B3104 (Bradford-on-Avon - Melksham)
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B3104 | ||||
Location Map ( geo) | ||||
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From: | Bradford-on-Avon (ST826609) | |||
To: | Melksham (ST903641) | |||
Distance: | 5.5 miles (8.9 km) | |||
Met (1923): | A363, B3105, B3108, B3103, A364 | |||
Now part of: | B3107, A3102 | |||
Traditional Counties | ||||
Route outline (key) | ||||
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This article is about the original B3104 that ran from Bradford-on-Avon to Melksham.
For another early road numbered B3104 from Wedmore to Glastonbury, see B3104 (Wedmore - Glastonbury).
For the most recent B3104 in Melksham, see B3104 (Melksham).
For another early road numbered B3104 from Wedmore to Glastonbury, see B3104 (Wedmore - Glastonbury).
For the most recent B3104 in Melksham, see B3104 (Melksham).
The original B3104 ran between Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham in Wiltshire. However, it was quickly realised by the MOT that the route carried enough traffic to warrant Class I status, so it was upgraded to become the A3053, probably by 1st April, 1924. This allowed the number to be re-used for another (previously unclassified) route in Somerset later on in the decade (one of a surprisingly large number of cases of pre-1935 number recycling).
However, the route has since been downgraded again, and (apart from a short section in Melksham itself which is the A3102) is now the B3107, itself a recycled number from Trowbridge (who needs soap operas when you can trace the history of obscure 4 digit B roads?).