A12

A12
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From:	London (TQ383810)
To:	Great Yarmouth (TG023591)
Length:	129 miles (207.6 km)
Meets:	M25, A14, A127, A47
Former Number(s):	A102, A102(M), A106
Primary Destinations
Chelmsford • Colchester • Docklands • Great Yarmouth • Ipswich • London • Lowestoft • Romford • Stratford, London •
Highways Authorities
Highways Agency • Transport for London
Traditional Counties
Essex • Norfolk • Suffolk
Route outline (key)
A12 London - Copdock (A14) Copdock - Bucklesham A12 A14 J58 - Great Yarmouth Junction List Junc. Northbound Southbound 11 M25, A1023 M25, A1023 12 A1023, B1002 A1023, B1002 13 No Exit B1002 14 Margaretting No Exit 15 A414, B1002 A414, B1002 16 B1007 B1007 17 A130, A1114 A130, A1114 18 A414, A1060 A414, A1060 19 A130, A138, B1137 A130, A138, B1137 20A B1137 No Exit 20B No Exit B1137 21 B1389 No Exit 22 B1389 B1389 23 B1024 No Exit 24 No Exit B1024 25 A120, B1408 A120, B1408 26 A1124 A1124 27 A133 No Exit 28 29 A120, A1232 A120, A1232 30 B1029 B1029 31 B1070 B1070 32A Capel St Mary Capel St Mary 32B Copdock Copdock 33 A14, A1214 A14, A1214

Route

This is the A12 just west of Junction 26

The A12 is a major road found in the East of England. Linking London to East Anglia, it is a very busy road. The A12 also has the honour of being the most easternmost road in the entire British Isles. This is at Lowestoft.

History

Birds crossing the A12 in 1970

Like many of the first 99, the A12 has had a vast array of upgrades. Unlike most of them, the upgrades are a group of bypasses that just happens to make a major road. Also part of the old road are now abandoned.

Notable locations and improvements

Redbridge Roundabout

The A406 overbridges.

The Redbridge Roundabout is where the A12 meets the North Cictuair road. Built in the 1970's for the M15, now numbered A406, the roundabout today is very busy. It is also right by Redbridge Tube Station.

Brook Street Interchange

This is southern side of the rounabout from the M25

Brook Street Interchange was first built in the 1970's as part of the Brentwood Bypass. The old road was renumbered A1023. In 1983 the M25 was built on top of the existing interchange. Today it is one of the busiest junctions of the M25 due to the fact the A12 is the only road from London to the southern end of East Anglia.

Copdock Interchange

This is the A12 near Copdock Interchange

Copdock Interchange is where the A12 meets the A14. A very busy junction as all A12 traffic is dumped onto the Eastbound A14. It also where the old A12 goes straght towards Ipswich.

Opening Dates

Pictures

Links

CBRD

• Motorway Database
• Boreham Interchange
• Colchester Link

Roads UK

• Junction Map
• A12: London to The Broads gallery

Wikipedia

• A12 page

A12

Junctions Ardleigh Crown Interchange • Bentley Longwood Interchange • Boreham Interchange • Bow Interchange • Brightwell Corner • Brook Street Interchange • Capel St Mary South Interchange • Colemans Interchange • Copdock Interchange • Eight Ash Green Interchange • Four Sisters • Furze Hill Interchange • Gallows Corner • Gants Hill Roundabout • Green Man Roundabout • Hackney Wick Interchange • Hatfield Peveral North Interchange • Hatfield Peveral South Interchange • Howe Green Interchange • Hughes Corner • Kelvedon North Interchange • Kelvedon South Interchange • Little Heath Junction • Lynfield Motors Interchange • Marks Tey Interchange • Marylands Interchange • Moby Dick • Old Ford • Rackhams Corner • Redbridge Roundabout (London) • Sandon Interchange • Seven Hills Interchange • Severalls Interchange • Spring Lane Roundabout • Stock Road Interchange • Stratford St Mary Interchange • Trueloves Interchange • Webbs Farm Interchange •

Services Copdock services •

Crossings Breydon Bridge • Kelvedon Bypass Bridge • Stratford Bridge • Stratford St Andrew Bridge • Temple Mills Bridges • Wickham Market Bypass Bridge •

Roads E113 (Old System) • E30 • E8 (Old System) • T3 (Britain) •

Miscellaneous A12 history • A12 route • A12/Named Junctions •

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