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A1 road (Jersey)

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A1 shield
A1
  • La Route de la Libération
  • Esplanade
  • St Aubin's Road
  • La Route de la Haule
Rte de la Libération.jpg
Major junctions
FromSt Helier
Major intersections
  • A17 The Tunnel
  • A16 Commercial Buildings
  • B92 Castle Street
  • A2 Victoria Avenue
  • B87 St Aubin's Road
  • B27 Mont Cochon
  • A10 Mont Felard
  • A11 St Peter's Valley
  • B25 Mont aux Roux
  • A13 Mont les Vaux
ToSt Aubin
Location
CountryUnited Kingdom
Crown dependencyJersey
ParishesSt Helier,St Lawrence,St Peter,St Brelade
Road network
La Route de la Libération forms part of the A1 in St. Helier

TheA1road in Jersey is a major route on the south of the island and linksSt. HelierwithSt. Aubinin the parish ofSt Brelade.[1]

History

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The A1 road was originally classified in the 1950s, at the same time as all the other A roads in Jersey Before the West of Albert reclamation project in the 1990s, the A1 used to travel along the entire length of the Esplanade Road as a dual carriageway, then form agyratoryaround the former abatoire building.

Route

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The A1 begins travelling westbound atLiberation Squarein St Helier, where traffic running from the East through the tunnel joins with traffic from the town centre (A3) and the Coast road (A16) which connects to theLa Colletteindustrial area. It meets agrade-separatedroundaboutat a junction with the B92. It continues through the southern edge of town (forming part of the town'sring road). It reaches a junction with the A9 Gloucester Street (which is one-way towards the A1 - to access the A9, traffic must use the B87). After this the road meets a large, busy junction with theA2.Traffic must turn right off the road to continue onto the A1. The A1 now meets a junction with the B87 (down which the St Helier Ring Road continues). A1 traffic now leaves the town along a short stretch of road before arriving in theVille ès Nouaux(First Tower). The A1 continues to head toward the St Helier border, meeting junctions with the B27 and the A10.

Traffic for the A1 except buses cannot continue on the A1 after its junction with the A10 due to abus gate.Traffic must instead use the A2. The A1 then continues on as the A11.

Beyond this, the A2 becomes the A1 at Bel Royal. The road continues to theBeaumontfilter-in-turn,where traffic can either continue along the A1 to St Aubin and eventually St Brelade or mount Beaumont Hill to reach St Peter.

Much of the middle section of the route runs parallel with the nearby coastalA2 road(Victoria Avenue).

See also

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References

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  1. ^"La Route de la Haule".Retrieved18 October2013.
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