A591 re-opens three weeks ahead of schedule
The major Lake District road had been closed since December's storms destroyed large parts of it.
Floods Minister: 'Lake District is open for business'
Floods Minister and local MP Rory Stewart says the re-opening of the A591 shows that Cumbria is very much "open for business".
The major Lake District route had been closed since the Storm Desmond floods on 5 December.
But the MP for Penrith and the Border says there's plenty more work to do, with a £10 million flood defence repair programme underway.
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A591 repairs: How much local stone was used?
Get all the facts and figures behind Highways England's work to repair the A591 between Keswick and Grasmere.
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PHOTOS: First cars travel down A591
The flood-hit A591 has now re-opened, connecting the north and south of the Lake District.
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Dramatic video shows rescues on flooded A591
Watch dash cam footage from a mountain rescue team's land rover as it wades through the flooded A591 during December's storms.