A240 road
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 8.5 mi (13.7 km) |
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| South East end: |
Burgh Heath, Surrey 51°18′21″N 0°13′11″W / 51.30591°N 0.21986°W |
 A217 road A24 road A2022 road A232 road A3210 road A3 road A307 road
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| North West end: |
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London 51°18′20″N 0°13′11″W / 51.30568°N 0.21977°WCoordinates: 51°18′20″N 0°13′11″W / 51.30568°N 0.21977°W |
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The A240 is a partially primary status A road in Surrey and Greater London that connects the A217 with the A3 and continues beyond through Surbiton to Kingston upon Thames. The road is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and is dualled as the Ewell bypass and thereafter to Tolworth Broadway. In conjunction with the A3 it provides an alternative to the congested A24 corridor through Morden and Merton.
The A240 runs through three boroughs. Starting in Burgh Heath (Reigate and Banstead); most of its course is a direct route skirting Ewell (Epsom and Ewell) and its finishing section through Tolworth, Surbiton and the south of Kingston in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames the A240's Greater London borough.
Branching off the A217 on at Burgh Heath, at the north of a plateau of the North Downs at 178m OD, the road descends northwest passing the large village of Great Burgh or Epsom Downs as a single carriageway primary road, through traffic-lit crossroad junctions with the suburban B2221..
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