"Paul Scott" wrote in message
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"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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Well, maybe at some time (possibly during the building of the Western
Bypass and the re-designation the part of the A1 through Gateshead the
A167) someone decided to call the Tyne Tunnel itself the A1, However, I
doubt if any of the roads connecting to the TT were called the A1. As
I've said, heading south on the A1 from the north side of Newcastle, I'm
pretty sure that the eastwards turn-off for the Tyne Tunnel and the
Bergen Ferry terminal said A19. Heading north, just after the Washington
services, the eastwards turn-off was the A194 or A194M.

No, there was definitely a period of around 10-12 years following the
opening of the northern section of what is now the A19 dual carriageway
(between Seaton Burn and the tunnel) when the A1 was signed that way
throughout, from Washington to Seaton Burn, I have an OS map in front of
me now (from 1989) showing it so.

However as Tony has just pointed out, the actual tunnel may not have been
numbered 'A1', but both the northern and southern routes to it were.

Paul