Editing Bingley (section)

== Road history ==
The main road through Bingley has been re-sited twice in its history. In 1904, a new cut of the road heading north west out of the town created a mini-bypass between All Saints Parish Church and the Railway. The cobbled road around the front of the church became Old Main Street. A huge section of the graveyard was taken out to lay the new road and the gravestones were used as flags on the paths around the church. A small section of the graveyard still exists on the east side of the new road bounded by the old path to Treacle Cock Alley and the railway.<ref>{{cite book|title = Bingley Conservation Area Assessment|year = 2003|url = https://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9744EAA4-A58C-4956-9BBE-7930E9F071A3/0/BingleyConservationAreaAssessment.pdf}}</ref>

Plans had been on the table for a trunk road through Bingley and the Aire valley since at least 1970.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = BRIEF HISTORY OF AIREDALE TRUNK ROAD|url = http://www.1in12.com/publications/road/history.html|website = www.1in12.com|access-date = 13 October 2015}}</ref> In 1992 preparatory work was undertaken to lengthen Park Road bridge so that the Leeds Liverpool Canal could be moved slightly to the east. This work would allow the formation of the new road to be sandwiched between the railway and the canal. In 1998, the Government, gave the go ahead for the trunk road to be constructed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title = SABRE • View topic – Railways diverted for roads|url = http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=508798|website = www.sabre-roads.org.uk|access-date = 13 October 2015}}</ref>

===Post-relief road Bingley===

[[File:Bingley Panorama 001.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Panoramic view over Bingley]]

In 2004, the Bingley Relief Road opened. The £47.9&nbsp;million road stretches from [[Crossflatts]] to [[Cottingley, Bradford|Cottingley]], threading through Bingley between the railway and the canal. One of the most expensive parts of the construction was moving a {{convert|150|m|yd|order=flip|adj=on}} stretch of the canal.  The construction involved the removal of Treacle Cock Alley pedestrian tunnel and the Tin Bridge, which have been replaced by the Three Rise Bridge, and the Britannia Bridge

In 2004, the average home price in Bingley rose 30% to £196,850 – the second fastest appreciating area in the UK (after the nearby [[Hebden Bridge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_2005_Q1.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 June 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220070045/http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_2005_Q1.doc |archive-date=20 February 2006 }}</ref>).

The road was a target of [[Road protest (UK)|road protest camp]] where protesters occupied tree houses for nearly two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no8/camping.html|title=Carry On Camping (Do or Die)|website=www.eco-action.org|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>