A540 road

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A540
Route information
Length	20 mi (32 km)
Major junctions
South end	Chester, Cheshire
Major intersections	A5480 A494 A5480 A5137 A551 A553
North end	Hoylake, Wirral
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A540 is a non-primary road that runs from Chester, Cheshire to Hoylake, Wirral. It is the only road in the series A54X that is within England, with the exception of a short stretch of the A548. It provides links to Manchester and North Wales, via the A494 and the M56. It bypasses the town of Neston and is in the heart of Heswall, Hoylake and West Kirby. A small stretch of the road, shared with the A5116, is a primary road.