Editing Wetherby (section)

===Roads===
For many years from 1959, the town's bypass started at a roundabout near a [[Forte Group]] Posthouse hotel until July 1988 when the A1 was diverted at a cost of £11.5 million. On 18 December 2004, the northern section of the bypass was diverted to a new section of the A1(M), around Kirk Deighton, after construction work had begun in August 2003. The upgrade of the section between Bramham and Wetherby started in July 2007 and was completed in 2009.<ref name="gnn">{{cite web |url=http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=296271&NewsAreaID=2 |title=Wetherby resident marks official start of work on £61 million A1 Bramham to Wetherby upgrade scheme |access-date=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155128/http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=296271&NewsAreaID=2 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |date=3 July 2007 |publisher=Highways Agency (Yorkshire and Humber) |work=Government News Network}}</ref>

The upgrading of the A1 included the construction of [[Wetherby Services]] at the Wetherby North Junction.  The upgrading of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]] in Wetherby was the final development after 50 years of gradual improvement to motorway standard. A new road links all routes in and out of the town with the A1(M).<ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5541.aspx Highways Agency – A1 Darrington to Dishforth<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417222742/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5541.aspx |date=17 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5526.aspx Highways Agency – A1(M) Bramham to Wetherby<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118200404/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5526.aspx |date=18 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5451.aspx|title=Highways Agency – M1 – A1 Lofthouse to Bramham<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>