A35 road

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UK road A35.svg
A35
A35 road map.png
The A35 at Kingston Russell - geograph.org.uk - 967361.jpg
At Kingston Russell Looking east along the road from Bridport to Dorchester
Route information
Length96.0 mi [1]  (154.5 km)
Major junctions
West endUK road A30.svg A30 in Honiton
50°47′38″N3°12′37″W / 50.7939°N 3.2102°W / 50.7939; -3.2102 (A35 road (western end)) [2]
Major intersectionsUK road A37.svg A37 near Dorchester

UK road A31.svg A31 near Bere Regis
UK road A36.svg A36 in Totton
UK-Motorway-M271.svg M271 in Southampton

Contents

UK road A33.svg A33 in Southampton
East endUK road A335.svg A335 in Southampton
50°56′25″N1°22′41″W / 50.9404°N 1.3780°W / 50.9404; -1.3780 (A35 road (eastern end))
Location
Country United Kingdom
Primary
destinations
Bridport
Dorchester
(Weymouth)
Poole
Bournemouth
Southampton
Road network
UK road A34.svg A34 UK road A36.svg A36

The A35 is a major road in southern England, connecting Honiton in Devon and Southampton in Hampshire. It is a trunk road for some of its length. Most of its route passes through Dorset and the New Forest. It originally connected Exeter and Southampton, the original A35 ran along what is now the A3052 joining the present road at Charmouth.

Route

The A35 in the New Forest A35 in the New Forest.jpg
The A35 in the New Forest

Beginning in Honiton at the eastern junction with the A30 road, [2] the A35 travels in a roughly south-easterly direction past Axminster, Charmouth and Bridport. After Bridport, there is a 2-mile (3.2 km) section of dual carriageway, before it reaches its bypass around Dorchester. After Dorchester, there are approximately 8 miles (13 km) of dual carriageway, including the Puddletown bypass, until it reaches its roundabout with the A31 road at Bere Regis. Continuing roughly south-easterly still, it becomes dual carriageway again near Upton, before returning to a single carriageway through Poole and Bournemouth, apart from a small section of dual carriageway on Wessex Way. On reaching Christchurch, there is a dual-carriageway bypass. It then heads in a north-easterly direction through the New Forest, passing through Lyndhurst where it meets the A337 road (to Lymington). It continues through Ashurst and Totton, meeting the A36 road and M271 motorway at grade separated junctions. It then turns north-east, acting as the western part of Southampton's ring road, with the A27 road making up the eastern part. It terminates at Swaythling, on the northern outskirts of Southampton.

History

1922 - Road classification

The road number was created with the 1922 classification of roads in the United Kingdom. At that time its western terminus was on the then A30 in Heavitree, Exeter. [3] In 1966 the section from Charmouth to Exeter was de-trunked and renumbered to A3052, with the A35 directed over the former A373 to Honiton, [4] terminating at the then-new [5] A30 Honiton Bypass. [6] This added the narrow 220-foot (67 m) long Charmouth Tunnel to the route, built in 1832 to avoid the summit of Thistle Hill. [7]

1987/88 - Building of Dorchester and Bridport Bypasses

The A35 is a main route along England's south coast, [8] and was congested. To help solve the congestion, sections of the A35 were upgraded between Honiton and Poole. In 1969 the Ministry of Transport recorded the case for bypasses around Bridport and Dorchester. [9] The 2.4-mile (3.9 km) bypass to the south of Bridport opened almost two decades later in 1987, [10] followed by the 3.7-mile (6.0 km) bypass to the south of Dorchester [11] in 1988.

1990/91 - Building of Axminster and Charmouth Village Bypasses

Following the re-routing onto the former A373 road, a major traffic bottleneck was the town of Axminster. A much-desired southern bypass for the town was indefinitely postponed in 1980 by the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Kenneth Clarke. [12] The 3.65-kilometre (2.27 mi) project was eventually authorized by Act of Parliament in 1987, [8] with construction beginning in 1990 approximately following the line of a Roman road. [13] Charmouth village was bypassed in 1991, with the Charmouth Tunnel bypassed at the same time. The defunct tunnel was converted into a shooting range in 2010. [14]

1999 - Puddletown Bypass

The Puddletown dual carriageway bypass which opened in 1999 (together with the A30 Honiton-Exeter dualling) were financed under a Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) contract running from 1996 to 2026. [15]

2004-2007 - Road straightening between Slepe and Upton

An on-line straightening between Slepe and the Upton bypass was carried out in 2004, and the extension of the 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) speed limit west of Slepe by 1 mile (1.6 km) in 2007.

Bournemouth Centenary Way diversion

In Bournemouth, it has been diverted around the Sovereign Centre of Boscombe along Centenary Way resulting in a 1.9-mile (3.1 km) concurrency [16] with the A338; much of its former route is now pedestrianised.

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Devon Honiton 0.00.0UK road A30.svgUK-Motorway-M5.svgUK road A303.svgUK road A373.svgUK road A375.svg A30 to M5  / A303  / A373  / A375  Exeter, Andover, Yeovil, London, Cullompton, Sidmouth Western terminus
0.40.64UK road A375.svg A375 south Town centre, Cullompton A375 signed eastbound only; northern terminus of A375
Axminster 9.515.3UK road A358.svgUK road A3052.svg A358 to A3052  Musbury, Seaton, Axminster, Sidmouth To A3052, Axminster, and Sidmouth signed westbound only
Dorset Charmouth 14.222.9UK road A3052.svg A3052 west / Axminster Road Lyme Regis, Charmouth Eastern terminus of A3052
Bridport 22.636.4UK road A3066.svg A3066 north (Sea Road North) / B3162 (East Street) Town centre, Crewkerne, Bradpole, Melplash B3162 signed westbound only; southern terminus of A3066
Winterborne MonktonBradford PeverellDorchester boundary35.356.8UK road A37.svgUK road A352.svg A37 north / B3150 / Bridport Road / A352  Yeovil, Dorchester, Sherborne, Charminster, Stratton, Martinstown Southern terminus of A37
Winterborne MonktonWinterborne HerringstonDorchester boundary36.859.2UK road A354.svg A354 south (Monkton Hill) / B3147 (Weymouth Avenue) Weymouth, Dorchester, Upwey, Winterborne Monkton Southern terminus of A354 concurrency
Winterborne CameDorchester boundary38.061.2UK road A352.svg A352 east Wareham, Broadmayne, West Stafford Western terminus of A352
Stinsford 40.665.3 Higher Bockhampton, Lower Bockhampton Grade–separated junction
Puddletown 41.967.4 Tolpuddle, Puddletown, Troy Town, Puddletown ForestGrade–separated junction; Tolpuddle, Puddletown signed eastbound only, Puddletown Forest westbound only
43.0–
43.3
69.2–
69.7
UK road A354.svg A354 north / B3142 Blandford, Piddlehinton, Milborne St Andrew, Puddletown Grade–separated junction; Milborne St Andrew signed eastbound only, Puddletown westbound only; eastern terminus of A354 concurrency
TolpuddleAffpuddle and Turnerspuddle boundary46.3–
46.6
74.5–
75.0
Warmwell, Crossways, Affpuddle, Briantspuddle, Milborne St Andrew, Tolpuddle Grade–separated junction; Milborne St Andrew and Tolpuddle signed westbound only
Bere Regis 47.676.6 Bere Regis, Milborne St Andrew Grade–separated junction; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
48.978.7UK road A31.svg A31 north-east Wimborne, Ringwood, Blandford, Winterborne Kingston South-western terminus of A31
Lytchett Minster 56.290.4UK road A351.svg A351 south / B3067 Wareham, Sandford, Lytchett Minster, Swanage, Holton Heath Swanage and Holton Heath signed westbound only; northern terminus of A351
Upton 57.7–
58.1
92.9–
93.5
UK road A350.svg A350 north / B3068 Blandford, Upton, Hamworthy Grade–separated junction; western terminus of A350 concurrency
UptonPoole boundary58.6–
58.8
94.3–
94.6
UK road A350.svgUK road A3049.svg A350 south / Longmeadow Lane / Poole Road to A3049  Poole, Bournemouth, Ringwood Information signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A350 concurrency
Poole 60.096.6UK road A349.svg A349 (Waterloo Road) / Fleets Lane Wimborne, Broadstone
UK road A3049.svgUK road A348.svg A3049 east to A348  Bournemouth, Ringwood, Canford Heath, Christchurch
To A348 and Canford Heath signed eastbound only; access only to A3049 east and from A3049 west
62.199.9UK road A350.svg A350 north (Parkstone Road) Town centre Southern terminus of A350
63.5102.2Ashley Road (A3040 north) – Upper Parkstone, Wallisdown Wallisdown signed eastbound only; southern terminus of A3040
Bournemouth 64.3103.5Seamoor Road / The Avenue / Lindsay Road – Westbourne Western terminus of A338 concurrency; southern terminus of A338
65.6–
65.8
105.6–
105.9
UK road A347.svg A347 north Charminster, Winton, Wimborne Grade–separated junction; Charminster and Winton signed eastbound only; southern terminus of A347
66.2106.5UK road A338.svgUK road A31.svgUK road A35.svgUK road A3049.svgAircraft Airport ecomo.svg A338 north (Wessex Way) to A31  / A35 / A3049  Salisbury, Ringwood, Southampton, Lyndhurst, Boscombe, Christchurch, Bournemouth Airport Eastern terminus of A338 concurrency
67.9109.3UK road A3049.svgUK road A338.svg A3049 west (Ashley Road) to A338  Poole, Charminster, Winton, Ringwood Charminster and Winton signed eastbound only, Ringwood westbound only; eastern terminus of A3049
69.5111.8UK road A3060.svgUK road A338.svgUK road A341.svgAircraft Airport ecomo.svg A3060 north-west / Iford Lane to A338  / A341  Poole, Ringwood, Wimborne, Bournemouth town centre, Bournemouth Airport South-eastern terminus of A3060
BournemouthChristchurch boundary69.6–
69.8
112.0–
112.3
Iford Bridge over River Stour
Christchurch 73.0117.5UK road A337.svg A337 east (Highcliffe Road) / B3059 (Somerford Road) Lymington, New Milton, Highcliffe, Mudeford, Purewell, Somerford Western terminus of A337
Hampshire Burley 78.5126.3 Burley Grade–separated junction
Lyndhurst 85.2–
85.4
137.1–
137.4
UK road A337.svgUK-Motorway-M27.svgUK road A31.svg A337 to M27  / A31  Southampton, Ringwood, Cadnam, Lymington, Brockenhurst Brief concurrency
ColburyTotton boundary89.2–
89.4
143.6–
143.9
UK road A326.svgUK-Motorway-M27.svgUK road A36.svg A326 north to M27  / A36  Salisbury, Ringwood, Bournemouth, Totton (central & west), Netley Marsh, Cadnam, Ower
Totton 90.1145.0UK road A326.svg A326 south Fawley, Marchwood, Hythe
91.0146.5UK road A36.svg A36 north Totton town centre Grade–separated junction; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; southern terminus of A36
Southampton 91.2–
91.5
146.8–
147.3
UK-Motorway-M271.svgUK-Motorway-M27.svg M271 north to M27  London, Winchester, The Midlands, The West, Portsmouth, Bournemouth Grade–separated junction; The Midlands, Portsmouth and Bournemouth signed eastbound only, The West westbound only; western terminus of A33 concurrency; southern terminus of M271; western terminus of A33
91.8–
92.0
147.7–
148.1
UK road A33.svg A33  / First Avenue / Wimpson Lane City centre, Dock Gates 4-10, 20A33 and City centre signed westbound only; eastern terminus of A33 concurrency
92.9149.5UK road A3057.svg A3057 (Romsey Road) Romsey, Maybush, Lordshill, Shirley
94.1–
94.7
151.4–
152.4
UK road A33.svgUK-Motorway-M3.svg A33 (The Avenue / Bassett Avenue) to M3  City centre, London, Winchester
96.0154.5UK road A335.svgUK-Motorway-M27.svgAircraft Airport ecomo.svg A335 to M27  Eastleigh, Airport Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Incidents

In May 2021, a sinkhole opened on the carriageway following emergency repairs to a pothole on the A35 Puddletown bypass near the junction for Troytown. The road was closed to allow remedial works to be carried out. [17]

In October 2021 the edge of the eastbound carriageway collapsed into a field where the A35 ascends an escarpment 1.1 miles (1.8 km) east of Honiton. Due to the complex ground conditions repairs took 8 months to complete with temporary signals controlling single-file traffic for that time. [18] [19]

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