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TheA511 roadis a 21-mile (34 km) stretch of mainly single-carriageway road which runs northwest fromMarkfieldinLeicestershire,EnglandtoFostoninSouth Derbyshire.
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| Length | 21 mi (34 km) | |||
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| West end | M1Junction 22 andA50nearMarkfield | |||
| East end | A50nearFoston | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Primary destinations | Bardon Coalville Ashby Burton upon Trent | |||
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It links the towns ofCoalville,Ashby-de-la-Zouch[1]andBurton upon Trent.It has a junction with the dual-carriagewayA42at Ashby, and with the non-trunkA514 roadeast ofSwadlincote.The A511 passes under the dual-carriagewayA38at Burton, but has no direct junction with that major route.
The A511 was originally part of the A50 route, which it becomes from its M1 junction east toLeicester,but it was redesignated when the dual-carriageway Derby bypass section of the A50 was built from junction 24a of the M1 west to the current A50/A511 junction.
Anearlier A511was the route from Atherstone, Warwickshire to Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire via Twycross and Appleby Magna in Leicestershire and Netherseal in Derbyshire. The stretch from Atherstone to Twycross became part of the B4116 when the rest of the route was renumbered A444 along with the Nuneaton to Twycross route which was originally the B584.
References
edit- ^Long, Peter (March 2004).The Hidden Places of England.Travel Publishing Ltd. p. 345.ISBN978-1-904434-12-2.