. It crosses a former railway (now
NCN 1 and
14), and meets the A181 (for
Wheatley Hill and
Durham), and the B1281 (for
Hesleden) at an intersection, and passes west of
Shotton, where it joins the former route. There is a large intersection at
Burnhope Way Roundabout for
Shotton Colliery and a large industrial estate, to the west, and the B1320 for the
new town of
Peterlee, to the east. A
flyover was constructed in the early 1990s to replace the previous roundabout, known locally as the Turnpike. The 3.5-mile Easington and Cold Hesledon Diversion opened in the early 1970s. There is an access road to the south from
Easington and the
A1086 (for Peterlee and Hartlepool) has limited access to the northbound and from the southbound routes. There is an intersection for the
A182 (for
Hetton-le-Hole), and limited access from the B1283 (for Easington Village), with no access from the southbound route. The former route north of Easington is the B1432 (to the east). At
Cold Hesledon, there is an intersection for the A182 (to
Seaham, to the east) and the B1285 (for
Murton, to the west). The three-mile New Seaham and Seaton Diversion opened in the early 1970s, with the former route now the B1285 through
Dalton-le-Dale. The eight miles of sections from Easington to Seaham were built by A. R. Carmichael in late 1971, and made the A19 from Thirsk to Sunderland completely dual-carriageway, with the contract awarded in October 1969. At
Seaton with Slingley, there is a limited-access (to and from the south) intersection for the
A1018, for Sunderland and
Ryhope. At the same point there is a limited-access intersection (to and from the north) for the B1404 for
Seaton and
Houghton-le-Spring. The former route through the south of Sunderland is now the B1522. At the point where a former railway crosses (now NCN Route 1) the road enters the
City of Sunderland. At this point, the A19 makes a large deviation from its former route, by bypassing Sunderland from the west. Its former route went near the coast. The 8.75-mile Sunderland Bypass opened as the
A108, and was built by W.C. French, with fourteen bridges and five underpasses, with the contract awarded in February 1970. The A108 was also previously the number of an A road in north London, for a re-routed
A10 to
Hoddesdon. At
Herrington the A19 meets the A690 (for Houghton-le-Spring) and the B1286 at an interchange. It is crossed by the B1286. At
Offerton and
Hastings Hill there is an interchange with the
A183 road (for
Penshaw and
Pennywell). The road crosses the
River Wear on the
Hylton Bridge, which was built as the A108 in 1975 by W.C. French (Construction) Ltd. At
North Hylton, there is an interchange with the
A1231 (for
Washington and
Castletown). At Testo's Roundabout with the A184 (for
Gateshead and
The Boldons), the A19 originally ended as the A1 took over to run through the Tyne Tunnel, before that classification became assigned to the Newcastle Western Bypass from the
Angel of the North to
Kingston Park. To the east the A19 now approaches the
Tyne Tunnel, where a second tunnel opened in 2011 to relieve traffic congestion. There is a limited access junction (from the north) for
Hedworth, and the road is crossed by the Green Line of the
Tyne and Wear Metro. It meets the
A194 (for
South Shields) at an interchange. At the Jarrow Interchange, there is a roundabout for the A185 (for Hebburn) and the B1297 at the start of the single-carriageway £13 million Tyne Tunnel, opened in October 1967 as the A108. The A19 continues in a north-westerly direction through North Tyneside past
Killingworth and
Cramlington, rejoining the current A1, just north of Newcastle at
Seaton Burn. ==Junction list==