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Barnes Meadow Interchange

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Barnes Meadow Interchange
Location Map ( geo)
Northampton south, junction of A46 and A428, Brackmills- aerial 2015 - Geograph - 4497564.jpg
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Location
Northampton
County
Northamptonshire
Highway Authority
National Highways
Junction Type
Roundabout Interchange
Roads Joined
A45, A428, A5095

Barnes Meadow Interchange is a major junction sited about a mile ESE of the centre of Northampton, at the point where the A45, A428, and A5095 meet.

History

Original plan for the junction

The junction is a result of the town's status as a new town in the 1960s. The expansion of Northampton called for a new road system of expressways to distribute traffic through the town. The original plan was for the A45 to pass just to the south of the town centre on a new alignment from Upton to Barnes Meadow with a flyover above the roundabout. This was never built, so instead of having traffic coming to a halt at the roundabout it was decided to build the flyover facing southwards, which is why the junction looks so awkward on a map.

Routes

Route To Notes

A45

Wellingboro', Kettering (A43), Weston Favell 2 1/2, Gt Billing 4

A45

(M1), Milton Keynes, Sixfields, Oxford (A43)

A428

Town centre, Market Harborough (A508), Borough Council Offices, Hospital

A428

Bedford, County Council Offices 1/2, Brackmills 1/2, Gt Houghton 1 1/4, Lt Houghton 2

A5095

Abington 1 1/2, Kingsthorpe 3 Number not signed




Barnes Meadow Interchange
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Barns Meadow.pngNorthampton south, junction of A46 and A428, Brackmills- aerial 2015 - Geograph - 4497564.jpg
Junctions on the A45
Birmingham - M1 SectionCamp Hill Flyover • Bordesley Circus • Poets Corner • Heybarne's Circus • Swan Island • Wells Green • Clock • Bickenhill • Stonebridge • Pickford Green • Tile Hill Gyratory • Stivichall • Tollbar End • Ryton Island • Memorial Island • Blue Boar • Thurlaston • Dunchurch • Kislingbury
M1 - Thrapston SectionCollingtree • Queen Eleanor • Brackmills • Barns Meadow • Lumbertubs Way • Great Billing • 10 Earls Barton • 11 Junction 11 • Willby Way Roundabout • 14 Little Irchester • 16 Irchester Bridge • 17 Skew Bridge Roundabout • 18 Chowns Mill Roundabout • Stanwick Roundabout • Raunds Island • Thrapston
Former Rushden - Felixstowe SectionSkew Bridge Roundabout • Hail Weston • Caxton Gibbet • Madingley • Girton • Histon • Milton • Fen Ditton • Quy • Nine Mile Hill • Exning • Waterhall • Kentford • Higham • Risby • Westley • St Saviours • Moreton Hall • Rookery Crossroads • Beyton • Woolpit • A14 Junction 47A • Quarries Cross • Tot Hill • Cedars • Beacon Hill • Claydon Roundabout • Barrack Corner • Whitehouse • Sproughton • Copdock • Wherstead • Nacton • Seven Hills • Trimley • Dock Spur Roundabout • Port of Felixstowe • Dock Gate 1 Roundabout
Junctions on the A420, A421 and A428
A420Headington Roundabout • The Plain • Botley Interchange • Tubney Wood Roundabout • Kingston Bagpuize Roundabout • Stanford Road Roundabout • Park Road Roundabout • Watchfield Roundabout • White Hart Junction • Bridge Roundabout • Bumpers Farm Roundabout • Cold Ashton Roundabout • Deanery Road Roundabout • Lawrence Hill Roundabout
A421Barleymow Roundabout • Tesco Roundabout • Bottledump Roundabout • Tattenhoe Roundabout • Windmill Hill Roundabout • Emerson Roundabout • Elfield Park Roundabout • Bleak Hall Roundabout • Coffee Hall Roundabout • Hospital Roundabout • Marina Roundabout • Netherfield Roundabout • Kents Hill Roundabout • Brinklow Roundabout • Kingston Roundabout • Fen Farm Roundabout • Eagle Farm Roundabout • Ridgmont Interchange • Marston Junction • Marsh Leys Roundabout • Elstow Interchange • Harrowden Interchange • Cardington Cross • Renhold Interchange • Black Cat Roundabout
A428Binley (TGI Island) • Crick Interchange • Barns Meadow Interchange • Warrington Toll Bar Roundabout • Marsh Leys Roundabout • Elstow Interchange • Harrowden Interchange • Cardington Cross • Renhold Interchange • Black Cat Roundabout • Wyboston Interchange • Tesco Roundabout • Tithe Farm Roundabout • Caxton Gibbet • Cambourne Junction • Hardwick Interchange • Madingley Interchange • Girton Interchange

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