A508 road
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.jpg) A508 in Grafton Regis | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 52.470 km (32.603 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  A4304 in Market Harborough[1][2]52°28′42″N 0°54′49″W / 52.4782°N 0.9136°W | |||
| South end | Old Stratford  A5 / A422[15][16] 52°03′59″N 0°52′12″W / 52.0665°N 0.8699°W | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
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The A508 is a 51 kilometres (32 mi) north-south A-class road in central England, forming the route from Market Harborough in Leicestershire, via Northampton, to Old Stratford in Northamptonshire, just outside Milton Keynes.
Major settlements
[edit]The major settlements along the route are Market Harborough,[17] Great Oxendon,[18] Kelmarsh,[19] Maidwell,[20] Hanging Houghton,[21] Brixworth,[22] Pitsford,[23] Boughton,[24] Northampton,[25] Roade,[26] Grafton Regis,[27] Yardley Gobion,[28] before finishing outside Old Stratford.[29]
Route
[edit]Market Harborough
[edit]
The road starts in Market Harborough,[2] Leicestershire, at the junction of the A4304 St Mary's Road and Clarence Road. It begins as Kettering Road,[30] crosses the River Welland,[31] and continues as Springfield Street, Northampton Road and Harborough Road, before crossing the county boundary into Northamptonshire.[32]
Great Oxendon to Boughton
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The A508 is named Harborough Road for 21 kilometres (13 mi), until it becomes Harborough Road North at a roundabout in the village of Boughton. The first village in Northamptonshire is Great Oxendon, where the road passes St Helen's Church.[33] The road then passes Kelmarsh Hall and Kelmarsh village. South of Kelmarsh it intersects with the A14 road, a dual carriageway trunk road, at a grade-separated junction.[3][4]
South of the A14, the road continues through Maidwell[20] and Lamport, where it is served by X7 and 77 buses to Northampton.[34]
History
[edit]Bypasses
[edit]The Yardley Gobion bypass, extending from Grafton Road to 300 m (980 ft) south of Yardley Road, was opened by Tim Boswell, MP for Daventry.[35] The project, executed by Kottler and Heron (a division of the Galliford Group), cost £1.9 million.
The 1.9-mile (3.1 km) Brixworth bypass was inaugurated on 27 October 1989 by Roger Freeman, MP for Kettering.[citation needed] The project, undertaken by Galliford, amounted to £4.4 million.[citation needed]
The 1.6-mile (2.6 km) Roade bypass, an S2[clarification needed] road, was opened on 21 August 2023. The construction was carried out by Winvic Construction as part of the SEGRO Logistics Park development.[36]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "A508 road (northern end)". GeoHack. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b "A4304 junction in Market Harborough, LE16 7DX". Google Maps. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b "A14 J2 Kelmarsh Interchange". roads.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b "A14/A508 Kelmarsh Junction in Northampton, NN6 9LU". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A5076, NN2 8LL". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b "A45/A5076, NN4 7JJ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A5199, NN2 7SH". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A5095, NN2 7AX". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A5095, NN2 6HD". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A428, NN1 2NQ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b "A4500/A5123, NN1 1TB". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "A5123, NN1 1HJ". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b "M1/A45, NN7 2FL". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "M1 J15 Collingtree Interchange". roads.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "A5/A422, MK19 6FH". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "A508 road (southern end)". GeoHack. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Market Harborough, LE16". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Great Oxendon LE16". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Kelmarsh NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Maidwell, NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Hanging Houghton NN6". Google Maps. 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Brixworth NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Pitsford NN6". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Boughton NN2". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Northampton boundary". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Roade NN7". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Grafton Regis NN12". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Yardley Gobion NN12". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Old Stratford MK19". Google Maps. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Kettering Road, LE16 8FF". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "River Welland: Kettering Road crossing". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Northamptonshire boundary". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST. HELEN, Great Oxendon - 1367480". Historic England. 2 November 1954. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "X7 Bus Route & Timetable: Northampton - Market Harborough" (PDF). Stagecoach. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Northampton Chronicle and Echo, 26 November 1987[verification needed]
- ^ "WINVIC STARTS 2023 ON A HIGH, SURPASSING MILESTONES AT SEGRO LOGISTICS PARK NORTHAMPTON". Winvic News: Civils & Infrastructure. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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