A146 road (Great Britain)
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| Length: | 27 mi (43 km) |
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| North-west end: |
Norwich (A140) 52°36′46″N 1°16′54″E / 52.6127°N 1.2818°E |
 A140 road A1054 road A47 roadB1332 to Bungay B1136 to Great Yarmouth  A143 road A145 road A1117 road
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Lowestoft (A1117) 52°28′07″N 1°42′25″E / 52.4687°N 1.7070°E |
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Beccles |
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The A146 is an A road that connects Norwich in Norfolk and Lowestoft in Suffolk, two of East Anglia's largest population centres. It is around 27 miles (43 km) in length and has primary classification along its entire route. It is mainly single carriageway throughout its route, with the exception of a section of dual carriageway on the southern edge of Norwich.
The A146 begins in Norwich before passing through a mainly rural area on its route to the eastern edge of Lowestoft.
The A146 starts to the south of Norwich city centre as part of the city ring road. It begins at a junction with the A140 Ipswich Road and forms a section of the ring road which is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, running to the east where it reaches a junction with the A1054. The A146 then runs south-easterly out of the city, a direction it generally continues in for the rest of its route, initially as a section of dual carriageway around 1 mile (1.6 km) in length, crossing the main Norwich to London railway line and the River Yare and bypassing the village of Trowse. The road passes under the A47 southern bypass with junctions controlled by traffic lights allowing access to and from the A47 and reaches a junction with the B1332, the former northern terminus of the A144.
Before the construction of the southern bypass the A146 began in the centre of Norwich and ran through Trowse.
After leaving Norwich the A146 returns to a single carriageway and runs through a rural section towards the town of Beccles on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. It passes through the parish of Hellington before reaching the village of Thurton where a 40 mph (64 km/h) speed limit is in force. After passing the grounds of Langley School it then bypasses the village of Chedgrave and the market town of Loddon, crossing the River Chet in the process. The route formerly passed through both of these settlements.
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