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A417

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About the Road

A main cross-country route, this road also forms one half of the New Cross Country Route in conjunction with the A419, providing a fast, mostly high-quality dual carriageway route between the M4 and M5, avoiding the need to travel via Bristol.

 

Facts and Figures

starts at: Hope under Dinmore
primary destinations en route: Gloucester
Cirencester
finishes at: Siddington
length: 96 miles
motorway junctions: M50, M5
primary route junctions: A49, A4103, A438, A449, A38, A40, A436, A429, A419
E-Roads: none

 

Construction History

1988 Birdlip By-pass
1995 Brockworth By-pass
1997 Cirencester & Stratton By-pass
1998 Stratton to Nettleton Dualling

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