 The increased use of private cars, buses and charabancs in the 1920s, and the poor condition of the road, made it one of Lancashire County Council's priorities in its road improvement schemes.The Blackpool to Clifton section of the road was reconstructed between 1929 and 1936, and as part of the reconstruction project bypasses were built to take the road around Kirkham and the centre of Clifton.The route of the A583 changed again in the mid 20th century, when the Riversway section of the road was constructed to bypass the Ashton-on-Ribble area of Preston.