A1016

This article is about the current A1016 to the west of Chelmsford.
For the original A1016 to the south of the same town, see A1016 (New London Road, Chelmsford).
For the disputed A1016 in Shoeburyness, see A1016 (Shoeburyness).

The A1016 is the Chelmsford western bypass.

The road starts at a roundabout on the A1114 (former A12) in Widford and heads north. To begin with it runs through an industrial estate before becoming residential at traffic lights. This leads to a bridge over the River Can and a brief multiplex with the A1060 which zigzags across the A1016 between adjacent sets of traffic lights; this section is D4 to cope with the weaving traffic.

A1016 near Springfield

Now right on the edge of the city centre, the road remains dual. It picks up the B1008 at a large roundabout and multiplexes with it to a set of traffic lights where the A1016 TOTSOs left and becomes S2 once more. Now heading out of town it runs along the semi-rural Chelmer Valley Road and soon crosses the river of that name. After turning right at a roundabout and skirting the suburb of Springfield, the road comes to another roundabout where it would have met the old A130 northern bypass. However in 2023, with the completion of A131 Beaulieu Parkway, the A1016 now follows the old route of the A130 to the north and ends at a roundabout with the A131 next to Regiment Business Park.