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B3255

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B3255
Location Map ( geo)
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From:  Callington (NE) (SX355687)
To:  Callington (SW) (SX369697)
Via:  Southern Road
Distance:  1.1 miles (1.8 km)
Met (1986) A390, A388, A390
Now part of:  A390
Traditional Counties

Cornwall

Route outline (key)
B3255 Callington bypass
The A390 (former B3255) Southern Road

The B3255 is described in the 1922 Road Lists as a link at Callington.

In the days when the A390 ran through the centre of Callington, the B3255 acted as a southern bypass to the town, connecting the A390 to itself to avoid the town centre.

The route of the road made it ideal to being upgraded to become the Callington bypass and that is what is now, although the renumbering did not take place until the late 1980s. The former A390 through the centre of town is now unclassified and the ex-B3255 is now the main line of that road.

B3255/B3256 OS Mapping error

Extract from 1931 One Inch map, correctly showing B3255 number
But in 1932 it was shown incorrectly as B3256

On several One Inch Fifth Edition sheets between 1932 and 1934, the B3255 was labelled as B3256. However, the 1936 sheet labels it as B3255, and the contemporary Ten Mile Road Maps all consistently show B3255 for the road. It is therefore most likely to be a mapping error on those sheets.




B3255
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Other nearby roads
Callington
A388 • A390
B3200 – B3299
B3200 • B3201 • B3202 • B3203 • B3204 • B3205 • B3206(W) • B3206(E) • B3207 • B3208 • B3209 • B3210 • B3211 • B3212 • B3213 • B3214 • B3215 • B3216 • B3217 • B3218 • B3219
B3220 • B3221 • B3222 • B3223 • B3224 • B3225 • B3226 • B3227 • B3228 • B3229 • B3230 • B3231 • B3232 • B3233 • B3234 • B3235 • B3236 • B3237 • B3238 • B3239
B3240 • B3241 • B3242 • B3243 • B3244 • B3245 • B3246 • B3247 • B3248 • B3249 • B3250 • B3251 • B3252 • B3253 • B3254 • B3255 • B3256 • B3257 • B3258 • B3259
B3260 • B3261 • B3262 • B3263 • B3264 • B3265 • B3266 • B3267 • B3268 • B3269 • B3270 • B3271 • B3272 • B3273 • B3274 • B3275 • B3276 • B3277 • B3278 • B3279
B3280 • B3281 • B3282 • B3283 • B3284 • B3285 • B3286 • B3287 • B3288 • B3289 • B3290 • B3291 • B3292 • B3293 • B3294 • B3295 • B3296 • B3297 • B3298 • B3299
Earlier iterations: B3202 • B3204 • B3206(N) • B3206(S) • B3208 • B3213 • B3214 • B3219 • B3228 • B3234 • B3248 • B3250 • B3253
B3260 • B3261 • B3264 • B3267 • B3270 • B3271 • B3272 • B3272 • B3275 • B3276 • B3277 • B3278 • B3280 • B3281 • B3283

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