Junctions Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. Skellow to Darrington (proposed) Proposals were made by a previous government to upgrade the Skellow to Darrington section of the A1 to motorway, meaning the entire stretch of A1 from Blyth in Nottinghamshire to Washington in Tyne and Wear would be motorway-standard road. Darrington to Washington This section opened in sections: Walshford to 49 opened in 1995 Junctions 43 to 44 opened in 1999 When this section opened it ended at a temporary terminus south of the M1. There was a final exit into Micklefield Village for non-motorway traffic onto what is now the access road. During the first week of June 2009, junctions 44 and 45 were renumbered to 43 and 44. At the same time the existing A1/A659 Grange Moor junction became A1(M) junction 45. As a result many atlases show incorrect junction numbering for this stretch of motorway. Junction 46 to temporary junction at Walshford opened in 2005 Junction 40 to south of 43 opened in 2005 and 2006 The northern section of the upgrade, bypassing Fairburn village, opened to traffic in April 2005 with a temporary connection with the existing A1 between Fairburn and Brotherton. The southern section, with a free-flow interchange with the M62 motorway, opened to traffic on 13 January 2006. Junctions 44 to 46 opened in 2009 Junctions 49 to 51 opened in 2011 and 2012 Work began in March 2009 to upgrade the Dishforth to Leeming section to dual three-lane motorway standard with existing connections being replaced by two new junctions. The Dishforth to Baldersby Section was completed in October 2011 and the Baldersby to Leeming section was opened to traffic on 31 March 2012. Junctions 51 to 56 opened in 2017 and 2018 - there are no junctions 54 and 55 Work on upgrading the Leeming Bar to Barton section to three-lane motorway began in April 2014. Work was expected to be completed by summer 2017. In early 2017, the Highways Agency announced that the full opening would be delayed until December 2017. In the end, the motorway opened up on 29 March 2018, making the A1 continuous motorway standard from Darrington, West Yorkshire, to Washington, Tyne and Wear, though residual works were still to be completed. Junctions 56 to 59 opened in 1965 Junctions 59 to 63 opened in 1969 Junctions 63 to 65 opened