Colchester

Colchester is a city located in northeast Essex. It is an important transport hub, as several major roads pass through or terminate here.

The A604 used to multiplex with other roads through the town.

Colchester has been bypassed several times. The first bypass, Cymbeline Way, opened in 1934 as the A12. A later A12 bypass of Stanway and Lexden, to the immediate west of this as far as Marks Tey, opened in 1969, plugging into the thirties bypass. This was replaced with a fully grade separated northern bypass in 1975, though it did not provide access from the A134 until 40 years later. Following this, the A120 eastern bypass opened in 1982, which took over the old A604 route to Harwich.

Stanway Western Bypass opened in 2014. The 0.75 mile road from A1124 Essex Yeomanry Way to Warren Lane was opened on 7 May 2014. It was funded by O & H Colchester Ltd..

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A12	Ipswich	Felixstowe accessed via A14
A12	London, Chelmsford, Brentwood	Brentwood is non primary but signed
A120	Stansted Airport, Bishops Stortford, Braintree
A120	Clacton, Harwich
A133	Clacton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth	Access via A120; Access via A12
A1232	Ipswich, Cambridge	Cambridge is signed as an HGV alternative to the A1124 via the A12 and A14
A134	Sudbury, Gt Horkesley
A137	Manningtree
A1124	Eight Ash Green, Halstead, Cambridge
B1022	Tiptree
B1025	West Mersea
B1026	Maldon
B1027	St. Osyth	Accessed via A133
B1028	Wivenhoe	Accessed via A133 and B1027
B1408	Stanway, Copford
B1508	Bures