A1120 road explained

Country:ENG
Type:A
Route:1120
Header Type:minor
Image Notes:A1120 Dennington Road
Length Mi:26.0
Direction A:Southwest
Terminus A:Stowmarket
Direction B:Northeast
Terminus B:Yoxford
Junction:


Destinations:Stowupland, Earl Soham, Dennington, Peasenhall
Previous Type:A
Next Type:A
Previous Route:1117
Next Route:1121

The A1120 is an 'A' road in the English county of Suffolk.[1] It links Stowmarket to Yoxford passing through the centre of the county.[2] It is 26miles long.

Route

From west to east the road passes through the following settlements:

History

Original Cambridge route

The A1120 was the original Cambridge southern bypass, upgraded from the B1046 in the early 1930s.

Starting on the A603 Newnham Road the A1120 headed east along The Fen Causeway, which was only built in the mid-1920s (and opened as part of the B1046). A staggered crossroads took the road over the A10 Trumpington Road, after which the road ran northeastwards along Lensfield Road and East Road, to end on the A45 Newmarket Road.

In 1935, the A1120 was renumbered as an eastern extension of the A603 itself. The Fen Causeway has since been renumbered as part of the A1134 ring road, although the A603 is still here as the junior partner in a multiplex.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabre.
  2. Clark.R (2003) The long and winding road, The Telegraph, 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-05.