Editing Blyth, Nottinghamshire (section)

==Geography==
The village is situated on the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] at the southern end of the fifteen-mile A1(M) [[Doncaster]] bypass, which opened at the end of July 1961. The Blyth roundabout was replaced in March 2008 by a [[Grade separation|grade separated junction]] (junction 34).

The £338,000<ref>''Nottingham Guardian'' Wednesday 16 March 1960, page 2</ref> (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|320000|1960|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} 1½ mile [[A614 road|A614]] Blyth Bypass was built at the same time as the Nottinghamshire section of the Doncaster Bypass

The southbound carriageway opened on Wednesday 26 October 1960, as a section of the A614,<ref>''Nottingham Guardian'' Wednesday 26 October 1960, page 1</ref> and both carriageways opened around four weeks later, built by [[Sir Robert McAlpine]].<ref>''South Yorkshire Times'' Saturday 15 July 1961, page 17</ref><ref>''Retford Times'' Friday 28 August 1964, page 1</ref>

Nottinghamshire County Council had accepted a contract of £735,325 on 5 May 1959 for the Nottinghamshire section of the new motorway.<ref>''Nottingham Evening News'' Tuesday 5 May 1959, page 7</ref> Work began in May 1959, to be finished by April 1961.<ref>''Nottingham Guardian'' Friday 22 January 1960, page 5</ref>

The A614 became the A1 when the Doncaster bypass opened. Also passing through the village is the A634 from [[Maltby, South Yorkshire|Maltby]] to [[Barnby Moor]].

The dual-carriageway £964,000 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|964000|1966|r=-4}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}} five-mile section of the A1, the Chequer House ([[Ranby, Nottinghamshire|Ranby]]) to Blyth Improvement, opened in May 1966. This had previously been a dangerous three-lane road.

The former [[A614 road]] through the town is now the [[A634 road|A634]] and [[B6045 road|B6045]].

===Services===
In 1959, the roadside cafe was called the 'Hill Top Cafe'.

The [[Little Chef]] opened at the end of August 1973.<ref>''Retford Times'' Friday 10 August 1973, page 14</ref>

The Blue Star service area closed on Wednesday 18 December 1985, when owned by [[Jim Gregory (football chairman)]]. The site had opened in 1956, and was much improved in 1964.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 9 January 1986, page 1</ref> The site was sold to be redeveloped, but this did not happen for over a year.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 22 November 1985, page 1</ref>

The [[Moto Hospitality|Moto]] Blyth Services are also at this junction. Esso bought the Blyth site in December 1986.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 18 December 1986, page 1</ref> Granada Motorway Services put a £3.25m planning proposal which was passed on Wednesday 4 March 1987.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 5 March 1987, page 1</ref> It would be Granada's 17th service station.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 12 March 1987, page 8</ref> The 188 seat restaurant opened in February 1988.<ref>''Retford Times'' Thursday 18 February 1988, page 6</ref>