Essex Council

Essex County Council is the Highway Authority for all roads in the Administrative County of Essex, with the exception of Trunk roads managed by National Highways.

It administers the majority of the road network within the historic county of Essex.

Highways Management

The county council manages approximately 4660 miles of road.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the council area:

• Basildon
• Chelmsford
• Clacton
• Colchester
• Harlow
• Harwich
• Stansted Airport

Trunk Roads

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

• M11
• M25
• A11
• A12
• A120

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
A13	London	Shoeburyness	41 miles	View
A104	Islington Green	High Beach, Epping	13.2 miles	View
A112	Waltham Abbey	North Woolwich	15.1 miles	View
A113	Leytonstone	Marden Ash	14.4 miles	View
A120	Puckeridge	Harwich	63.7 miles	View
A121	Waltham Cross	Woodford Wells	10.0 miles	View
A123	Chigwell	Rippleside	8.9 miles	View
A127	Gallows Corner, Romford	Southend on Sea	23.5 miles	View
A128	Orsett	Chipping Ongar	16.9 miles	View
A129	Shenfield	Hadleigh	17.0 miles	View
A130	Chelmsford bypass	Canvey Island	15.6 miles	View
A131	Chelmsford Bypass	Sudbury	31.8 miles	View
A132	Pitsea	South Woodham Ferrers	9.2 miles	View
A133	Colchester	Clacton-on-Sea	18.9 miles	View
A134	Tottenhill	Colchester	71.3 miles	View
A136	Harwich	Parkeston Quay	0.6 miles	View
A137	Ipswich	Colchester	18.4 miles	View
A138	Chelmsford	Boreham	2.8 miles	View
A143	Great Yarmouth	Haverhill	74.9 miles	View
A176	One Tree Hill	Billericay	5.7 miles	View
A414	Apsley, Hemel Hempstead	Maldon	66.9 miles	View
A1015	Rayleigh	Eastwood	3.2 miles	View
A1016	Widford	Springfield	4.3 miles	View
A1017	High Garrett	Haverhill 'Spirit of Enterprise' Roundabout	18.2 miles	View
A1019	Edinburgh Way	Second Avenue	0.9 miles	View
A1023	Brook Street	Mountnessing	4.5 miles	View
A1025	M11 J7a	Great Parndon	5.7 miles	View
A1060	Bishop's Stortford	Sandon, Chelmsford	21.5 miles	View
A1069	Chingford	Buckhurst Hill	1.5 miles	View
A1092	Baythorne End	Long Melford (N)	10.5 miles	View
A1099	Bellmead	Manor Road	1.27 miles	View
A1112	Abridge	Newtons Corner, South Hornchurch	9.2 miles	View
A1114	Howe Green	Widford	4.0 miles	View
A1124	Sible Hedingham	Colchester	15.9 miles	View
A1168	Rolls Park	Loughton	1.8 miles	View
A1169	Potter Street	Burnt Mill	5.7 miles	View
A1184	Harlow	Bishop's Stortford By Pass	6.9 miles	View
A1232	Colchester	Ardleigh Crown	2.3 miles	View
A1235	Upper Mayne	East Mayne	2.4 miles	View
A1245	Benfleet	Battlesbridge	3.6 miles	View
A1321	Basildon	Chalvedon	1.9 miles	View
A1341	Severalls	Mile End	0.9 miles	View
B148	Dunton Wayletts	Pipps Hill	2.8 miles	View
B170	Buckhurst Hill	Chigwell	2.1 miles	View
B172	Abridge	Jack's Hill	3.4 miles	View
B173	Woodford Bridge	Chigwell Row	2.6 miles	View
B175	Passingford Bridge	Romford By Pass	5.6 miles	View
B181	Great Amwell	North Weald Bassett	13.6 miles	View
B182	Bury Farm	Epping	1.3 miles	View
B183	Sheering	Takeley	9.8 miles	View
B184	Stump Cross	Chipping Ongar	31.7 miles	View
B185	Brentwood High Street	Queen's Road	0.2 miles	View
B186	Lakeside	Brentwood	11.6 miles	View
B194	Waltham Abbey	Broxbourne	6.0 miles	View
B1002	Brentwood By Pass	Chelmsford By Pass	5.0 miles	View
B1006	Tarpots	Benfleet	1.8 miles	View
B1007	Chelmsford	Stanford le Hope	18.2 miles	View
B1008	Chelmsford	Great Dunmow (N)	13.7 miles	View
B1009	Galleywood	Moulsham	2.2 miles	View
B1010	Woodham Mortimer	Burnham-on-Crouch	12.7 miles	View
B1012	South Woodham Ferrers	near North Fambridge	4.2 miles	View
B1013	Rayleigh	Southend-on-Sea (North)	6.2 miles	View
B1014	Hadleigh	Leigh Beck, Canvey Island	5.7 miles	View
B1017	Great Wakering	North Shoebury	1.9 miles	View
B1018	Braintree	Southminster	25.0 miles	View
B1019	Hatfield Peverel	Langford	3.6 miles	View
B1021	Bradwell Waterside	Burnham on Crouch	11.6 miles	View
B1022	Heybridge	Colchester	14.9 miles	View
B1023	Kelvedon	Tollesbury	8.7 miles	View
B1024	Kelvedon	Earls Colne	9.1 miles	View
B1025	Colchester	West Mersea	8.3 miles	View
B1026	Colchester	Heybridge, Maldon	15.9 miles	View
B1027	Wivenhoe Park	Great Clacton	12.2 miles	View
B1028	Wivenhoe Park	Wivenhoe Station	1.5 miles	View
B1029	Stratford St Mary	Brightlingsea	14.4 miles	View
B1032	Clacton on Sea	Kirby Cross	5.5 miles	View
B1033	Weeley	Frinton-on-Sea	7.6 miles	View
B1034	Thorpe Cross	Walton-on-the-Naze	4.2 miles	View
B1035	Manningtree	Thorpe Green	8.1 miles	View
B1036	Southfields	Lee Chapel	2.2 miles	View
B1038	Buntingford	Newport	11.7 miles	View
B1039	Royston	Wendens Ambo	11.2 miles	View
B1051	Stansted Mountfitchet	Great Sampford	12.5 miles	View
B1052	Wendens Ambo	Burrough End	17.0 miles	View
B1053	Bocking	Saffron Walden	20.1 miles	View
B1054	Radwinter	New England	7.5 miles	View
B1055	Great Sampford (NW)	Hempstead	0.8 miles	View
B1057	Great Dunmow	Haverhill	16.7 miles	View
B1061	Sturmer	Newmarket	13.9 miles	View
B1133	Roydon Hamlet	Katherines, Harlow	0.7 miles	View
B1137	Chelmsford	Hatfield Peverel	6.7 miles	View
B1256	Birchanger Green	Braintree Eastern Bypass	17.0 miles	View
B1336	Frinton on Sea	Walton on the Naze	1.3 miles	View
B1351	Lower Street	Cambridge Road	0.7 miles	View
B1352	Lawford	Harwich	13.5 miles	View
B1369	London Road, Great Clacton	Wellesley Road, Clacton-on-Sea	0.8 miles	View
B1383	Bishop's Stortford	Stump Cross	17.5 miles	View
B1389	Hatfield Road, Witham	Colchester Road, Witham	2.4 miles	View
B1393	Theydon Bois(W)	Hastingwood	6.0 miles	View
B1408	Marks Tey	Stanway	2.1 miles	View
B1414	Little Clacton	Dovercourt Station	12.5 miles	View
B1417	Ford End	Gransmore Green	5.7 miles	View
B1418	Woodham Mortimer	South Woodham Ferrers	5.2 miles	View
B1419	Vange	Barstaple	1.0 mile	View
B1441	Weeley	Great Clacton	4.7 miles	View
B1442	Little Clacton	Great Clacton	1.9 miles	View
B1464	Five Bells	Sadlers Farm	3.5 miles	View
B1508	Colchester	Sudbury	13.5 miles	View

Junctions

Main Article: Essex Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Essex Council (Crossings)

Videos

Army and Navy Flyover Removal

Full video showing the removal of the Army and Navy Flyover, Chelmsford. After being a feature of Chelmsford’s skyline for more than 40 years, works to remove the flyover over the Army and Navy Roundabout were completed in April 2020. Work started in February 2020 with the steel and concrete flyover taken down section by section before being transported away for dismantling and recycling. All 15 of the structure's spans were removed overnight to minimise traffic disruption, while the two ramps were broken up and removed during the day time to avoid excessive noise at night.

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A133 Colchester to Clacton Improvements

A133 Work finished at Weeley and Frating Roundabout – part of Colchester to Clacton improvements. Works to improve the A133, a key route providing a link to and from Colchester and the seaside resort of Clacton-on-Sea, have been successfully completed. Construction began in winter 2020 to widen the northern approach of Weeley Roundabout, and to introduce a new left-turn slip at the Frating Roundabout. Other modifications and safety improvements were also carried out on the roads.

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Chelmsford North East Bypass

Details of the proposed Chelmsford North East Bypass

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Links

• Essex County Council
• Essex County Council Roads