A120 road (England)

A120 road

Route of the A120 from OpenStreetMap
Part of
Major junctions
West end: Puckeridge
  A10 road
A1184 road
A1250 road
M11 motorway Junction 8
A130 road
A131 road
A12 road Junctions 25 and 29
A1232 road
A133 road
A136 road
East end: Harwich
Location
Primary
destinations
:
Stansted Airport
Colchester
Road network

Roads in the United Kingdom
Motorways • A and B road zones

The A120 is an important trunk road in southern England. It follows the course of Stane Street, a Roman road from Standon, Hertfordshire at its western terminus to Colchester. From Colchester the A120 leads roughly east to Harwich, on the way carrying much traffic from Stansted Airport.

The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E32.

Contents

Bypasses along the A120

The old A120 has been bypassed in several places, such that the old Roman road can be easily traced on a map, with the current designated A120 being less straight. From west to east, the A120's bypasses are:

Other information

The A120 was, at one point in the Ringway scheme of London roads, going to be part of an outer ring road for London. However, the Ringway projects were scrapped, and the implications of extending the A120 to the west were too great.

The western end of the A120 terminates at the A10, which was recently upgraded such that the route from the A120 south to the M25 motorway is all dual-carriageway road (although some of this passes through Broxbourne and Cheshunt). As such, the A120 is now carrying more traffic from the M11, that wishes to avoid the heavily-congested M25.

Future plans

M11 and A120 Stansted Generation 2 Airport Access

A joint scheme involving work to junctions on the M11 and A120, it is proposed that a new junction on the A120, replacing two existing ones, will be built to inprove access to Stansted Airport.[1]

A120 Hare Green to Harwich

There are proposals to upgrade the A120 from Hare Green to Harwich which is currently a mixture of single carriageway and dual-carriageway as required by approval for the new Bathside Bay container port at Harwich International Port. Plans for consultation were put on hold in August 2009.[2]

A120 Braintree to Marks Tey

There were proposals to turn the A120 into a dual carriageway between Braintree and the junction with the A12.[3] In July 2009 the proposed improvements were 'scrapped'.[4]

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