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 ended | 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 as M42 to Birmingham | |
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[edit] History of the road number
The current road is the second incarnation of the A42. The original (1923) route was Reading, Berkshire to Birmingham via Oxford. 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.
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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 - A404 - A406 - A412 - A413 - A414 - A417 - A418 - A419 | ||
| A420 - A421 - A422 - A423 - A425 - A426 - A427 - A428 - A429 | ||
| A431 - A432 - A435 - A441 - A442 - A445 - A449 | ||
| A452 - A453 - A454 - A456 - A458 - A461 - A465 | ||
| A470 - A472 - A478 - A482 - A483 - A487 - A488 - A489 | ||
| A494 - A497 - A498 - A499 | ||
| A4006 - A4012 - A4018 - A4025 - A4032 - A4040 - A4042 - A4094 | ||
| A4103 - A4113 - A4117 - A4150 - A4133 - A4135 - A4142 - A4146 - A4155 - A4174 | ||
| A4202 - A4212 - A4260 - A4400 - A4536 - A4540 | ||
| List of A roads in Zone 4 | ||
