A13 road (England)

A13
Route information
Length:	42 mi (68 km)
History:	Route pre-dates inception of 1922 Roads list; first all-new bypass section opened 1924; last all-new section opened 1999; latest grade-separation completed 2013
Major junctions
From:	Central London
	A11 road A1203 road A101 road A1205 road A1206 road A12 road A1261 road A1011 road A1020 road A124 road A112 road A117 road A406 road A123 road A1153 road A1306 road M25 motorway Junction 30 A126 road A1012 road A1089 road A1013 road A128 road A1014 road A176 road A132 road A130 road A129 road A1158 road A127 road A1160 road A1159 road
To:	Shoeburyness
Location
Primary destinations:	Docklands, Barking, Dartford Crossing, Tilbury, Basildon, Southend
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A13 is a major road in England linking Central London with east London and south Essex. Its route is similar to that of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, and runs the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area, terminating on the Thames Estuary at Shoeburyness. It is a trunk road between London and the Tilbury junction, a primary route between there and Sadlers Hall Farm near South Benfleet, and a non-primary route between there and Shoeburyness.

Located in South East England, the road starts at Aldgate, in central London, and then travels through Limehouse (Commercial Road); it then goes past the Isle of Dogs, Canning Town and Silvertown, skipping the Limehouse link, it then goes past the East Ham Sainsbury's and then past other major road in London, the A406. Then it goes through Barking, Dagenham and Rainham before it reaches the M25, a motorway that rings around London. After then going past Lakeside, Grays, Tilbury, Orseet and Stamford le Hope it reaches where a new crossing linking Kent to Essex is planned, it is yet to be confirmed and many local residents are against this project. Then it goes past Pitsea and a new junction that turns the A13 in to the A130. Then the A13 is no longer a dual carriageway and then is a A road that goes past South Benfleet, Leigh on Sea, Westcliff and then reaching Southend on Sea, where it meets the A127, another road that goes into London. Then the A13 continues on to Shoeburyness where the road ends.

(see Note just below)

Note: sliproad starts on Tower Hamlets side of the River Lea!

through traffic is free-flow

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