A120 road (Great Britain)

A120
Route of the A120 from OpenStreetMap
Route information
Part of
Major junctions
West end:	Puckeridge
	A10 road A1184 road A1250 road M11 motorway Junction 8 A130 road A131 road A12 road Junctions 25 and 29 A1232 road A133 road A136 road
East end:	Harwich
Location
Primary destinations:	Stansted Airport Colchester
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A120 is an important trunk road in the East of England. It follows the course of Stane Street, a Roman road from Standon, Hertfordshire at its western terminus to Colchester. From Colchester the A120 leads roughly east to the Essex port of Harwich.

The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroute E32.

The old A120 has been bypassed in several places, such that the old Roman road can be easily traced on a map, with the current designated A120 being less straight. From west to east, the A120's bypasses are:

As part of the application to add a second runway at Stansted, it was proposed that a new junction on the A120, replacing two existing ones, would be built to improve access to Stansted Airport. The proposal lapsed when the application for a second runway was withdrawn by BAA in 2010.

There were proposals to turn the A120 into a dual carriageway between Braintree and the junction with the A12. In July 2009 the proposed improvements were 'scrapped'.

Coordinates: 51°52′35″N 0°40′26″E / 51.87626°N 0.67381°E / 51.87626; 0.67381