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The A38 is a major trunk road in England. Though formally known as the Exeter - Leeds Trunk Road, it actually runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. At 292 miles (470 km) long it is the longest 'A' road entirely within England, and in the United Kingdom as a whole second only to the A1. It was formerly known as the Leeds - Exeter Trunk Road, when this description also included the A61. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... â€œMilesâ€ redirects here. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvenegh) is a town in Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 12,778 (2001 census). ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links The A38 passes under the M50 in Worcestershire, England. ... Image File history File links The A38 passes under the M50 in Worcestershire, England. ... A63(T) trunk road A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major roadâ€”usually connecting one or more cities, ports, airports, etc. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvenegh) is a town in Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 12,778 (2001 census). ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... â€œMilesâ€ redirects here. ... â€œkmâ€ redirects here. ... This page is about the A1 road in Great Britain. ... The A61 is a major road in England, running from Alfreton in Derbyshire to Thirsk in North Yorkshire. ...

Route description

Bodmin to Birmingham

Starting from Bodmin, at a junction with the A30, the road runs through the Glynn Valley, then past Liskeard and Saltash, into Devon at the Tamar Bridge, through Plymouth (named 'The Parkway') and Ashburton to Exeter. The section from Plymouth to Exeter is called the 'Devon Expressway', and serves as a southern extension of the M5 motorway. The current route just north of Plymouth, the 'Plympton bypass', was the location for the first stage of the Tour de France held in England, in 1974 before it was opened to traffic. Bodmin (Cornish: Bosvenegh) is a town in Cornwall, England, UK, with a population of 12,778 (2001 census). ... The A30 is an old trunk road (main road) which runs from central London to Lands End, the westernmost point of the mainland of England (though not of mainland Great Britain), and is sometimes called the Great South West Road. ... Liskeard, an ancient Stannary and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in southeast Cornwall, UK, is the administrative centre of the Caradon District. ... Location within the British Isles Saltash (Cornish: Essa) is a town in Cornwall, UK. It has a population of about 16,000. ... Part of the seafront of Torquay, south Devon, at high tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordered by Cornwall to the west, and Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... The Tamar Bridge during widening and strengthening work, 1999 The Tamar Bridge is a major road bridge in southwest England carrying traffic between Devon and Cornwall. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... Ashburton is a little town on the fringes of Dartmoor in Devon, lying adjacent to the A38 Devon Expressway. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in the southwest of England, also known as the West Country. ... The M5 near J28, Devon This article concerns the M5 motorway in England. ... Plympton is a suburb located in south-east Plymouth. ... Bypass routes are a type of bannered highway usually used when the main route of the highway goes through a town and an alternate route of the same highway goes around the highway. ... For other uses, see Tour de France (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Exeter represents a second meeting point of the A38 with the A30 (historically they crossed each other in the city centre), a rare anomaly amongst major A-roads. A driver going from Bodmin to Exeter can therefore travel the entire route on either the A38 or the A30, although since the 1990s the latter is the usual choice as it involves more dual carriageway and avoids the city of Plymouth.

The modern A38 is concurrent with the M5 south of Exeter before re-emerging from a junction 10 miles (16 km) north of Exeter. From there it heads north via Wellington, Taunton, Bridgwater, Bristol, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Worcester, Bromsgrove and Birmingham. From Exeter to Birmingham, the road is paralleled by the M5, where the A38 has reverted to taking local traffic only. Near Bristol the road was diverted to cater for an extension of the runway at Bristol International Airport. Between Worcester and Birmingham the A38 follows the course of a Roman road (Icknield Street), or perhaps even a Celtic road, although the construction of bypasses around some towns means the modern-day route deviates somewhat from the original dead-straight road. The Roman encampment at Metchley Fort (near the Queen Elizabeth Hospital) was not far from the course of the road ^[1]. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (980 Ã— 735 pixel, file size: 167 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this photo myself whilst living in the area. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (980 Ã— 735 pixel, file size: 167 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this photo myself whilst living in the area. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway, or other road numbers. ... Map sources for Wellington, Somerset at grid reference ST1420 Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. ... Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. ... , Bridgwater in Somerset, England, is a market town, the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and the leading industrial town in the county. ... This article is about the English city. ... This article is about the city of Gloucester in England; for other uses see Gloucester (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Worcester (pronounced ) is a city in the West Midlands of England. ... , Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England. ... This article is about the British city. ... Bristol International Airport (IATA: BRS, ICAO: EGGD) is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol in England, and the surrounding area. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ... Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in Britain that runs from Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire where it connected to the Fosse Way, to Rotherham in South Yorkshire, it went via Alcester, Redditch, the area now covered by Birmingham (where a large fort was located), Lichfield... This article is about the European people. ... Metchley Fort was a Roman fort in what is now Birmingham, England[1]. It lies on the course of a Roman road, Icknield Street, on the site of the present Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston. ... dear elizabeth. ...

In Birmingham a section of the road becomes the Aston Expressway A38(M) motorway, running from the north-eastern side of the Inner Ring Road through Aston to the junction with the M6 motorway at Gravelly Hill Interchange, better known as 'Spaghetti Junction'. The A38(M) is a short motorway in Birmingham, England, opened on May 24, 1972. ... The A4540 is the Inner Ring Road in Birmingham, England, previously known as the Middle Ring Road. ... Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gravelly Hill Interchange (unofficially known as Spaghetti Junction) is junction 6 of the M6 motorway where it meets the A38(M) Aston Expressway in Birmingham, England. ...

Birmingham to Mansfield

From Birmingham the road bypasses Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield, before taking up the route of the Roman Ryknild Street (also spelt Icknield or Rykneld) as far as Derby. The £4.1m Sutton Coldfield Bypass opened in 1974, and the £2.6m Lichfield Eastern Bypass in 1972. The further section of the route was improved to dual carriageway standard, including bypassing Burton upon Trent in 1968 (costing £2.6m), and in recent years many of the at-grade junctions have been upgraded or stopped-up. Later in March 1968, the section from the Staffordshire boundary to the proposed Micklover link was dualled. , Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Hill north of Sutton town centre. ... Not to be confused with Litchfield. ... Icknield Street or Ryknild Street is a Roman road in Britain that runs from Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire where it connected to the Fosse Way, to Rotherham in South Yorkshire, it went via Alcester, Redditch, the area now covered by Birmingham (where a large fort was located), Lichfield... Map sources for Burton-upon-Trent at grid reference SK2422 Burton upon Trent also known as Burton-on-Trent, or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ...

Originally terminating in Derby at the junction of Babington Lane with St Peter's Street (formerly the A6), further improvements in the late 1960s and 1970s saw construction of the £5.2m Mickleover by-pass to the south-west of Derby opened on 19 February 1975. Although the government had approved the section through Allestree as early as 1974, before the Mickleover bypass had been completed, this section had a lot of objections from nearby residents, delaying its construction (from the A52 to the A6). It was opposed directly by Derby Borough Council and the former Derby Higher Education College. The £17m road was eventually opened on 7 September 1983, known as Queensway. An extension of the A38 northwards, crossing the M1 at Junction 28, and ending in Mansfield was built. The section north to Alfreton opened in the late 1970s. The section from Alfreton to the M1 opened as the A615 in the late 1960s. Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ... Mickleover, Derby, England Mickleover is located 2 miles west of the city centre and is the most westerly village of the City of Derby in the United Kingdom. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Allestree is a suburb of Derby, England. ... The A52 is a major road in England. ... The University of Derby is a university in the city of Derby, England. ... is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ...

For nearly four miles, the A38 forms part of Derby's outer ring road, including three roundabouts (Kingsway or "Grand Canyon", Markeaton and Little Eaton or Abbey Hill) which are infamous for causing peak time congestion. The section of road between Kingsway roundabout to just north of Markeaton is urban in nature and thus subject to a 40 mph speed limit. In March 1969, the 'Allestree Link Road', from the A6 to the former A61 was opened, crossing the River Derwent and Midland Main Line. The Orangery at Markeaton Park. ... Little Eaton is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. ... River Derwent is the name of several rivers in England: River Derwent, Derbyshire; see also Derwent Reservoir, Derbyshire, also Upper Derwent Valley. ... The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...

As a 1970s upgrade to the route of the A61 north of Derby (which became the B6179), the A38 bypasses Ripley passing through former opencast mining land, before joining end-on with the former A615 Alfreton bypass at Watchorn Intersection. The A61 is a major road in England, running from Alfreton in Derbyshire to Thirsk in North Yorkshire. ... Map sources for Ripley, Derbyshire at grid reference SK398505 Ripley is a small town in the Amber Valley area of Derbyshire in England. ...

To the east of Junction 28 of the M1, the alignment of the road is relatively modern as the dangerous junction with Berristow Lane was improved to grade-separated in the late 1990s, incorporating access to a busy shopping centre. Into Nottinghamshire, the road by-passes Sutton-in-Ashfield, dropping to a single carriageway configuration of 1980s construction, including multiple traffic light controlled junctions - such as the Mansfield, Ashfield Regeneration Route ("MARR"). Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Sutton-in-Ashfield open air market (Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays) Sutton-in-Ashfield is a town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 40,000. ...

The final section of the A38 from Sutton, past King's Mill Hospital into Mansfield is purely urban in nature and is single carriageway, joining the A6009 in Mansfield Town Centre at the end of the route's epic journey through England. Entrance sign Kings Mill Hospital (or Kings Mill Centre) is a hospital situated in Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK. The next nearest hospital is Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, where patients may be sent in the event that Kings Mill cannot provide sufficient facilities. ... , For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ...

Improvements

The bottleneck through the village of Dobwalls in Cornwall will be removed when a new village by-pass, linking the existing Liskeard by-pass to the current single carriageway section through the Glynn Valley opens in the summer of 2008.^[2] A campaign to open this road was started by villagers in Dobwalls in 1930, but planning for building the road was not granted until 2006. For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Liskeard, an ancient Stannary and market town at the head of the River Looe valley in southeast Cornwall, UK, is the administrative centre of the Caradon District. ...

See also

The A5127 is a major road in England which runs between Birmingham and Lichfield, Staffordshire. ...

References

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