A1089

This article is about the current A1089 to Tilbury.
For the original A1089 slightly further north, see A1089 (Chadwell).

The A1089 is a short but busy route connecting the docks and port of Tilbury to the outside world. By road that is!

Route

Roundabout on the A1089 leading to unclassified roads

It starts at the Baker Street Interchange with the A13 near Orsett and heads south under the A1013 to pass between Grays and Chadwell St Mary, also passing under the B149 to reach a GSJ with the A126. Two miles in, the dual carriageway crashes into a roundabout outside Tilbury Asda, with two unclassified roads joining. The one to the west leads to the Asda and a small industrial/retail park, while to the east the road leads into Tilbury itself. Some maps show this as a continuation of the A126 - and indeed that is the road's original number.

Continuing south, the road remains dualled as far as the entrance to Tilbury Port. Here the right-hand lane is clogged with lorries queueing to turn right, while the left hand lane is blissfully empty. There is just over a mile to go now, with the first roundabout providing back entrances into the port complex, and the second is the end of the route. To the right is a rather forbidding gated entrance to London International Cruise Terminal, and left is a quiet little road which passes the Worlds End pub and Tilbury Fort to wind back into Tilbury itself.

Opening Dates

Year	Section	Notes
1968	Tilbury: St Andrews Road	Link to the docks bypassing the town. From the currently named Asda Roundabout to Ferry Road. Shown on the March 1969 OS Quarter inch map, not on December 1967 edition.