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Ridgmont Interchange

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Ridgmont Interchange
Location Map ( geo)
J13 M1 - Geograph - 368173.jpg
Looking SW towards the junction
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Location
near Ridgmont
County
Bedfordshire
Highway Authority
National Highways
Junction Type
Modified Diamond
Roads Joined
M1, A421, A507
Junctions related to the A507
Junctions related to the C94 (Central Bedfordshire)

History

Originally a lightly trafficked diamond with the B557, M1 Junction 13, or Ridgmont Interchange has grown in importance in the years since it opened - as it became the main junction for Bedford (with the A5140 extending to the junction) and parts of Milton Keynes (which wasn't there when the junction opened) when the A421 was built. The A507 got diverted to the junction when the area to the south got renumbered, when the A418 was cut back to Leighton Buzzard. The A507 has since been upgraded to a major local route between the A1 and M1, with a recent bypass of Ridgmont changing which side of the junction it met, and the A421 has become a trunk road, serving East-West traffic across the South Midlands between Milton Keynes and Cambridge.

From 2008 to 2010 the junction was upgraded to support the dualled A421 to the north. The end result was a 'triple-diamond' with a new bridge over the M1.

Routes

Route To Notes

M1

The NORTH, Milton Keynes

M1

London, Luton

A421

Cambridge, Bedford

A421

Milton Keynes

A507

Ampthill, Ridgmont, Woburn (A4012), Husborne Crawley, Station, Marston Gate Distribution Centre

C76

Cranfield, Salford

C94

Brogborough, Marston Moretaine old A421, formerly A5140, originally B557

C94

Husbourne Crawley old A507, originally B557


Links

Roads.org.uk

National Highways

legislation.gov.uk

  • The M1 Motorway (Junction 13 and Connecting Roads) Order 2008 - This Order would establish the line of four new slip roads to be constructed at M1 Junction 13 on a different alignment to the existing slip roads, which will connect the motorway to a new roundabout on the A421 Trunk Road. The four existing slip roads will be stopped up.



Ridgmont Interchange
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A421Barleymow Roundabout • Tesco Roundabout • Bottledump Roundabout • Tattenhoe Roundabout • Windmill Hill Roundabout • Emerson Roundabout • Elfield Park Roundabout • Bleak Hall Roundabout • Coffee Hall Roundabout • Hospital Roundabout • Marina Roundabout • Netherfield Roundabout • Kents Hill Roundabout • Brinklow Roundabout • Kingston Roundabout • Fen Farm Roundabout • Eagle Farm Roundabout • Ridgmont Interchange • Marston Junction • Marsh Leys Roundabout • Elstow Interchange • Harrowden Interchange • Cardington Cross • Renhold Interchange • Black Cat Roundabout
A428Binley (TGI Island) • Crick Interchange • Barns Meadow Interchange • Warrington Toll Bar Roundabout • Marsh Leys Roundabout • Elstow Interchange • Harrowden Interchange • Cardington Cross • Renhold Interchange • Black Cat Roundabout • Wyboston Interchange • Tesco Roundabout • Tithe Farm Roundabout • Caxton Gibbet • Cambourne Junction • Hardwick Interchange • Madingley Interchange • Girton Interchange


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