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Production of coal in the county peaked in the period from 1913 to 1923, when there were 170,000 miners in the county.
Production of coal in the county peaked in the period from 1913 to 1923, when there were 170,000 miners in the county.
[[Motorway|Motorways]] arrived in County Durham with the opening of the Darlington bypass of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] in May 1965. This would later form a part of the length of A1(M) motorway running from Barton in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] to the southern edge of the [[Tyneside]] conurbation via Durham, constructed in the late 1960s and 1970s. The road, however, would not be extended to meet the sections of A1(M) to the south until 2018.
Coal mining in County Durham ended in the 1990s. The last deep coal mine on the County Durham Coalfield was Monkwearmouth Colliery in Sunderland, where the last shift left the pit on 10 December 1993. This marked the end of some 810 years of commercial coal production in the county. The colliery was demolished by explosion in October 1994, and [[Sunderland A.F.C.]]'s home ground, the Stadium of Light, was constructed on the site, opening 3 years later in 1997.
Coal mining in County Durham ended in the 1990s. The last deep coal mine on the County Durham Coalfield was Monkwearmouth Colliery in Sunderland, where the last shift left the pit on 10 December 1993. This marked the end of some 810 years of commercial coal production in the county. The colliery was demolished by explosion in October 1994, and [[Sunderland A.F.C.]]'s home ground, the Stadium of Light, was constructed on the site, opening 3 years later in 1997.