Getting to the City Centre
Inner Relief Road - Northern Section
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The Inner Relief Road is being built in stages. A major gap still exists in the northern sector between Penistone Road and the Wicker.
The route for this section has now been approved. Work started in November 2004. When it is complete traffic in the city centre will flow more evenly.
Enlargement of the Completing the Inner Relief Road Map.
The Inner Relief Road will be completed in 2004-07 between Wicker and Penistone Road, bringing major benefits to both transport and regeneration of the city centre.
From the 1940’s Sheffield, like most large cities, planned a series of ring-roads, starting with the innermost ‘Civic Circle’, a concrete collar of dual carriageways and pedestrian subways which became Arundel Gate, Furnival Gate etc.
This road system remained incomplete, as did the Inner Relief Road, and the two are often confused. The Civic Circle has proved to be a serious barrier to movement on foot and development and is now being scaled down in size and all subways and bridges replaced by surface crossings.
Areas such as West Bar, the Wicker, Exchange Street, Victoria Quays and the River Don will be given back to the pedestrian and local access vehicles only.
Inner Relief Road - Granville Square to Sheaf Square Section
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Major changes have also been made to the Inner Relief Road between Granville Square and Harmer Lane as a consequence of the improvements to Sheaf Square including much more direct pedestrian crossings. For more information see Arriving by Train. The previous vehicle route into the City Centre via Paternoster Row has now been replaced by the new one using Matilda Street. The Inner Relief Road continues to use existing streets Suffolk Road and Shoreham Street.
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