A4146 (Great Britain)
A4146 | |
|---|---|
 A4146 Childs Way looking southwest | |
| Major junctions | |
| From | A505 in Leighton Buzzard |
| To | A509 in Milton Keynes, near to M1 Junction 14 |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Road network | |
The A4146 is an A-class road in England running from (near) M1 junction 14 at Milton Keynes, around Linslade and Leighton Buzzard as far as the A505 to Dunstable.
Route
Milton Keynes
In Milton Keynes, the road begins at a junction with the A509 near Junction 14 of the M1 Motorway and briefly follows H6 Childs Way westwards before turning south onto the V11 Tongwell Street, west again onto the H10 Bletcham Way and once more to the south where it joins with the A5. It then separates again at the "Kelly's Kitchen" roundabout heading west to bypass the southern flank of Bletchley.
Linslade & Stoke Hammond Western Bypass
At the end of this single-carriageway bypass, from a point just south of the Water Eaton estate, a new alignment has been built for the road to continue west on a short stretch of dual carriageway bypassing Linslade and Stoke Hammond[1][2] and to hug the West Coast Main Line for most of the way south towards Leighton Buzzard. The route is planned to tie in with a proposed A418 Wing bypass. The new road features five new roundabouts, four over-bridges and three under-passes. The bypass was the focus on an anti-road protest. During the protest two women chained themselves to a digger. They were arrested and charged, but later acquitted.[3]
Leighton Buzzard southern bypass
At a roundabout at the start of the A418 just north of Ascott, the A4146 takes over the former route of the A505 road around the south of Leighton Buzzard. This stretch is partly a three-lane single carriageway and partly a wide two-lane single carriageway. On reaching a junction with the B440, the A4146 designation ends and the route continues eastwards as the A505.
Hemel Hempstead
The section of A4146 between Leighton Buzzard and Hemel was downgraded upon the opening of the A5 Dunstable bypass, however the section between the A4147 and A4251 was left as A4146. This is mostly the original 1930s route of the A road before it absorbed the whole of the B486, save an extension from the Plough Roundabout to the A4251 along the old A414 that was added when the A41 Hemel bypass was built.
References
- ^ "A4146 Stoke Hammond and Linslade Bypass". Alfred McAlpine. 10 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Stoke Hammond and Linslade Western Bypass". Buckinghamshire County Council. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Road Block press release". Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.