A370 road

The A370 is a primary road in England running from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and on to East Brent (near Brent Knoll) in Somerset. A more direct route from Bristol to East Brent is the A38.

Route

Within Bristol urban area, the road begins at Bath Road roundabout, at the busy junction with A4 near Temple Meads. It then follows the new cut of River Avon west to Cumberland basin, via Bedminster.

From here on, it begins to head south-westwards out of the City. It first bypasses Long Ashton, then passes through Flax Bourton, Backwell, Brockley, Cleeve, Congresbury and Hewish, beyone which it crosses the M5 motorway at junction 21.

The road then enters Weston-super-Mare: a dual carriageway extends most of the way, by passing the built-up area to the east of the town. On reaching the waterfront, the road turns south to run partly along the beach, then leaves Weston at Uphill. It passes Bleadon and Lympsham before meeting the A38 road at East Brent.^[1]

Condition

The A370 can get extremely busy during rush hour.^[2] Congestion points include the approaches to the M5 motorway, the traffic lights in Congresbury and the Long Ashton bypass—which now has a high-occupancy vehicle lane solely for use by buses, taxis, motorcycles, and cars with two or more occupants.

Future

As part of the "Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study", a link road is under consideration to the south of Bristol.^[3][4] This is in part due to the congestion at Winterstoke road and Barrow Gurney,^[5] both of which are very busy, especially the latter where the road can only accommodate travelling at one direction at a given time); and the incomplete Bristol Ring Road (A4174).

Points of interest

References

External links

• The Society for all British Road Enthusiats' (SABRE) entry on A370