A42 road
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- This article is about the road. For information on the aircraft, see Aero A.42.
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| Length (miles) | 15 |
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| Length (km) | 24 |
| Direction | North east - South west |
| Start | Appleby Magna |
| Primary destinations |
Ashby de la Zouch Coalville |
| End | Kegworth |
| Construction End | 1989 |
| Roads joined |  M1 motorway M42 motorway A444 road A453 road A511 road A512 road |
The A42 is a major trunk road in the United Kingdom. It links junction 23A of the M1 motorway to junction 11 of the M42 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 separated dual carriageway. The six mile Measham and Ashby-de-la-Zouch bypass section was opened in August 1989 at a cost of £33m.
A stretch of the A42 near Ashby has been selected as one of 5 East Midlands locations for a proposed structure called the Sky Vault.
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[edit] Junctions
| A42 Road | ||
| Northbound exits | Junction | Southbound exits |
| Nottingham A453 (North) East Midlands Airport, Diseworth A453 (West) Donington Park services (only) |
Terminus Roundabout M1 J23A |
Leicester M1 Start of road |
| Nottingham, Sheffield M1 | No exit | |
| Tonge, Castle Donington A453 | J14 | No exit |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville A511 Shepshed, Loughborough A512 |
J13 | Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Coalville A511 Shepshed, Loughborough A512 |
| Measham, Snarestone B4116 Ashby-de-la-Zouch B5006 |
J12 | Measham, Snarestone B4116 Ashby-de-la-Zouch B5006 |
| Start of road | J11 | Twycross, Swadlincote, Burton upon Trent A444 Non motorway traffic |
| Twycross, Swadlincote, Burton upon Trent A444 | Road continues M42 to Birmingham | |
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A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain road numbering system |
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| A4 | A40 - A41 - A42 - A43 - A44 - A45 - A46 - A47 - A48 - A49 | |
| A403 - A406 - A413 - A414 - A417 - A418 - A419 | ||
| A420 - A421 - A422 - A425 - A426 - A427 - A428 - A429 - A435 - A441 - A442 - A445 - A449 | ||
| A452 - A453 - A454 - A456 - A458 - A461 - A465 - A470 - A472 - A478 - A482 - A483 - A487 - A488 | ||
| A494 - A497 - A498 - A499 | ||
| A4006 - A4012 - A4018 - A4025 - A4040 - A4042 | ||
| A4103 - A4117 - A4150 - A4133 - A4142 - A4146 - A4174 | ||
| A4202 - A4212 - A4260 - A4400 - A4536 - A4540 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 4 | ||
