Gloucester Road, Bristol
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The Gloucester Road, Bristol is a major road that connects the City Centre of Bristol with Gloucester. It was originally called Horfield Road and it is part of the A38. It starts at a junction with Cheltenham Road which is spanned by a railway viaduct carrying the Severn Beach Line across the road (known as "the Arches"). Gloucester Road then goes north through Bristol for several miles, being the main road through several shopping districts for many of Bristol’s inner suburbs including St. Andrews, Bishopston and Horfield.
The road continues through the outer suburbs, temporarily becoming Filton Road, then Gloucester Road North (and becoming a dual carriageway), before reverting to "Gloucester Road" shortly after passing Filton Airport and the Royal Mail Sorting Office on a flyover. Technically by this point we are in South Gloucestershire, but still within the conurbation of Bristol. The road bypasses Patchway and Bradley Stoke, then increases in capacity to six-lane dual carriageway as it transfers Aztec West traffic to and from the M5. It changes back to single carriageway as it passes through Almondsbury, and from there passes Alveston and Thornbury on its way to Gloucester.
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