Network changes - 2010s

A list of the changes to the road network in Great Britain from 2010 - 2019. Includes road openings and renumberings.

Road Openings

Year	Number on opening	Location	County	Notes
2010	A16	Crowland – Spalding	Lincolnshire	The 8.4 mile northern section of the Eye to Spalding scheme, from Crowland southern roundabout to Spalding Bypass including the new Crowland Bypass, was reported to be opening in a few weeks in a Lincolnshire County Council report of 22 September 2010. The southern 4 miles from Crowland to Eye Green was unable to be opened due to a weak embankment causing cracks in the road. This section was reported on 16 October 2011 as opened.
2010	A34	Alderley Edge Bypass	Cheshire	The 3 mile single carriageway road was opened on 19 November 2010 by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer and local MP. Named "Melrose Way" after Margaret Melrose who started campaigning for the road 43 years previously. Contractor Birse Civils, cost £52 million.
2010	A421	Bedford to M1 J13 Ridgmont	Bedfordshire	A second bypass for Marston Moretaine. The 8 mile dual carriageway opened on 1 December 2010. The existing Bedford Southern Bypass section between Marsh Leys and A6 was upgraded to D3, and M1 J13 Ridgmont was improved. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, outturn cost £154.6 million. The original Marston Moretaine bypass was retained as an unclassified road and converted to single carriageway
2010	A473	Church Village Bypass	Glamorgan	The 4.6 mile road was opened on 7 September 2010 by First Minister Carwyn Jones. Minor sections had opened in October 2009 and the Crown Hill to Creigiau section opened in April 2010. It included 3 bridges over the road for endangered dormice. Contractor was Costain, cost £90 million.
2010	A4071	Rugby Western Relief Road	Warwickshire	The 3.3 mile road from Coventry Road to Newbold Road was fully opened on 10 September 2010 (the section south of A428 Lawford Road was reported on 20 June 2010 as open by BBC). The Parkfield Road section was an upgrade. Contractor was Carillion JM Ltd., cost £60 million. A later inquiry found it had exceeded the original budget by £24 million.
2010	A601	Derby Inner Ring Road	Derbyshire	Lara Croft Way: A5250 Burton Road to A514 Osmaston Road. The 942 yard dual carriageway was fully opened on 27 July 2010. It had opened for eastbound one way traffic on 11 May 2010. The name, after a computer game character, was decided by public poll.
2010	A628	Cudworth and West Green Bypass	Yorkshire	Cudworth Parkway was opened in May 2010. West Green Way opened shortly afterwards. Scheme mileage was 3.2 miles. Cost £21.7 million.
2010	A75	Cairntop to Barlae	Wigtownshire	The 1.5 mile dual carriageway was officially opened in October 2010 per the Transport Scotland Evaluation Report. The new eastbound carriageway utilised the adjacent disused railway line corridor. It was built offline due to the soft ground conditions. The existing road was used for the westbound carriageway. Outturn cost was £7.8 million, 16% lower than projected.
2010	A806	Kirkintilloch Link Road	Dunbartonshire • Lanarkshire	Initiative Way. The 3.5 mile road from Industry Street roundabout, Kirkintilloch (B8048) to M80 J3 Hornshill Junction north of Stepps was opened to traffic in December 2010. Contractor was Carillion, contract price £21 million.
2010	B1115	Stowmarket Relief Road	Suffolk	Navigation Approach was officially opened on 2 September 2010. It may have opened earlier in August. New link across the London-Norwich mainline to relieve the level crossing immediately north of the station and a link between the Stowmarket Development Area and the town centre. Mortimer Road was used for the eastern end of the Relief Road. Contractor was Birse Civils Ltd., cost £18.7 million.
2010	B4517	Tipton: Owen Street Relief Road	Staffordshire	The 0.2 mile road from Owen Street to Alexandra Road, and bypassing the West Coast Main Line level crossing, was opened on 18 January 2010 by Ian Austin, Regional Minister for West Midlands. It included the 190 foot “Tipton Tunnel” under the railway costing £22.5 million of the £27.2 million scheme cost.
2011	M74	Glasgow: M8 Kingston to Fullarton Road	Lanarkshire	The 5 miles from J1 Kingston (M8 J21 Seaward Street) to J2a opened on 28 June 2011. Contractor was a Balfour Beatty, Morgan Est, Morrison Construction and Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture, contract cost £445 million, total cost £637 million. It completed the M74 in Glasgow. New junctions became 1, 1A, 2; existing junctions 1, 2, 3 became 2A, 3, 3A respectively.
2011	M80 M73	Hornshill (Stepps) to Haggs	Lanarkshire • Dunbartonshire • Stirlingshire	M80 J3 to J7 was completed on 26 August 2011 per Road Traffic Technology and the initial Transport Scotland website announcement. Parts were completed earlier. Note that The Gazette notice stated 15 December 2011 as the opening date. 5 mile offline Moodiesburn Bypass and 6.5 mile online upgrade of A80. D2 apart from D3 from Mollinsburn to Low Wood and climbing lanes between Castlecary and Haggs, also Castlecary and Old Inns. Included 1 mile extension and diversion of north end of M73, also partly on the line of the A80. All sections had hard shoulders. Contractor was Highways Management Contractors, a consortium of Bilfinger Berger, Halcrow Group, John Graham (Dromore), and Northstone, cost £320 million. This completed the M80 and M73.
2011	A1(M)	Baldersby to Dishforth Interchange	Yorkshire	The 2.6 mile section from J50 to J49 opened on 6 October 2011. It was an upgrade of the existing A1 dual carriageway.
2011	A16	Eye, Peterborough – Crowland	Northamptonshire • Lincolnshire	The 4.5 mile southern section from Eye bypass to Crowland southern roundabout was reported on 16 October 2011 as opened and completed the Eye to Spalding scheme. Contractor for the scheme was Morgan Sindall, cost £82.2 million. This section had been unable to open with the northern section in 2010 due to a weak embankment causing cracks in the road.
2011	A19	Newcastle-upon-Tyne: New Tyne Tunnel	Northumberland • Durham	The 0.93 mile second tunnel was opened at midnight on 25 February 2011 for two way running. Dual carriageway operation commenced on 21 November 2011 after refurbishment of the old tunnel. It was built as part of the £260 million New Tyne Crossing Project by contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics UK. The A168/A19 route was now dual throughout from the A1(M) at Dishforth Interchange back to the A1 at Seaton Burn.
2011	A3	Hindhead	Surrey	Opening of Hindhead Tunnel. A 4-mile D2 diversion of A3 including 1.2 miles of twin bore tunnel, bypassing Hindhead and completing a dualled route from London (Putney Heath) to Portsmouth. The bypassed A3 was partly closed and partly became A333.
2011	A38	Selly Oak, Birmingham	Worcestershire	Selly Oak Bypass. Birmingham City Council tried to renumber the bypassed section of A38 as B38, causing much distress on SABRE, but was overruled by the DfT.
2011	A354	Weymouth Relief Road	Dorset	The 4.3 mile road from Ridgeway on the Dorchester Road to Manor Roundabout, Radipole opened on 17 March 2011 in time to ease traffic for the 2012 Olympic sailing events from the town. The “official opening” was on 10 December 2010 by Princess Anne, but the road was not fully completed. Contractor was Skanska, cost £89.3 million.
2011	A3807	Taunton Third Way	Somerset	Opened on 27 September 2011 by Norman Baker, Transport Minister. The main part of the scheme was a new bridge over River Tome for Tangier Way. There was just 150m of new carriageway and 300m of re-aligned carriageway, otherwise the north – south route from Bridge Street to Wellington Road was formed of existing roads, Cost £8.6 million.
2011	A40	Robeston Wathen Bypass	Pembrokeshire	The 1.5 mile Penblewin to Slebech Park Inprovement Scheme was opened on 18 March 2011 by Deputy First Minister leuan Wyn Jones. The S2+1 design was the first used in Wales. Designers were Atkins and Cresswell Associates / Hyder Consulting, contractor Costain. Cost £42 million. Winner of the Prestigious Project of the Year at the 2011 Constructing Excellence in Wales awards.
2011	A470	Newbridge-on-Wye to Cwmbach	Montgomeryshire	3.5 mile mostly offline single carriageway including 3 major bridges. Cwmbach is north of Builth Road. BBC News reported on 8 December 2011 that it was being opened by Carl Sargeant, Welsh Transport Minister. Integration into the high quality rural landscape was achieved by slackening of cutting slopes, retention of existing vegetation and early mitigation planting. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £35 million, total cost £51 million.
2011	A483	Four Crosses Improvement	Montgomeryshire	0.9 mile re-alignment to bypass the village. Included a roundabout at the crossing of the B4393 and a 0.2 mile realignment of that road. Official opening was on 7 July 2011, although it had been open earlier. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £4.3 million.
2011	A487	Porthmadog, Minfford and Tremadog Bypass	Caernarfonshire • Merionethshire	The 3.3 mile road opened on 17 October 2011. Carriageway width was 7.3m. It included 8 bridges including a 150m viaduct over River Glaslyn. A special bridge costing £650,000 was built to to save the rare lesser horseshoe bats from being killed by vehicles. Contractor was a Balfour Beatty / Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK joint venture, cost £35 million.
2011	A601	Derby Inner Ring Road	Derbyshire	Mercian Way: A516 Uttoxeter New Road to A5250 Burton Road. Opened on 16 March 2011. This completed the Derby Inner Ring Road and Derby’s Connecting Derby scheme costing £36.2 million.
2011	A9	Crubenmore-Glentruim	Inverness-shire	Dualling
2011	A96	Mosstodloch Bypass	Moray	The 1.3 mile single carriageway road (with overtaking lanes) between Cowfords Roundabout and Coul Brae Roundabout was opened on 27 September 2011 by Keith Brown, Transport Minister. This was Stage 1 of the Fochabers and Mosstodloch Bypass.
2011	B2005	Sittingbourne Northern Relief Road	Kent	Swale Way. The 0.9 mile single carriageway section from Ridham Avenue (Kemsley Paper Mill) to Castle Road was to open to traffic on 19 December 2011 to complete the project. The official opening by Ben Stokes and Sylvia Bennett, Mayor and Mayoress of Swale, was reported by the 15 December 2011 Commercial Motor. Contractor was Jackson Civil Engineering, forecast cost £35.5 million. The extension to A2 at Bapchild had been put on hold.
2011	B2007	Rushenden Relief Road	Kent	Thomsett Way. The 0.7 mile single carriageway road connecting Rushenden Road to A249 at Neatscourt Roundabout was opened on 1 December 2011 by Maureen Smither, sister of the late County Councillor Gerry Thomsett. Contractor was Birse Civil Engineering.
2012	M25	Cobham	Surrey	Cobham services open
2012	A1(M)	Leeming to Baldersby	Yorkshire	The 10.1 mile section from J51 to J50 opened on 31 March 2012 (the northbound carriageway opened in two stages: 19 March 2012 - 6.1 miles from 930m south of Gatenby Lane Bridge to J50. 28 March 2012 - 4 miles from J51 to 930m south of Gatenby Lane Bridge). It was an upgrade of the existing A1 dual carriageway.
2012	A256 A299	Richborough and Cliffsend Bypass	Kent	East Kent Access Improvement Scheme: Phase 2. Linking Minster Roundabout to Lord of the Manor and Ebbsfleet Roundabout via Sevenscore Roundabout. The 5 mile dual carriageway was reported as opened in an ITV report of 10 April 2012. The official opening was on 23 May 2012 by Norman Baker, Parliamentary Under-secretary for Transport. The Cliffsend to Richborough A256 section was reported on Sabre on 13 October 2011 as open. There was a 126m long underpass at Cliffsend, then the longest box jacked built structure in the world. Designer was Atkins Ltd.. Contractor was Hochtief / Voler Fitzpatrick joint venture, contract value £87 million. Phase 1, the online dualling between Sandwich Bypass (Ramsgate Road roundabout) and the old Richborough power station site, was completed in September 2007.
2012	A46	Newark to Widmerpool	Nottinghamshire	17.5 mile dual carriageway from Farndon Roundabout to Widmerpool Intersection was opened on 31 March 2012 per the Land Compensation Notice. BBC reported on 15 June 2012 that it was officially open. The 3.5 miles between Car Colston and Cropwell Bishop, including the Bingham Interchange, was reported open on 25 November 2011.
2012	A689	Carlisle Northern Development Route	Cumberland	The 5.1 mile road from A595 Wigton Road to M6 J44 Kingstown Interchange was opened on 14 February 2012. Contractor partner was Connect Roads under a £158 million PFI scheme.
2012	A6043	Ashton-under-Lyne Northern Bypass	Lancashire	Stage 2 - Eastern Section. Albion Way from Turner Lane to Crickets Lane North was opened on 30 January 2012 by Kieron Quinn, Tameside Council leader. Cost £15 million. The existing Wellington Road (western end) and Crickets Lane North (eastern end) was used to provide the full link from A627 Oldham Road to A635 Park Parade. Stage 1, the western section, had opened in 2003.
2012	A728	Clyde Gateway	Lanarkshire	The 1.6 mile road from Rutherglen Bridge to the Parkhead Bypass (A89 Biggar Street) was opened on 26 April 2012. Cost £25 million. It was Phase 2 of the link from M74 J1a Polmadie Road Junction to Celtic Park, Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and the athletes village, 2014 Commonwealth Games sites. Phase 3 was to be the section northwards to M8.
2012	A96	Fochabers Bypass	Moray	The 1.9 mile single carriageway road (with overtaking lanes) was opened on 31 January 2012 by Keith Brown, Transport Minister. This was the 2nd and final stage of the Fochabers and Mosstodloch Bypass which cost £31.5 million. Contractor was Morrison Construction.
2013	M9	Kirkliston	West Lothian	West facing slip roads added on J1a. Part of Queensferry Crossing project.
2013	A4810	Newport	Monmouthshire	Upgrade to previously private road
2013	B3174	Clyst Honiton Bypass	Devon	The 0.7 mile single carriageway road on the east of the village from A30 Airport Junction to London Road was opened on 3 October 2013. It included an 80m tunnel under the end of the runway at Exeter International Airport and opened up direct accesses into the Skypark Business Park, the Intermodal Freight Terminal and the new community of Cranbrook. Cost £9 million.
2014	A11	Barton Mills to Thetford	Suffolk	The 9 mile dual carriageway from Fiveways Roundabout to Thetford Bypass was officially opened on 12 December 2014 by Patrick Mcloughlin, Secretary of State for Transport. It included the 3.6 mile offline Elvedon Bypass. The upgrade replaced the last single carriageway section on A11. Contractor was Balfour Beatty and cost £105 million.
2014	A23	Handcross - Warninglid	Sussex	2.5 Mi section realigned and upgraded to D3 from D2
2014	A259	Bognor Regis Relief Road	Sussex	Section1: North Bersted Relief Road. Gladius Way from Chichester Road to Rowan Way. The 1.1 mile road was due to open on 17 December 2014.
2014	A272	Haywards Heath Relief Road	Sussex	The bypass was fully opened in July 2014 per Sussex World of 28 September 2015. There had been 6 sections, funded by a developer.
2014	A43	Corby Link Road	Northamptonshire	The 4 mile dual carriageway from A6003 north of Barford Bridge to Stanion was opened on 23 May 2014 by Robert Goodwill, Transport Minister. Contractor was Interserve Construction Limited, cost £34 million.
2014	A477	Red Roses to St. Clears	Carmarthenshire	Red Roses and Llanddowror Bypass. Reported by BBC News on 16 April 2014 as being opened. 5.4 mile of new road between Red Roses and Pont Newydd Bridge, east of Llanddowror, plus 0.5 mile improvement between Pont Newydd Bridge and St Clears Roundabout. More than half was S2+1, rest S2. A foot and cyclepath was built to link Llanddowror and St. Clears. Designer was Ramboll UK Ltd., contractor SRB Civil Engineering UK Ltd., cost £68 million.
2014	A4054	Merthyr Tydfil: Central Link Gyratory	Glamorgan	A designated 0.6 mile one way system to provide links to the town centre. All traffic lights were removed to ensure a constant flow of traffic. It included Wales' first skew arch bridge. The 40.9m Central Link Bridge over River Taff was a bow string arch bridge. Completed in December 2014. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £7 million.
2014	A4510	Fordhouses, Wolverhampton	Staffordshire	New road and M54 J2 changes completed 11 December
2014	A6	Loughborough Inner Relief Road	Leicestershire	Jubilee Way, from Baxter Gate to Barrow Street, was opened on 3 March 2014 by Nick Rushton, leader of Leicestershire County Council, to complete the Relief Road. Contractor was Ringway Infrastructure Services, cost £8.3 million.
2014	A75	Dunragit Bypass	Wigtownshire	Opened on either 31 March or 1 April 2014. 3.2 mile of WS2+1 carriageway. It also bypassed Challoch Bridge, one of Britain's most bashed railway bridges, having been hit more than 50 times in the previous 7 years. Contractor was R.J. McLeod (Contractors) Ltd. of Glasgow, cost £17 million.
2014	A82	Crianlarich Bypass	Perthshire	The 0.8 mile road was opened on 23 December 2014. Contractor was R.J. McCleod, cost £5 million.
2014	B4265	Gileston to Oldmill Improvement	Glamorgan	0.35 mile offline construction to improve visibilty on the busy road near to Cardiff International Airport (on St Athan western side of River Thaw crossing). Completed in October 2014. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £3.5 million.
2014	-	Stanway Western Bypass (Colchester)	Essex	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..
2015	A164	Beverley Southern Relief Road	Yorkshire	The 1.7 mile Minster Way from Victoria Road to Hull Road was opened on 12 March 2015 by Robert Goodwill, Transport Minister. Contractor was Birse Civils. Part of the £22 million Beverley Integrated Transport Plan.
2015	A1117	Lowestoft Northern Spine Road, Phase 5	Suffolk	The 0.7 mile road, providing a direct route between the A12 and earlier sections of the relief road to avoid the residential Bentley Drive, was opened on 27 March 2015. Also included a new roundabout at the northern end, connecting to the A12 and B1385. Cost was £6.6 million and contractor was Jackson Civil Engineering.
2015	A380	Kingskerswell Bypass	Devon	South Devon Link Road - the 3.4 mile dual carriageway between Penn Inn Roundabout, Newton Abbot and Hamelin Way, Kerswell Gardens, Torquay was opened on 15 December 2015. Contractor was Galliford Try, cost £110 million.
2015	A5758	Thornton and Netherton Bypass	Lancashire	Broom's Cross Road - at Thornton, near Sefton. The 2.8 mile road from north of Thornton to Switch Island was opened on 19 August 2015. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £20.4 million. It was named after a nearby medieval wayside cross.
2015	A82	Loch Lomond	Argyll	Pulpit Rock realignment. About 1 mile south of Ardlui. The major feature of the scheme is a viaduct with supports founded on the shore of the loch
2015	-	Bulford Road Improvement	Pembrokeshire	1.7 mile link between Johnston and Tiers Cross (A477 / A4076 roundabout) to improve access to the industrial sites on the north-west shore of the Milford Haven. Officially opened on 20 June 2015 by Edwina Hart, Welsh Transport Minister. Half was new carriageway and half online widening and realignment work (previously S1). 7.3m carriageway with 3.5m verges and a shared cycleway / footpath. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £4.2 million, total cost £8 million.
2015	-	Cannington Western Bypass	Somerset	The 1 mile road from A39 to C182 Rodway was opened on 17 December 2015 by Nigel Cann, Hinkley Point C Site construction director. Contractor was Aggregate Industries. It was financed by EDF Energy as part of a £16 million package for road improvements to improve access to the nuclear power station. It also included new roundabouts on A39 at Washford Cross and Sandford Corner and improvements at Taunton Road / Broadway in Bridgwater.
2016	A161	Goole: Tom Pudding Way	Yorkshire	A 1.8 mile road built from M62 Goole Interchange to avoid Goole town centre and provide better access to the docks. Officially opened on 5 February 2016 by James Wharton, Northern Powerhouse Minister. It may have opened to traffic earlier. Tom Puddings were chains of boats, carrying coal, which were hauled along the canal to the docks.
2016	A259	Bognor Regis Relief Road	Sussex	Section 2: Felpham Relief Road. Charles Purley Way from Shripney Road (A29) to Stanover Lane Roundabout. The 1.86 mile road was opened on 4 March 2016 by Louise Goldsmith, West Sussex County Council leader, to complete the BRRR. It included a 485m long 16 span viaduct spanning the Bognor Regis to Barnham railway line and Lidsey Rife flood plain. It was funded by Barrett Homes as part of an 800 homes development, cost £28 million. The section from Stanover Lane Roundabout to Flansham Lane Roundabout had been completed earlier (target date was mid-November 2012).
2016	A57	Lincoln East West Link Road	Lincolnshire	Tentercroft Street extension. The road from High Street to Pelham Bridge / Canwick Road was due to open on 15 August 2016 per the Lincolnite of 9 August 2016. The official opening was reported in the 17 November 2016 edition. It enabled traffic to avoid the High Street level crossing. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, tender price £10.5 million.
2016	A6	Bedford Western Bypass	Bedfordshire	Phase 2 - north section. The 1.5 mile single carriageway road and cyclepath/ footpath from A4280 Bromham Road to A6 Clapham Road was opened on 25 April 2016 by Dave Hodgson, Mayor of Bedford. It completed the Western Bypass. Contractor was Breheny Civil Engineering Ltd., cost £18.6 million. Named The Great Ouse Way.
2016	A683	Heysham: The Bay Gateway	Lancashire	Heysham to M6 Link Road (Phase 2). The 3 mile dual carriageway from M6 J34 Lune Valley Interchange to A589 Morecambe Road was opened on 31 October 2016 to complete the scheme There were also 2.4 miles of slip roads. Initially it opened for westbound traffic only. It included the 211m four span Lune West Bridge over River Lune as part of the upgrade of M6 J34, and a 650 space Park and Ride site for Lancaster. Contractor was Costain, cost £140 million. It was voted the Economic Infrastructure Project of the Year in the 2017 British Construction Industry Awards.
2016	A684	Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar Bypass	Yorkshire	The 3 mile single carriageway road from North Road, Bedale to Northallerton Road via Leeming Interchange was opened on 11 June 2016 by Andrew Jones, Roads Minister. Contractor was Wills Brothers Ltd. and cost was within the £34.5 million budget.
2016	A6182	Doncaster : Great Yorkshire Way	Yorkshire	Phase 1. Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route. The 2.7 mile dual carriageway from M18 J3 St Catherines Interchange to A638 Parrots Corner was opened on 29 February 2016. The first section of the route from M18 to Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Design by Mott MacDonald. Contractor was Carillion, cost £56 million.
2016	A96	Inveramsay	Aberdeenshire	Inveramsay railway bridge realignment
2016	-	Kidderminster : Hoobrook Link Road	Worcestershire	Silverwood Way opened to the public on 19 February 2016. The official opening was on 17 February 2016 by Mark Garnier MP. The 0.4 mile road connected A451 Stourport Road to A442 Worcester Road and the South Worcestershire Enterprise Park. It included a 60m single span steel bridge across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and the River Stour. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., contract value £8 million, total cost £16 million. Later numbered A4420.
2017	M8	Newhouse-Ballieston	Lanarkshire	Upgrading of A8 to Motorway.
2017	M90	Queensferry Crossing	West Lothian • Fife	The bridge was officially opened on 4 September 2017 by Queen Elizabeth II. It had opened to traffic on 30 August 2017 prior to closing on 2 - 3 September 2017 for the Forth Crossing Experience walk, and 5 September 2017 for a "community day". It re-opened to traffic on 6 September 2017 with no pedestrian access. At 1.7 miles long it was the then longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world. Contractor was a Dragados, Hochtief, American Bridge International and Galliford Try joint venture. Cost was £1.35 billion, £245 million below budget. The motorway section opened was from J1A Queensferry Junction to J1B Ferrytoll Junction, with an upgrade north to J1C Admiralty Junction.
2017	A1(M)	Catterick to Leeming	Yorkshire	The 5.5 mile section from J52 (the northbound carriageway section was 0.7 miles south of J52, so 4.8 miles long) to J51 opened on 22 September 2017. It was an upgrade of the existing A1 dual carriageway.
2017	A8(M)	Ballieston	Lanarkshire	Link motorway between M8 and A8
2017	A14 M1 M6	Catthorpe Interchange Upgrade	Leicestershire	The upgrade to allow freeflow movements on a three level interchange was officially opened on 16 March 2017. Sections had opened earlier. Contractor was Skansa UK, cost £191 million. It included a new local link road to reconnect the villages of Catthorpe and Swinford.
2017	A197	Morpeth Northern Bypass	Northumberland	The 2.4 mile road from A1 St Leonards Junction to B1337 Whorral Bank Roundabout opened on 4 April 2017. It had a 7.3m single carriageway and 3m footpath/ cycleway. Contractor was Carillion plc, outturn cost £32.6 million.
2017	A21	Tonbridge to Pembury	Kent	2.5 mile online and offline dual carriageway was opened on 21 September 2017 by Tonbridge and Malling MP Tom Tugendhat. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £70 million.
2017	A30	Near Bodmin	Cornwall	Temple - Higher Carblake Dualling
2017	A327	Shinfield Eastern Relief Road	Berkshire	The 1.2 mile road was opened on 31 October 2017. Design consultant was Ramboll, contractor was Hochtief UK. It was financed by the University of Reading and it gave access to their new science park under construction. It included the new University Bridge over M4, the old bridge was converted to a bus lane and 3m wide footway/ cycleway.
2017	A3087	Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road	Somerset	Trenchard Way from Staplegrove Road to Priory Avenue opened on 11 July 2017. Contractor was Carillion, cost £31 million which was £10 million over budget.
2017	A465	Hereford: City Link Road	Herefordshire	The 0.5 mile road from Edgar Street to Commercial Road opened on 18 December 2017 (snow delayed it from 11 December). Contractor was Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd..
2017	A486	Llain to Synod Inn	Cardiganshire	Straightening and widening, south of Synod Inn, of a 0.85 mile section to provide a 7.3m carriageway with 2m footway / cycleway on the north side and 2m verge on the south side. Completed in January 2017. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., cost £2.4 million.
2017	A4174	South Bristol Link Road	Somerset	The 2.8 mile road from A370 Long Ashton Bypass to Hengrove Way opened on 16 January 2017. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., cost £45 million.
2017	A4232	Cardiff: Eastern Bay Link Road	Glamorgan	Stage 1: Ewart Parkinson Road. The 0.7 mile elevated dual carriageway from Queens Gate junction to Ocean Way Roundabout (for Rover Way) was opened on 15 June 2017 by Carwyn Jones, First Minister. Contractor was a Dawnus Ferrovial Agroman joint venture, cost £57.3 million. Part of the Peripheral Distributor Road.
2017	A5	Dunstable Northern Bypass	Bedfordshire	The 2.8 mile dual carriageway A5 – M1 Link from A5 Thorn Roundabout to M1 J11A Chalton opened on 11 May 2017, along with the new motorway junction. Contractor was a Costain-Carillion Joint Venture. Forecast cost was £161 million.
2017	A556	Tabley - Bowdon	Cheshire	The 4 mile mostly offline dual carriageway from M6 J19 to M56 J7 opened on 6 March 2017. Contractor was Costain, cost £192 million.
2017	A5505	Dunstable: Woodside Link	Bedfordshire	The 1.8 mile road from Woodside Estate to M1 J11A Chalton opened on 13 April 2017 (prior to J11A opening). Contractor was Balfour Beatty. Forecast cost £38 million.
2017	A6	Broughton Bypass	Lancashire	James Towers Way, named after a local WW1 hero. The 1.25 mile road was opened on 5 October 2017 by Jake Berry, Northern Powerhouse Minister. The section south of B5269 was dual carriageway. Contractor was Hochtief, cost £32 million.
2017	A642 A6194	Wakefield Eastern Relief Road	Yorkshire	Neil Fox Way / Novale Way. The 4.6 mile road from Aberford Road to A638 Doncaster Road was opened on 27 April 2017 by Peter Box, Leader of Wakefield Council. Parts may have opened earlier. Cost £33 million.
2017	A725	Raith	Lanarkshire	Underpass for A725 on M74 J5
2017	A8082	Holm Mills to Tomnahurich	Inverness-shire	Inverness West Link Phase 1
2017	A9	Kincraig to Dalraddy	Inverness-shire	Dualling
2017	-	Maiden Wells Relief Road	Pembrokeshire	Opened in June 2017. The 0.6 mile road provided an alternative route via B4319 from Pembroke to Pembroke Oil Refinery and Power Station to the winding B4320 through Hundleton and Monkton.
2017	-	Bury St Edmunds Eastern Relief Road	Suffolk	Rougham Tower Avenue was opened on 25 September 2017. It included the reconstruction of A14 J45 Rookery Crossroads and unlocked a 67 hectare site for development. Contractor was Breheny Civil Engineering, cost £17 million.
2018	A1(M)	Barton to Catterick	Yorkshire	The 4.2 mile section from J56 to 2 miles south of J53 Scotch Corner opened on 26 February 2018. It was an upgrade of the existing A1 dual carriageway.
2018	A1(M)	Catterick	Yorkshire	The 2 mile section from 2 miles south of J53 Scotch Corner to J52 (the northbound carriageway section was 0.7 miles south of J52 so 2.7 miles long) opened on 29 March 2018 (note that this was later than the Gazette notice of 26 February 2018). It was an upgrade of the existing A1 dual carriageway.
2018	A142	Ely Southern Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 1 mile road from Angel Drove to Stuntney Causeway opened on 31 October 2018. It included a viaduct over the Great Ouse and a bridge over 2 railway lines. The foundations depth for the river viaduct was two-thirds the height of Ely Cathedral. Contractor was VolkerFitzpatrick and cost £49 million.
2018	A145	Beccles Southern Relief Road	Suffolk	The 1.2 mile road from London Road to Ellough Road was opened on 25 September 2018 by Robert Rous, Vice Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. Contractor was Jackson Civil Engineering, cost £7 million. It connected to B1127 Copland Way via Benacre Road to form the south-eastern bypass.
2018	A1231	Sunderland : Northern Spire Bridge	Durham	The dual carriageway cable stayed bridge over the River Wear opened for traffic on 29 August 2018. It connected Wessington Way to Woodbine Terrace, for Pallion New Road to the City. Paul Watson Way was also opened to provide an westwards link on the south bank. The 105m A-frame pylon became the highest structure in the North-east. Contractor was a Farrans Victor Buyck (FVB) Joint Venture, cost £117 million. It was phase 2 of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor project to connect the City Centre and Port to A19. Phase 1 had been improvements to transform St Mary's Way into St Mary's Boulevard, completed in May 2015.
2018	A379	Slapton Line Reconstruction	Devon	Storm Emma in March 2018 had washed away the coastal road at two sections between Strete Gate and Torcross. Reconstruction included 0.7 mile of new carriageway 10 metres inland, opening on 23 October 2018. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., cost £2.5 million.
2018	A45	Weedon, Flore and Upper Heyford Bypass	Northamptonshire	Daventry Development Link Road. The 3.5 mile single carriageway from west of Weedon High Street to M1 J16 Kislingbury was opened on 15 December 2018 by Duncan Shepherd, whose late wife Frances Shepherd was one of the Chairpersons of the Flore Bypass Action Group in the 1970s. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £40.9 million.
2018	A555	Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road	Cheshire	The 6.2 mile dual carriageway in two sections of Ringway Road to Wilmslow Road Junction (B5358) and Woodford Road Junction (A5102) to Simpsons Corner, Hazel Grove (A6) was fully opened on 14 October 2018. Ringway Road to Hollin Lane (B5166) had opened on 3 August 2018 for westbound traffic and 10 September for eastbound. The centre section had opened in 1995. It included a 95m high, 20m long fence to catch golf balls from the sixth hole at Hazel Grove Golf Club. Contractor was a Carillion / Morgan Sindall joint venture (the latter completing the project after Carillion's collapse), cost £290 million.
2018	A6	Kegworth Bypass	Leicestershire	The 1.3 mile single carriageway road to the south of the village from London Road to A453 Ashby Road opened on 14 November 2018 with a small local ceremony. It included a new bridge over M1 which comprised 1200 tonnes of steel and concrete and was built using pioneering modular construction methods. Funding was by SEGRO as part of road improvements around the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway.
2018	A6182	Doncaster : Great Yorkshire Way	Yorkshire	Phase 2. The 1 mile dual carriageway from A638 Parrots Corner to Hurst Lane, Airport Entrance, was opened on 15 June 2018. It completed the route from M18 to Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Design by Mott MacDonald. Contractor was a Carillion / Tarmac joint venture. Tarmac took over in January 2018 when Carillion went into administration. Cost £10.55 million.
2018	A90	Blackdog-Goval	Aberdeenshire	First section of AWPR
2018	A90 A956	Stonehaven-Craibstone	Kincardineshire • Aberdeenshire	Second section of AWPR. Including River Dee Bridge and Fastlink
2018	A90	Balmedie – Tipperty	Aberdeenshire	Fully opened on 15 August 2018. A 1.8 mile section from south of Bridgend and the Foveran Bypass was opened for single carriageway working on 24 September 2017. The A975 Foveran Link Road was opened in November 2017. Part of the AWPR project. It included 5.5 mile of new dual carriageway between Balmedie and Bridgend and 2 miles of improvements to the existing dual carriageway between Black Dog and Balmedie.
2019	A14	Huntingdon to Cambridge Improvement	Huntingdonshire • Cambridgeshire	The off-line 12.5 mile D2/D3 dual carriageway second bypass of Huntingdon from New Ellington Junction to Swavesey was opened on 9 December 2019. It included a 750m viaduct across the river Great Ouse and East Coast main line. The scheme also included improvements eastwards to Milton Interchange, Cambridge and to the A1 between Alconbury and Brampton Interchange. Roadworks continued until 4 May 2020. Contractors were Costain, Skanska and Balfour Beatty, cost £1.5 billion. The viaduct through the centre of Huntingdon was closed and the old road was renumbered A1307, with the A141 being extended to Brampton Hut.
2019	A325	Whitehill and Bordon Relief Road	Hampshire	The 2.6 mile road was opened on 7 January 2019 by Rob Humby, County Council Executive Member for Transport and Environment, and Dave Axam, Head of the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership. The northern phase 1 Louisburg Avenue section serving the former barracks site had opened in December 2016. The southern phase 2 section A from junction 1 to 2 had opened in June 2018 leaving the centre section B to open in January 2019. There was a short stretch of dual carriageway at the northern end.
2019	A483, A489	Newtown Bypass	Montgomeryshire	The 3.6 mile S2+1 road was opened on 14 February 2019 by Ken Skates, Wales Transport Minister. Contractor was Alun Griffiths Ltd., cost £95 million.
2019	A59	Penwortham Bypass	Lancashire	Stage 2: John Horrocks Way, from Liverpool Road to A582 Broad Oak Roundabout, was opened on 2 December 2019 to complete the bypass. The 0.9 mile dual carriageway cost £17.5 million. John Horrocks, born 1768, was one of the leading figures in Lancashire's textiles revolution and owned several mills.
2019	A737	Dalry Bypass	Ayrshire	The 2.35 mile single carriageway road was opened on 30 May 2019 by Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity. Contractor was a Farrans Construction / Roadbridge joint venture, cost £31 million.
2019	A90	Craibstone-Goval	Aberdeenshire	Final section of AWPR via River Don Crossing
2019	B9993	Perth: Bertha Park Link Road	Perthshire	From A85 Crieff Road to Bertha Park roundabout. Opened in August 2019. It included a new grade separated junction with A9. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, contract value originally £35 million (the final cost being within 7% of the initial price). The section north of Ruthvenfield Road roundabout including the new bridge over River Almond had opened on 26 June 2018.