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See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Depending on the first digit of the road's number see: Zone 1 (road beginning with 1) Zone 2 (road beginning with 2) Zone 3 (road beginning with 3) Zone 4 (road beginning with 4) Zone 5 (road beginning with 5) Zone 6 (road beginning with 6)
Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was introduced merely to simplify funding allocations, it soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. There are two sub-schemes in use: one for motorways, and another for non-motorway roads.
The A199 used to be part of the A1. (With respect to the Scottish numbering hub of Edinburgh, the A199 is in fact correctly numbered as Zone 1 is anticlockwise from Zone 6 when viewed this way.) A282: Thurrock: Zone 1 New road which is important and assigned an A2xx number as most A1xx numbers were already used (as zone 1 is far larger than ...
List of motorways in the United Kingdom; List of road junctions in the United Kingdom; ... The numbering zones for A & B roads in Great Britain. ... a non-profit ...
Numbered roads in the UK are signed as M (Motorway), A, [12] or B [12] roads (legal "classification" varies between countries), as well as various categories of more minor roads: for internal purposes, local authorities may also use C, [13] D [citation needed] and U [13] (the letter standing for "Unclassified"); use of C and U numbers on signs is unusual but examples can be found in all four ...
A route (or road) number, designation or abbreviation is an identifying numeric (or alphanumeric) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and, in many cases, also to indicate its classification (e.g. motorway, primary route, regional road, etc.), general geographical location (in zonal numbering systems) and/or ...
Road From To Length Notes A3: The Monument, London: Portsmouth: 78 miles (126 km) A large majority is a trunk road. Its southern parallel motorway is designated the A3(M). A30: Hounslow, West London Land's End: 281 miles (452 km) Replaced for 6 miles (9.7 km) between Popham and the Bullington interchange by the A303 trunk road southwest of ...
Near Cranleigh the road used to head south on what is now the B2130, Stovolds Hill, a now-destroyed road, and Dunsfold Road to Alford, where it rejoined the modern route. The road was rerouted with the construction of Dunsfold Aerodrome during World War II. Previously followed Old Guildford Road in Broadbridge Heath, and West Street and East ...