The A42 is a major dual carriageway trunk road linking the M1 motorway at Nottingham East Midlands Airport in north Leicestershire to junction 11 of the M42 motorway. It bypasses the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch before heading into Staffordshire. The M1 is a major north-south motorway in England connecting London to Yorkshire, where it joins the A1(M) near Wetherby. ... Nottingham East Midlands Airport (IATA airport code: EMA, ICAO airport code: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington. ... Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ... The M42 motorway is a major road in England. ... Market Street Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche) is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. ...
It is, in effect, a continuation of the M42, and its junctions are numbered as such. In fact, this is the only conceivable justification for its number as it is located entirely within Zone 5. In the Great Britain road numbering scheme the zones are defined by single-digit roads. ...
n/a - Roundabout junction with A453, eastern A453 for East Midlands Airport and north A453 leads for junction 24 of the M1.
The six mile £33m Measham & Ashby Bypass opened in August 1989. The M42 motorway is a major road in England. ... Measham is a village on the Leicestershire-Staffordshire border, located just off the A42 just south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. ... Market Street Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche) is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. ... Market Street Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ashby-de-la-Zouch (formerly also Ashby-de-la-Zouche) is a small market town in the North West Leicestershire district of the county of Leicestershire, England. ... Nottingham East Midlands Airport (IATA airport code: EMA, ICAO airport code: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington. ...
The A42 is a major trunk road in the United Kingdom.
The A42 is in effect a continuation of the M42, and its junctions are numbered accordingly.
The whole road disappeared in 1935 - the section from Reading to Shillingford became part of the A329, Shillingford to Oxford became part of the A423 and Oxford to Birmingham became part of the A34.
Junction 4A to 5 is one of the busiest sections of the M5, partly because a significant amount of traffic from the west of England wishing to use the M40 London route joins at junction 5 (Droitwich) and makes a detour north to junction 4A in order to join the M42.
Plans to widen the motorway to 4 lanes between junctions 17 and 21 were removed from the road buiding programme.
This road continues for a short distance as dual 3 lanes before brabnching into twin dual carriageway routes for Torbay and Plymouth respectively.
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