Devon Council

Devon County Council is the Highway Authority responsible for all public roads in the non-metropolitan county area of Devon, with the exception of Trunk roads managed by National Highways.

It lies within the historic county of Devon. However, the council does not manage roads within other authorities that lie within historic Devon such as Plymouth City Council or Torbay Council.

Highways management

The council is responsible for the maintenance of 12,820 km (8,012 miles) of roads and associated footpaths in the county, this being the longest road network of any Local Highway Authority in England. The council also maintain 3,500 bridges, 1550 traffic signals over 122 sites, traffic signs, road markings and street lights. Pre salting is undertaken on most principal class roads (A Roads).

Partners

All work on the network is completed by SWH Ltd.

Devon Signs

Devon is unique in that since the 1980s, the local authority have colour coded rural local routes into blue, brown, and white. This colour coding is visible on signposts and indicates the types of vehicle that are recommended on the route.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the council area:

• Barnstaple
• Bideford
• Exeter
• Exmouth
• Honiton
• Tavistock

Trunk Roads

The following roads that run through the council area are at least partially Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by National Highways:

• M5
• A30
• A35
• A38

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by the council:

Route	From	To	Length
A30	Hounslow	Land's End	284 miles	View
A38	Bodmin	Mansfield	309.7 miles	View
A39	Corston	Falmouth	204 miles	View
A358	Williton	Axe Bridge	43.2 miles	View
A361	Ilfracombe	Kilsby	213 miles	View
A373	Honiton	Cullompton	10.4 miles	View
A375	Honiton	Sidmouth	8.8 miles	View
A376	Clyst St Mary	Exmouth	7.7 miles	View
A377	Exeter	Barnstaple	40.6 miles	View
A379	Exeter	Plymouth	70.0 miles	View
A380	Kennford	Collaton St Mary	18 miles	View
A381	Teignmouth	Salcombe	34 miles	View
A382	Newton Abbot	Whiddon Down	19.1 miles	View
A383	Kingsteignton	Bickington	7.1 miles	View
A384	Buckfastleigh	Dartington	4.3 miles	View
A385	Collaton St Mary	South Brent	10.8 miles	View
A386	Appledore	Plymouth	60.0 miles	View
A388	Saltash	Landcross	48.7 miles	View
A390	Tavistock	Chiverton Cross	58.7 miles	View
A396	Marsh Street	Cowley	42 miles	View
A399	South Molton	Ilfracombe	22 miles	View
A3015	Sowton	Exeter	5.2 miles	View
A3052	Charmouth	Clyst St Mary	27.0 miles	View
A3072	Bickleigh	Bude	53.5 miles	View
A3079	Fowley Cross	Dunsland Cross	12.8 miles	View
A3121	Wrangaton	Ermington	6.1 miles	View
A3122	Halwell	Dartmouth	6.9 miles	View
A3123	Mullacott Cross	Kentisbury Cross	6.9 miles	View
A3124	Whiddon Down	Great Torrington	23.6 miles	View
A3125	Barnstaple	Barnstaple Town Centre	2.5 miles	View
A3126	West Exe Roundabout	Bolham Road Roundabout	1.5 miles	View
B3042	Witheridge	Eggesford Station	9.4 miles	View
B3060	Churscombe	Paignton	1.6 miles	View
B3096	Chawleigh	Leigh Cross	2.9 miles	View
B3123	Alphington	Matford	1.5 miles	View
B3137	Tiverton	South Molton	20.7 miles	View
B3138	Rumsam, Barnstaple	Newport, Barnstaple	0.78 miles	View
B3149	Pottington	Barnstaple	0.57 miles	View
B3161	Colyford	Colyton	1.0 mile	View
B3165	Somerton	Lyme Regis	30.5 miles	View
B3170	Taunton	Stopgate	10.5 miles	View
B3172	Boshill Cross	Seaton Down	4.2 miles	View
B3174	Clyst Honiton	Seaton	11.3 miles	View
B3175	All Saints Road	The Esplanade	0.3 miles	View
B3176	Sidmouth	Bowd	2.4 miles	View
B3177	Ottery St Mary	Patteson's Cross	4.5 miles	View
B3178	Newton Poppleford	Exmouth	11.6 miles	View
B3179	Clyst St George	Knowle	5.7 miles	View
B3180	Daisymount	Lympstone Common	7.8 miles	View
B3181	Appledore	Pinhoe	16.1 miles	View
B3182	Magdalen Street	Friars Green	0.05 miles	View
B3183	Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter	Honiton Road, Exeter	3.3 miles	View
B3184	Clyst Honiton	Nine Oaks	3.5 miles	View
B3186	Newton Ferrers	Yealmpton	3.6 miles	View
B3190	Five Bells	Bampton	17.1 miles	View
B3192	Ashcombe Cross	Teignmouth	5.0 miles	View
B3193	Kingsteignton	Dunsford (E)	11.4 miles	View
B3195	Higher Sandygate	Newton Abbot	3.9 miles	View
B3196	Kitterford Cross	Loddiswell	5.5 miles	View
B3204	Main Road	Fore Street	1.2 miles	View
B3205	Stoke Fleming (NE)	Hillhead	4.6 miles	View
B3206	Easton	Chagford	1.5 miles	View
B3212	Whipton, Exeter	Yelverton	35.7 miles	View
B3213	Ivybridge	Wrangaton	4.2 miles	View
B3215	North Tawton	Okehampton	5.4 miles	View
B3216	Jacobstowe	Hatherleigh	2.5 miles	View
B3217	Dolton	Atherington	8.4 miles	View
B3220	Morchard Road	Winkleigh	7.8 miles	View
B3222	Exebridge	Barlynch	4.3 miles	View
B3223	Dulverton	Watersmeet	20.2 miles	View
B3226	King's Nympton Station	South Molton By Pass	10.8 miles	View
B3227	Langford, Taunton	Stibb Cross	57.9 miles	View
B3229	Kentisbury Ford	Easter Close Cross	1.4 miles	View
B3230	Barnstaple (NE)	Ilfracombe	9.6 miles	View
B3231	Braunton	Croyde	4.7 miles	View
B3232	Great Torrington	Roundswell, Barnstaple	9.1 miles	View
B3233	Bideford	Bickington	8.3 miles	View
B3234	Barbrook	Lynmouth	1.5 miles	View
B3236	Northam	Bideford Bypass	2.6 miles	View
B3237	Clovelly Cross	Clovelly	1.4 miles	View
B3248	Clovelly Dykes,	Baxworthy Cross	5.7 miles	View
B3254	Sandplace	Kilkhampton	41.2 miles	View
B3257	Plusha	Bere Alston	21.0 miles	View
B3260	Okehampton By Pass(E)	Meldon	3.9 miles	View
B3261	Kilmington	Raymond's Hill	2.8 miles	View
B3343	Mullacott Cross	Woolacombe	3.7 miles	View
B3344	Bovey Tracey	Chudleigh bypass (NE)	6.5 miles	View
B3352	Peartree Cross	Stawell's Bush Cross	2.1 miles	View
B3357	Tavistock	Dartmeet	13.8 miles	View
B3358	Simonsbath	Friendship Farm, Blackmoor Gate	7.3 miles	View
B3362	Gulworthy	Lawhitton	11.2 miles	View
B3372	Marley Cross	Woodpecker Junction	2.2 miles	View
B3380	Dart Bridge, Buckfast	Lower Dean	1.7 miles	View
B3387	Bovey Tracey	Widecombe-in-the-Moor	6.7 miles	View
B3391	Burlescombe	Hemyock	4.6 miles	View
B3392	Harraton Cross, Modbury	Bigbury-on-Sea	5.0 miles	View
B3416	Deep Lane Junction, Plympton	Marsh Mills, Plymouth	3.7 miles	View
B3417	Plympton	Lee Moor	4.1 miles	View
B3440	Willand	Uffculme	2.0 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered (Class III) and Unclassified Roads

Main Article: Devon Council (Class III roads)

For its Class III road network, Devon County Council uses "C" prefixes. They also choose to number their Unclassified Road network with a number of differing prefixes.

Junctions

Main Article: Devon Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Devon Council (Crossings)

Links

• Devon County Council