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The A14 is a major road in England, running 204 km (127 miles) from the Port of Felixstowe to the junction of the M1 and M6 motorways near Rugby. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E24 and E30.

Route

From the Port of Felixstowe the road heads West, bypassing Ipswich, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, Cambridge, St Ives, Huntingdon and Kettering. From the A12 west of Ipswich to the M1/M6 junction, the A14 is part of (but not signed as) the E-road . The remainder from Ipswich to Felixstowe is part of .
   The entire road is a dual carriageway,and there's a six-lane stretch (three lanes each way) on the Newmarket bypass (between Junctions 36 and 38) where this road runs concurrent with the A11, carrying traffic from London to Norwich and a short stretch north of the Girton Interchange as far as Bar Hill is also six-lane.
   The road is particularly busy around Cambridge and Kettering; it's heavily used by trucks carrying freight from the Port of Felixstowe (Britain's busiest container port) and the Midlands, North West and Ireland and a number of schemes are at the planning stage to increase capacity on the most congested sections.
   The A14 runs concurrent with the A12 road from the Copdock Interchange over the Orwell Bridge to the Seven Hills Interchange, which forms the Ipswich Southern bypass.
   There are four at-grade junctions along the road: with the B663 at Bythorn in Cambridgeshire (junction 15); at the Leighton Bromswold turn a few kilometres to the east (junction 17); at the Haughley Bends West of Stowmarket in Suffolk (junction 48); and at the Dockspur Roundabout at the edge of Felixstowe (junction 60). Major works are currently in progress to rationalise the road line and junction arrangement at the Haughley Bends.
   The numbering of the A14 is inconsistent with the national road numbering scheme, as it begins in zone 5 and crosses through zone 6 on the way to zone 1 east of Huntingdon to Felixstowe.

History

East of the Girton Interchange with the M11 at Cambridge, the A14 used to be known as the A45, and much of the long-distance traffic further west had previously used the A45 route. The section between Cambridge and Kettering used to be the A604 apart from a short section near Kettering that used to be part of the A6. The remainder of the road between Kettering and Rugby was built at the time of the road's reclassification in 1991.
   The road known as the A14 until the mid-90's is now the A1198 between Royston, Hertfordshire and Godmanchester but, confusingly, retains its A14 designation north of Godmanchester until it meets the A1 road near Alconbury; thus forming a 'spur' off the main A14.
   Work to improve the at-grade junction at Rougham (junction 45), east of Bury St Edmunds, to a compact grade-separated junction was completed in 2006, along with the realignment of carriageway over a two-mile stretch to the east of Bury St Edmunds.
   A congestion reduction scheme was introduced in Spring 2007 on the eastbound carriageway approaching Welford summit, just prior to the junction with the A5199 (Junction 1). The scheme bans vehicles over 7.5 tonnes from the outside lane between 6am and 6pm over the 2-mile steep climb to Welford summit. A similar scheme covers 2 miles of the westbound carriageway from Junction 2 including a particularly steep climb to Naseby summit. It intended that these schemes will reduce parallel running by lorries as they attempt to pass each other, which can hold up long queues of cars.

Upgrades underway

Haughley Bends

Work has started in June 2007 the new two-lane dual carriageway at Haughley Bends to rationalise access using a new grade-separated junction.. The road is due to open in the summer of 2008..
The junction at Haughley Bends had long been one of Suffolks most notorious accident blackspots.

Proposed upgrades

Ellington to Fen Ditton

In March 2005 the Highways Agency unveiled its plans to upgrade the A14 between Ellington and Fen Ditton. Details of the preferred route for the Fen Drayton to Fen Ditton section were published in March 2007 which would broadly follow the current route and for the Ellington to Fen Drayton section in October 2007 which will take a new route further south to the Brampton Interchange before tracking the A1 north to Ellington.

A14-M1-M6 interchange

The Highways Agency is planning a major upgrade (due for construction 2009-2012) to the overloaded A14-M1-M6 interchange at the A14's western end. At this congested intersection two miles of stationary traffic is the norm on the westbound carriageway, as it's for traffic leaving the M6 to join A14. As of February 2008, the most recent information was that in March 2005 the contract for the planning, design, management and construction of the scheme through the Statutory Procedures from preparation of draft Orders to completion of construction was awarded to Skanska/Jacobs Babtie. Currently the Highways Agency is working with its Contractor, Skanska, to bring forward a robust, cost effective and affordable scheme that can be taken through the statutory processes of Public Inquiry.

Notable Incidents

On the 26 July 2006 the A14 was closed for 24 hours near Newmarket when a van carrying acetylene gas canisters caught fire and the rescue services were advised by British Oxygen that they could remain unstable and needed 24 hours to cool. Bomb disposal officers were called in and the Red Cross set up a centre in Newmarket for those who who were stranded.

Diagram

A14 RoadLeicestershireNorthamptonshireCambridgeshireSuffolkCambridgeshireSuffolk

Eastbound exits	Junction	Westbound exits
Start of road	Terminus	Birmingham, Sheffield M1 M6
A5199	1	A5199
A508	2	A508
A6	5	A6
No exit	6	B669
A43	7	A43
A43	8	A43
A509	9	A509
A6, A6003	10	A6, A6003
A510	11	A510
A6116	12	A6116
A45, A605	13	A45, A605
Titchmarsh	14	Titchmarsh
B663	15	B663
Kimbolton B660	16	Kimbolton B660
Leighton Bromswold	17	No exit
Spaldwick, Barham	18	Spaldwick, Barham
Easton	19	Easton
Woolley	19a	Woolley
Ellington	20	Ellington
Stevenage, Peterborough A1	21 (Brampton Hut)	Stevenage, Peterborough A1
Brampton	22	Brampton
A141, A1(M)	23 (Spittals)	A141, A1(M)
Huntingdon, Godmanchester A1198	24	Huntingdon, Godmanchester A1198
Hemingford Abbots	25	Hemingford Abbots
St Ives A1096, B1040	26	St Ives A1096, B1040
Fenstanton, Fen Drayton	27	Fenstanton, Fen Drayton
Swavesey, Boxworth	28	Swavesey, Boxworth
No exit	28a	Lolworth
Bar Hill B1050	29	Bar Hill B1050
Oakington, Dry Drayton	30	Oakington, Dry Drayton
London, Cambridge M11, A1307	31 (Girton)	London, Bedford M11, A428
B1049	32 (Histon)	B1049
A10, A1309	33 (Milton)	A10, A1309
B1047	34 (Fen Ditton)	No Exit
Cambridge, Newmarket, Burwell A1303, B1102	35 (Quy)	Cambridge, Burwell A1303, B1102
No exit	36 (Nine Mile Hill)	London A11
Newmarket, Ely A142	37	Newmarket, Ely A142
Norwich, Mildenhall A11	38	No Exit
No Exit	39	Kentford for Newmarket
Higham	40	Higham
Saxham Business Park, Risby	41	Saxham Business Park, Risby
Bury St Edmunds (West) A1302, B1106	42	Bury St Edmunds (West) A1302, B1106
Diss A143, A134	43 (St. Saviours)	Diss A141, A134
Bury St Edmunds (East) A143	44 (Moreton Hall)	Bury St Edmunds (East) A143
Rougham / Rougham Industrial Estate	45	Rougham / Rougham Industrial Estate
Thurston, Beyton, Tostock	46	Thurston, Beyton, Tostock
Elmswell, Woolpit A1088	47	Elmswell, Woolpit A1088
Wetherden	47a	No Exit
Harleston, Haughley	48 (Haughley Bends)	Harleston, Haughley
Stowmarket A1308	49	No Exit
Stowmarket A1120	50	Stowmarket A1120
A140, Needham Market B1078	51 (Beacon Hill)	A140, Needham Market B1078
Claydon B1113	52	Claydon B1113
Ipswich (North) A1156	53 (White House)	Ipswich (North) A1156
Sproughton	54 (Sproughton)	Sproughton
London, Ipswich A12, A1214	55 (A12 J33 - Copdock)	London, Ipswich A12, A1214
A137	56 (Wherstead)	A137
Orwell Bridge
A1189	57 (Nacton)	A1189
Lowestoft A12, A1156	58 (Seven Hills)	Lowestoft A12, A1156
C375 Croft Lane	Un-numbered	No Exit
Trimley St. Martin, Trimley St. Mary	59	Trimley St. Martin, Trimley St. Mary
Felixstowe A154	60 (Dockspur Roundabout)	Felixstowe A154
Felixstowe Dock Gate 2 A154	61 (Trinity Avenue)	No Exit
Felixstowe Dock Gate 1 A154	62	Start of road

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