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A429 road (Great Britain)

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A429
The A429 near Northleach, Gloucestershire
Route information
Length: 66.6 mi (107.2 km)
Major junctions
South end: Chippenham
51°30′59″N 2°07′18″W / 51.5163°N 2.1217°W / 51.5163; -2.1217
  [ M 4  ]M4 motorway Junction 17.svg
A350A350 road
A433A433 road
A419A419 road
A435A435 road
A417A417 road
A40 A40 road
A436A436 road
A424A424 road
A44 A44 road
A3400A3400 road
A422A422 road
A46 A46 road
[ M 40  ]M40 motorway Junction 15.svg
A4189A4189 road
A425A425 road
A445A445 road
A452A452 road
A45 A45 road
A4053A4053 road
North end: Coventry
52°24′12″N 1°30′50″W / 52.4034°N 1.5139°W / 52.4034; -1.5139
Location
Primary
destinations
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Cirencester
Warwick
Road network

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The A429 is a main road in England that runs in a north-northeasterly direction from junction 17 of the M4 motorway (4 miles (6.4 km) north of Chippenham in Wiltshire) to Coventry in the West Midlands.

For much of its length, the A429 follows the route of the Roman Fosse Way. It links the M4 in Wiltshire to Coventry in the West Midlands, by way of Malmesbury (bypassed), Crudwell, Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh, east of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Kenilworth.

When first designated in 1922. the A429 ran from Chippenham to Warwick. In the 1970s the route was extended from Warwick to Coventry on the old route of the A46. In the 1990s the dual carriageway between Chippenham and the M4 motorway became part of the extended A350.

Heading northeast, the road meets the Fosse Way near the southwestern outskirts of Cirencester. Until circa 1937 this junction was some 2.6 miles (4.2 km) further south, near Jackaments Bottom; when RAF Kemble (now Cotswold Airport) was built, the A429 was diverted south of the airfield to follow an upgraded existing road through Kemble village, and the section of the A429 north of the airfield became a continuation of the A433.


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