Bracknell
Bracknell | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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County | |||
Berkshire | |||
Highway Authority | |||
Bracknell Forest | |||
Forward Destination on | |||
A322, A329(M), A329 | |||
Next Primary Destinations | |||
London • Reading | |||
Other Nearby Primary Destinations | |||
Maidenhead | |||
Other Nearby Destinations | |||
Wokingham | |||
Places related to the A322 | |||
Places related to the A329 | |||
Bracknell is a town on the M4 Corridor, that hosts the central offices of several light industry and IT companies such as Hewlett Packard, 3M and ICL.
History
The initial bypasses
West Link Road - Downshire Way from Wokingham Road (now Sperry's Roundabout) to Bagshot Road was opened on 12 July 1956 by Peter Remnant, M.P. for Wokingham Division. It was numbered A322 and was 1 mile long and 60 feet wide with a 30 foot carriageway and 7.5 foot footpaths. The western section later became unclassified.
Town Centre Bypass - The dual carriageway from a smaller roundabout just east of the present Western Roundabout to (the later named) Met Office Roundabout and a single carriageway link to London Road was opened on 25 September 1957. Numbered A329. It was shown on the 1958 OS 1:25000 map as under construction, although it had opened by the time of the maps release. It is useful for showing how the bypass fitted in with the existing roads. Parts later became part of Millenium Way.
An initial complaint about the bypasses was that the direction signs did not show routes to the Town Centre.
Routes
Route | To | Notes |
SOUTH WALES, Reading | Accessed via A329 | |
London, Bagshot | ||
Wokingham | Primary section ends at A329(M) | |
Ascot | ||
Maidenhead | Via A330 | |
Crowthorne | ||
Binfield | ||
Popeswood |