A35 road
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The A35 in the New Forest |
The
A35 is a
trunk road in southern
England, that runs from
Honiton in
Devon to
Southampton in
Hampshire.
Beginning in Honiton off the
A30 road, the A35 travels in a roughly south-easterly direction past
Axminster,
Charmouth and
Bridport. After Bridport, there is a two-mile section of
dual carriageway, before it reaches its
bypass around
Dorchester. After Dorchester, there is approximately eight miles of dual carriageway, including the
Puddletown bypass, until it reaches its
roundabout with the
A31 road at
Bere Regis. Continuing roughly south-easterly still, it becomes dual carriageway again near
Upton, and continues past
Poole. It returns to single carriageway through
Bournemouth, and then has a dual carriageway bypass of
Christchurch. It then heads in a north-easterly direction through the
New Forest, passing through the town of
Lyndhurst where it meets the
A337 road (to
Lymington). It continues through
Ashurst and
Totton, meeting the
A36 road and
M27 motorway at
grade separated junctions. It then turns north-east, acting as the western part of Southampton's ring road, with the
A27 road making up the eastern part. It terminates at
Swaythling, on the northern outskirts of Southampton.
Within Bournemouth, it has been diverted north of the shopping centre of
Boscombe; much of the former road is pedestrianised.
The A35 and the A30 together form part of one of the main routes to the South Coast, and have
congestion a result. To help solve this problem, sixty-three miles of the A30/A35 are in the process of being upgraded between
Exeter and Bere Regis, which includes the A35 between Honiton and Bere Regis. Some of the improvements involve the construction of new dual carriageway bypasses such as the Puddletown bypass (which opened in 1999), whereas other improvements include new sections of single carriageway road. The improvements are due to be completed by September 2026.
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SABRE page on the A35*
Highways Agency - Exeter to Bere Regis A30/A35 improvements
