A507 road

A507
Route information
Length	30 mi (48 km)
Major junctions
West end	M1 motorwayJunction 13 nearRidgmont 52.0259°N 0.6037°W/52.0259; -0.6037(A507 road (western end))
Major intersections	M1 A421 A5120 A6 A600 A6001 A1 A1(M) A10
East end	Buntingford 51.9466°N 0.0298°W/51.9466; -0.0298(A507 road (eastern end))
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Primary destinations	Milton Keynes,Ampthill,Flitwick,Shefford,Baldock,Buntingford
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones
←A506 →A508

TheA507is an A-class road in England, linking theM1 motorwaynearMilton Keynesto theA10atBuntingford.

Route

Beginning at junction 13 of the M1, the road heads east pastRidgmonttoAmpthill.Here it passes between Ampthill and its close neighbourFlitwick,essentially separating the two. After this it passesFlittonbefore crossing theA6at a roundabout. PassingSheffordthe road briefly multiplexes with theA600before crossing the A6001 and bypassingStotfold.Crossing theA1at junction 10 of the A1(M), where the motorway becomes a normal A-road, the A507 then heads south east throughBaldock.After bridging over theA505(here being the recently opened Baldock north-south bypass) it terminates at a roundabout with theA10at Buntingford.

Ridgmont Bypass

In 2008, a bypass opened alongside the M1 at Ridgmont. Prior to this the A507 formerly passed throughHusborne CrawleyandRidgmont,where it met theA4012 road.The bypass includes three roundabouts and a bridge over theMarston Vale Line.

External links

• Bedford Today article on the Ridgmont Bypass