A42 road (England)
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 A42(T), looking west from A423 | ||||
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| Maintained byNational Highways | ||||
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) | |||
| History | Completed in 1989 | |||
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| Northeast end |  M1 motorway Kegworth 52°49′25″N1°18′17″W/ 52.8235°N 1.3047°W | |||
  J14 →A453 road   / J13 →A511 road/A512 road | ||||
| Southwest end |   / M42 motorway/A444 road Appleby Magna 52°41′07″N1°33′00″W/ 52.6854°N 1.5499°W | |||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
| Counties | Leicestershire | |||
| Primary destinations | East Midlands Airport | |||
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TheA42is a majortrunk roadin theEast Midlandsregion of the United Kingdom. It links junction 23A of theM1 motorwayto junction 11 of theM42 motorway.The A42 is in effect a continuation of the M42, and its junctions are numbered accordingly.
It is built to a similar standard to the M42, being a grade separateddual carriageway.The 6-mile (9.7 km)MeashamandAshby-de-la-Zouchbypass section was opened in August 1989 at a cost of £33m.
Junctions[edit]
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| A42 road junctions | ||
| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |
| Road merges ontoM1continuing towardsNottingham | M1J23A Services |
Start of road |
East Midlands ,Nottingham(S),Derby(A6)A453Donington Park services |
No access (on-slip only) | |
| Castle DoningtonA453 | J14 | No access (on-slip only) |
| Ashby,Coalville,LeicesterA511,LoughboroughA512 | J13 | Ashby,Burton,CoalvilleA511 |
| SnarestoneB4116,Ashby | J12 | Snarestone,MeashamB4116 |
| Start of road | M42J11 Services |
NuneatonA444 Non-motorway traffic |
| Burton upon Trent,MeashamA444 | Road continues asM42towardsTamworth | |
Bridging link[edit]
The A42 was built by the UK Government in 1989 to link the northern section of the M42 to the M1. Although it is not designated as motorway, and has no hard shoulder, the road is fully grade separated and runs with two lanes each way, the same as the M42 to the south.
The original planned line of the M42 saw it joining the M1 further to the north, crossing what is now the A50 Derby Southern Bypass and meeting the M1 north of Bardills Island (A52/M1 interchange).[1]
Service stations[edit]
History of the road number[edit]
The current road is the second incarnation of the A42. The original (1923) route wasReadingtoBirminghamviaOxford.The whole road was renumbered in 1935 – the section from Reading toShillingfordbecame part of theA329,Shillingford to Oxford became part of theA423and Oxford to Birmingham became part of theA34.In 1993 the A423 was itself renumbered, with the section formerly the A42 becoming part of theA4074from Reading to Oxford. The modernM42does interchange with the former A42 at junction 4 nearSolihull:Stratford Road now being numbered A34 to the north of the junction and A3400 to the south.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^– Appleby Magna – Nottingham (maps).Jukes, Steven. Pathetic Motorways.
External links[edit]
Geographic data related toA42atOpenStreetMap
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