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From:London (TQ278809)
To:Holyhead (SH248241)
Via:Milton Keynes, Tamworth, Cannock, Telford, Shrewsbury
Length:263 miles (423.2 km)
Meets:M1, M69, M42, M6, M54, A40, A41, A43, A55
Primary Destinations
BangorBetws-y-CoedBrownhillsCannockCentral LondonDunstableHinckleyHolyheadLlangollenLondonMilton KeynesOswestryRugbyShrewsburySt AlbansTamworthTelford
Highways Authorities

Highways AgencyTransport WalesAngleseyBrentHarrowStaffordshireTelford & Wrekin

Traditional Counties

AngleseyBedfordshireBuckinghamshireCaernarfonshireDenbighshireHertfordshireLeicestershireMerionethshireMiddlesexNorthamptonshireShropshireStaffordshireWarwickshire

Route outline (key)
A5 Marble Arch - Maida Vale
A5 Maida Vale – Borehamwood
A5 Borehamwood - Redbourne
A5 Redbourne – Gailey
A5 Gailey – Telford
(M54) Telford
A5 Telford - Bangor
A5 Bangor – Holyhead

Route

The A5 on Anglesey with Snowdon in the background and the new A55 to the left
Main Article: A5 route

The A5 couldn't have a more varied route, starting out in the centre of London, cutting its way across the centre of the country before starting a winding route through the mountainous areas of North Wales before crossing onto Anglesey and terminating at Holyhead.

History

Shrewsbury 1954: The original Shrewsbury bypass
Main Article: A5 history

The A5 has a long and interesting history, largely following the Roman Watling Street, and later in the 1800s improved by Thomas Telford. In more recent history, several bypasses and realignments have been added to the route.

Notable locations and improvements

Glyn Bends, Ty Nant

Main Article: Glyn Bends, Ty Nant

The Glyn Bends were located on the A5 near Ty Nant in North Wales. In 1994 work started to bypass this section of the A5 with a new cutting to the North, which opened in 1996.

Menai Bridge

The Menai suspension bridge was built by Thomas Telford to carry his Holyhead Road across the Menai Straits. Its chains are made from wrought iron which supported a wooden deck.

Opening Dates

MonthYearSection Notes
2005 Weeford – Fazeley Dual carriageway bypass
2003 Nesscliffe Bypass Dual carriageway bypass
2002 M6 Toll New Junction at Churchbridge, Wall & Weeford
2002 M6 Toll New bridge and roundabout (New Town, Staffordshire)
1996 Ty Nant Cutting Short bypass of the Glyn Bends
August 1992 Shrewsbury bypass Dual carriageway bypass of existing bypass.
July 1995 Fazeley Two Gates Wilnecote Bypass Dual carriageway bypass
December 1986 Oswestry bypass Single carriageway bypass, actually routing the A5 closer to the town.
1983 Bangor bypass Now classified as A55
October 1980 Bletchley – Stoney Stratford Dual carriageway bypass
1930s Shrewsbury bypass Original single carriageway bypass
1826 Menai Bridge Built by Thomas Telford
1815 Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed Built by Thomas Telford

Links

Highways Agency

Welsh Assembly

Pathetic Motorways

roadsUK



A5
JunctionsChurchbridgeMarble ArchWeeford Interchange
ServicesTamworth services
CrossingsMenai Suspension BridgePont CorwenWaterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed
ProjectsGlyn Bends, Ty Nant
RoadsWatling Street
MiscellaneousA5 historyA5 routeThomas Telford
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