Westleigh Junction
| Westleigh Junction | |||
| Location Map ( geo) | |||
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| Traffic Lights nearing completion at Westleigh Junction | |||
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| Location | |||
| Near Bideford | |||
| County | |||
| Devon | |||
| Highway Authority | |||
| Devon | |||
| Junction Type | |||
| Traffic light controlled junction | |||
| Roads Joined | |||
| A39, B3233 | |||
The Westleigh Junction forms a link between the A39 and the B3233 in Devon. The traffic lights were installed in 2011 due to safety concerns over the previous layout of the junction. There was much debate when deciding on what should be installed, with a campaign to install a roundabout instead, with concerns of huge queues at the junction. However, since the opening of the lights, the junction has worked very well with minimal disruption.
History
When the Bideford Bypass opened in 1987, the A39 at this point swung tightly left down the hill to the current roundabout below and continued to Instow and beyond. When the North Devon Link Road was built, a basic at grade junction was built with the old road used as an exit slip road for eastbound traffic. Over the years, there were many accidents and near misses as eastbound traffic trying to exit were in conflict with traffic wanting to join the eastbound A39.
Routes
| Route | To | Notes |
| Barnstaple | ||
| Bude, Bideford, Torrington, Okehampton (A386) | ||
| East-the-Water, Instow, Yelland |
