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A588
A588
	The A588 (as Head Dyke Lane in this section) in Preesall
Route information
Length	20 mi (32 km)
Major junctions
SW end	A586 – Poulton-le-Fylde
	A585 – Skippool, Little Singleton;
NE end	A6 – Lancaster
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

The A588 is a road in western Lancashire, England, which runs for around 20 miles (32 km), from Poulton-le-Fylde northeastwards to Lancaster. It is the main route serving the Over Wyre areas of the Fylde.

Route

The road begins at a junction with the A586 Garstang Road in Poulton-le-Fylde (53°50′37″N 2°59′32″W / 53.8436°N 2.9922°W / 53.8436; -2.9922 (A588 road (southern end))), and runs 1 mile (2 km) north, through Queen's Square, as Hardhorn Road, before becoming Breck Road. It meets the A585 eastbound at the River Wyre roundabout. After running concurrently with the A585 as Mains Lane for 0.5 miles (0.8 km), it turns north (left) away from the A585, crossing the River Wyre at Shard Bridge, the last crossing of the river before its estuary. From here, the road winds through the Over Wyre villages of Hambleton (as Shard Lane and Carr Lane) and Stalmine (as Stricklands Lane and Hall Gate Lane). At its junction with the B5377 in Preesall, the road turns northeast as Burned House Lane and Head Dyke Lane through Pilling, then (as Lancaster Road and, briefly, Marsh Lane) across the marshy land that abuts the Cockerham Sands portion of Morecambe Bay. At Cockerham, almost 12 miles (19 km) from Shard Bridge, the road turns to the west and runs a further 6 miles (10 km) north into Lancaster, eventually terminating (as Ashton Road) as it joins the A6 by the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (54°02′30″N 2°47′49″W / 54.0416°N 2.7969°W / 54.0416; -2.7969 (A588 road (northern end))).

The section passing beside Cockerham Sands, named one of England's most dangerous roads,^[1] is to have average-speed cameras installed along it.^[2]

Public transportation

The A588 is served, between Poulton-le-Fylde and Preesall, by Blackpool Transport's routes 5, 5C, 74 and 75, Preston Bus's route 76 and Transpora North West's route 24. For the rural route between Pilling and Lancaster, Kirby Lonsdale Coach Hire runs routes 88 and 89.^[3]

From Jamea Al Kauthar northwards, Lancaster's Stagecoach North West routes 40 and 42 are available.