A14 road
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| A14 Road | ||
| Eastbound exits | Junction | Westbound exits |
| Leicestershire | ||
| Start of road | Terminus | Birmingham, Sheffield M1 M6 |
| Northamptonshire | ||
| A5199 | 1 | A5199 |
| A508 | 2 | A508 |
| A6 | 5 | A6 |
| No exit | 6 | B669 |
| A43 | 7 | A43 |
| A43 | 8 | A43 |
| A509 | 9 | A509 |
| A6, A6003 | 10 | A6, A6003 |
| A510 | 11 | A510 |
| A6116 | 12 | A6116 |
| A45, A605 | 13 | A45, A605 |
| 14 | ||
| Cambridgeshire | ||
| B663 | 15 | B663 |
| Kimbolton B660 | 16 | Kimbolton B660 |
| Leighton Bromswold | 17 | |
| Spaldwick, Barham | 18 | |
| Easton | 19 | |
| Ellington | 20 | |
| Stevenage A1 | 21 | Stevenage A1 |
| Brampton | 22 | |
| A141, A1(M) | 23 (Spittals) | A141, A1(M) |
| A1198 | 24 | A1198 |
| Hemingford Abbots | 25 | Hemingford Abbots |
| A1096, B1040 | 26 | A1096, B1040 |
| Fenstanton, Fen Drayton | 27 | Fenstanton, Fen Drayton |
| Swavesey | 28 | Swavesey |
| No exit | 28a | Lolworth |
| Bar Hill B1050 | 29 | Bar Hill B1050 |
| Oakington, Dry Drayton | 30 | Oakington, Dry Drayton |
| London, Cambridge M11, A1307 | 31 (Girton) | London, Bedford M11, A428 |
| B1049 | 32 | B1049 |
| A10, A1309 | 33 | A10, A1309 |
| B1047 | 34 | No exit |
| Cambridge, Newmarket, Burwell A1303, B1102 | 35 (Quy) | Cambridge, Burwell A1303, B1102 |
| No exit | 36 | London A11 |
| Suffolk | ||
| Newmarket, Ely A142 | 37 | Newmarket, Ely A142 |
| Cambridgeshire | ||
| Norwich, Mildenhall A11 | 38 | No exit |
| Suffolk | ||
| No exit | 39 | Kentford for Newmarket |
| 40 | ||
| Saxham Business Park | 41 | |
| Bury St Edmunds (East) A1302, B1106 | 42 | Bury St Edmunds (East) A1302, B1106 |
| Diss A143, A134 | 43 | Diss A143, A134 |
| Bury St Edmunds (West) A143 | 44 | Bury St Edmunds (West) A143 |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | ||
| Woolpit A1088 | 47 | Woolpit A1088 |
| 47a | ||
| 48 (Haugley Bends) | ||
| Stowmarket A1308 | 49 | No Exit |
| Stowmarket A1120 | 50 | Stowmarket A1120 |
| A140, Needham Market B1078 | 51 | A140, Needham Market B1078 |
| Claydon B1113 | 52 | Claydon B1113 |
| Ipswich (North) A1156 | 53 (Whitehouse) | Ipswich (North) A1156 |
| Sproughton | 54 | Sproughton |
| London, Ipswich A12, A1214 | 55 (A12 J33 - Copdock) | London, Ipswich A12, A1214 |
| A137 | 56 (Wherstead) | A137 |
| A1156 | 57 (Nacton) | A1156 |
| Lowestoft A12, A1158 | 58 (Seven Hills) | Lowestoft A12 , A1158 |
| 59 | ||
| Felixstowe A154 | 60 (Dockspur Roundabout) | Felixstowe A154 |
| Felixstowe Dock Gate 2 A154 | 61 (Trinity Avenue) | No Exit |
| Felixstowe Dock Gate 1 A154 | 62 | Start of road |
The A14 is a major road in England, running from The Port of Felixstowe to the junction of the M1 and M6 motorways near Rugby.
From the seaport of Felixstowe, the road heads West, bypassing Ipswich, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Cambridge, St Ives, Huntingdon and Kettering. The entire road is a busy dual carriageway, heavily used by lorries running from mainland Europe to Ireland.
East of the Girton Interchange with the M11 at Cambridge, the A14 used to be known as the A45, and much of the long-distance traffic further west had previously used the A45 route. The section between Cambridge and Kettering used to be classified as the A604 and apart from a short section near Kettering that used to be part of the A6, the remainder of the road between Kettering and Rugby was built at the time of the road's reclassification in the mid-1990s. The Highways Agency is planning a major upgrade (for construction 2007-2010) to the overloaded A14-M1-M6 interchange at the A14's western end.
The road known as the A14 until the mid-90's is now the A1198 between Royston, Hertfordshire and Godmanchester but, confusingly, retains its A14 designation north of Godmanchester until it meets the A1 road near Alconbury; thus forming a 'spur' off the main A14.
There is a six-lane stretch (three lanes each way) on the Newmarket bypass (between Junctions 36 and 38) where this road multiplexes with the A11, carrying traffic from London to Norwich. The A14 also multiplexes with the A12 road from the Copdock Interchange over the Orwell Bridge to the Seven Hills Interchange, which forms the Ipswich Southern bypass. A short stretch north of the Girton Interchange as far as Bar Hill is also six-lane.
The section between Cambridge and Huntingdon (between junctions with the M11 and A1 respectively) is badly congested and in 2003 was the subject of a government study called CHUMMS (Cambridge to HUntingdon Multi-Modal Study), which recommended a partial diversion, and widening of the whole section to three lanes. The high number of crashes, deaths and injuries (there is at least one crash almost every week) on this section has led to it being nicknamed the 'Road to Hell' by the Cambridge Evening News, which has been constantly campaigning for improvements to this road for several years.
From the M1/M6 junction to A12 west of Ipswich, A14 is part of (but not signed as) the E-road E24. The remainder from Ipswich to Felixstowe is part of E30.
The numbering of the A14 is inconsistent with the national road numbering scheme, as it begins in zone 4 and crosses through zones 5 and 6 on the way to zone 1 east of Huntingdon.
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