B1148 (Kings Lynn)

This article is about the former B1148 in King's Lynn.
For the original B1148 from Norwich to Fakenham, now numbered A1067, see B1148 (Norwich - Fakenham).
For the short-lived B1148 in Spalding, see B1148 (Spalding).

Heading east along the now-unclassified former B1148

The second version of the B1148 was a short link road to the north of King's Lynn town centre. The road was originally unclassified; owing to its short length it is not known the exact date the road gained its number but it was definitely in existence by the mid-1940s, as a link to the town docks. The road survived until at least the 2000s but has now been declassified once more.

The road started on the A148 Gaywood Road and headed north along the residential Loke Road. It crossed the Gaywood River before bearing sharply left at what is now a mini-roundabout; the road name did not change. The road now continued west for a short distance before ending on the A1078 John Kennedy Road. Before this road was constructed the B1148 ended in more-or-less the same place at the dock gates.

Curiously, the DfT Card Index from c2002 lists the B1148 as running along 'Salters Road' which is now a rather inconsequential residential street in two parts a short distance further north. However, it appears that in the past Salters Road may have been a longer and more important route, following a different line, which included the north - south section of what is now Loke Road.