 The section north of the M55 formerly carried large amounts of container traffic to and from the Fleetwood container port, until operations ceased in 2010.The road begins at Kirkham, as a turning off the A583, the Kirkham by-pass It travels north for , firstly as the Kirkham & Wesham By-Pass, then as Fleetwood Road, through Kirkham and Wesham, till it meets Junction 3 of the M55 at Wesham Circle.The road continues as Fleetwood Road in a roughly northerly direction for a further , through Esprick and Greenhalgh.