A428 road

A428
The bridge over the River Great Ouse
Route information
Length:	82.9 mi[1] (133.4 km)
Major junctions
Northwest end:	Coventry 52°24′31″N 1°29′33″W / 52.4087°N 1.4925°W / 52.4087; -1.4925
	A4600 road A444 road A4082 road A46 road A4071 road A426 road A5 road [[Image:Motorway Left.svg|[ |x30px|link=]] M1 motorway A4500 road A5080 road A508 road A5120 road A4501 road A45 road A509 road A422 road A5141 road A6 road A5140 road A421 road A1 road A1198 road A1303 road A14 road
Southeast end:	Cambridge 52°13′55″N 0°04′40″E / 52.2319°N 0.0779°E / 52.2319; 0.0779
Location
Primary destinations:	Rugby Northampton Bedford Cambridge Coventry
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It connects the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford.

Route

Coventry - Northampton

The road starts on the A4600 Sky Blue Way in Coventry, heading Eastbound out of the city meeting the A444 and A4082 roads before crossing the A46 Eastern Bypass and into Warwickshire. The road then passes through the village of Binley Woods before becoming more rural in nature, meeting the Fosse Way and crossing the River Avon at Bretford. 3.8 miles (6.1 km) further along, the road enters Rugby where it meets the A4071 and A426 and passes Rugby School. It then continues out of the town to the east through the suburb of Hillmorton and crosses the A5 near Daventry International Railfreight Terminal (DIRFT). It meets the M1 at its original terminus, junction 18, and bypasses the towns of Crick and West Haddon. The road passes the Althorp family estate, then enters the town of Northampton.

Northampton - Cambridge

East of Northampton the road passes Little Houghton, Brafield-on-the-Green and Yardley Hastings. After here it enters the Unitary borough of Milton Keynes. It then meets the A509 at Warrington roundabout. Continuing towards Bedford the road passes Lavendon, Cold Brayfield, rossing the River Ouse it enters Bedfordshire at [Turvey], on to Bromham. It meets the A422 (for Milton Keynes north) at a roundabout entering Bedford.

The A428 route here is a concurrency with the A421, bypassing Bedford, Great Barford and Roxton (bypass opened on 24 August 2006), then at the Black Cat Roundabout joins the dual-carriageway A1 bypassing Wyboston. This £120,000 section of dual carriageway opened in 1959. The route leaves the A1 just south of St Neots. The first mile (1.6 km) of the 3-mile (4.8 km) St Neots bypass is also the boundary between Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Where it is crossed by the East Coast Main Line, it enters Cambridgeshire and the district of Huntingdonshire. The A428 from here to Cambridge follows the former A45, which became the A428 when the A14 opened. The road enters the district of South Cambridgeshire. It meets the A1198 (former A14) at Caxton Gibbet roundabout near Papworth Everard. From here the road is dual carriageway, bypassing the existing single carriageway section near Hardwick. The road terminates, merging into the A14 at Girton interchange, where traffic joins first from the M11 junction 14 and then from the trunk A14 road junction 31.

History

Bypasses and realignments

• Crick (Bypassed, now unclassified)
• West Haddon (Bypassed, now unclassified)
• Little Houghton (Bypassed, now unclassified) (the 2-mile (3.2 km) £1.4 million bypass opened in December 1979)
• Bromham (the 2-mile (3.2 km) £4.8 million bypass opened in September 1986)^[2]
• Bedford (now classified as A4280) - The first section of the Bedford Western Bypass opened December 2009. The route, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) in length, commences at the Bromham Bypass on the east side of the river for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km). It then passes southwards crossing the River Great Ouse flood plain and bypasses Kempston to meet the A421 (A1-M1 link)
• St Neots bypass (opened in December 1985, originally designated as the A45. The former route through the town is now the B1428).
• Eltisley bypass (opened in 1972, originally designated as the A45).

Recent Improvements

• Cambourne: Bypassed by a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) stretch of dual carriageway opened in May 2003.
• Caxton Gibbet: A two-lane £55 million dual carriageway section opened on 24 May 2007 after widening works started by the Highways Agency in August 2005,^[3] linking this point to a grade-separated junction at Hardwick (about 5 miles (8 km) further east).^[4]

References

A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme
	A4 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49
	A403 A404 A405 A406 A412 A413 A414 A415 A417 A418 A419 A420 A421 A422 A423 A425 A426 A427 A428 A429 A431 A432 A433 A435 A441 A442 A444 A445 A446 A448 A449 A452 A453 A454 A456 A458 A461 A465 A468 A469 A470 A472 A473 A474 A475 A476 A477 A478 A482 A483 A484 A485 A486 A487 A488 A489 A490 A491 A493 A494 A496 A497 A498 A499
	A4005 A4006 A4008 A4010 A4012 A4018 A4025 A4032 A4037 A4040 A4042 A4050 A4053 A4054 A4055 A4059 A4060 A4061 A4063 A4067 A4069 A4074 A4076 A4080 A4085 A4094 A4103 A4107 A4109 A4110 A4113 A4117 A4118 A4119 A4123 A4130 A4133 A4135 A4136 A4138 A4142 A4146 A4148 A4150 A4155 A4160 A4161 A4169 A4173 A4174 A4202 A4212 A4216 A4217 A4221 A4226 A4230 A4232 A4234 A4240 A4241 A4260 A4361 A4400 A4536 A4540
List of A roads in Zone 4 List of B roads in Zone 4

Transport in Buckinghamshire
Road	Motorways M1 M4 M25 M40 A-roads A4 A40 A41 A404 A412 A413 A418 A421 A422 A428 A4010 A4012 A4146 A4155 A5 A508 A509 A5130 Roman roads Akeman Street Watling Street Notable junctions Handy Cross roundabout Denham Roundabout Magic Roundabout (High Wycombe) Motorway service stations Beaconsfield Newport Pagnell
Rail	Main lines West Coast Main Line Chiltern Main Line Great Western main line Other lines Marston Vale line London–Aylesbury line Metropolitan line Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line Marlow branch line Closed lines Varsity Line Great Central Main Line Banbury to Verney Junction branch line Brill Tramway Wycombe Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Cheddington to Aylesbury Line Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line Bedford–Northampton line Other Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway East West Rail Link Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Seer Green rail crash List of railway stations
Air	Denham Aerodrome Turweston Aerodrome Silverstone Heliport Wycombe Air Park RAF Bases
Waterways	Rivers River Thames River Great Ouse Canals Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Grand Union Canal Branches: Slough Arm Wendover Arm Aylesbury Arm
Footpaths	National Trails Thames Path The Ridgeway Long-distance footpaths Icknield Way (path) Chiltern Way Greater Ridgeway Midshires Way Ouse Valley Way Shakespeare's Way Swan's Way
Cycle paths	Route 4 Route 6 Route 50 Route 51 Route 57 Route 61 Route 70
Related articles	Transport in Milton Keynes Road Milton Keynes grid road system A421 A422 A4146 A5 A509 A5130 H6 Childs Way H10 Bletcham Way V6 Grafton Street V8 Marlborough Street Rail Bletchley railway station Bletchley TMD Bow Brickhill railway station East West Rail Link Fenny Stratford railway station Marston Vale line Milton Keynes Central railway station Varsity Line West Coast Main Line Woburn Sands railway station Wolverton railway station Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line Bus Buses in Milton Keynes Arriva Shires & Essex Milton Keynes Coachway MK Metro Stagecoach in Northants United Counties Omnibus Water Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (under construction) Cosgrove aqueduct Grand Union Canal Other transport Milton Keynes redway system Watling Street Wolverton and Stony Stratford Tramway

Coordinates: 52°09′43″N 0°37′06″W / 52.16193°N 0.61841°W / 52.16193; -0.61841