Barnes Meadow Interchange

Barnes Meadow Interchange is a major junction sited about a mile ESE of the centre of Northampton, at the point where the A45, A428, and A5095 meet.

History

Original plan for the junction

The junction is a result of the town's status as a new town in the 1960s. The expansion of Northampton called for a new road system of expressways to distribute traffic through the town. The original plan was for the A45 to pass just to the south of the town centre on a new alignment from Upton to Barnes Meadow with a flyover above the roundabout. This was never built, so instead of having traffic coming to a halt at the roundabout it was decided to build the flyover facing southwards, which is why the junction looks so awkward on a map.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A45	Wellingboro', Kettering (A43), Weston Favell 2 1/2, Gt Billing 4
A45	(M1), Milton Keynes, Sixfields, Oxford (A43)
A428	Town centre, Market Harborough (A508), Borough Council Offices, Hospital
A428	Bedford, County Council Offices 1/2, Brackmills 1/2, Gt Houghton 1 1/4, Lt Houghton 2
A5095	Abington 1 1/2, Kingsthorpe 3	Number not signed