Calvados, Manche Michelin Local Map 303: No. 303 (Michelin Local Maps)

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PREMIUM FINE ART PRINT - luxury heavywight 310gsm, 100% cotton rag, lightly textured fine art paper, matte finish, suitable for framing or mounting. Nevertheless, the New Direct Road became increasingly used as a coaching route between London and Exeter in the 1820s.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A section of the A303 around Weyhill, west of Andover, runs alongside a ditch thought to be constructed during the Bronze Age.Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the improvements would "transform" the A303 and would be important for removing congestion. It passes through the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and attempts to upgrade the road in those areas have been controversial. Plans to improve the A303 between Sparkford and Ilchester by upgrading three miles of single carriageway to high-quality dual carriageway were approved by the government in February 2021. Some junctions, such as the Countess Roundabout with the A345 near Amesbury, and the Podimore roundabout with the A37, are known congestion hotspots because they are insufficient to cope with traffic.

The plans were shelved in 2009 when it was concluded that the dualling could not be funded from the Regional Funding Allocation for the South West.In 2017, over 35 miles (56 km) of the road west of Amesbury remains single carriageway, interrupted by various sections of dual carriageway. The end of the A303 is reached where it joins the A30, which enters as a side road and continues as the main route forward for Honiton and Exeter. Several historic roads converged at Weyhill, which is believed to have hosted a popular market since the Middle Ages, eventually becoming one of the most important in England by the 19th century.