SABRE

While the A39 has been extended to the north of its original route, and re-routed to the south, the central section has remained largely the same, albeit with a few bypasses and realignments. Much of the route, as with so many other A roads in the South West, follows old Turnpike roads, and in places even Roman Roads. Below some of the key historical aspects of the route are identified.

Allowing for the fact that the A39 originally started on the A361 at Ashcott, we shall still start