A1120 road
The A1120 is an 'A' road in the English county of Suffolk.[1] It links Stowmarket to Yoxford passing through the centre of the county.[2] It is 26 miles (42 km) long.
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 A1120 Dennington Road | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 26.0 mi (41.8 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southwest end | Stowmarket | |||
 A1308 A14 A140 A12 | ||||
| Northeast end | Yoxford | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
| Primary destinations | Stowupland, Earl Soham, Dennington, Peasenhall | |||
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Route
From west to east the road passes through the following settlements:
- Stowmarket A14
- Stowupland B1115 (incorrectly labelled as B1151 on some sat-nav devices)
- Earl Stonham
- Stonham Parva A140
- Stonham Aspal
- Pettaugh B1077
- Earl Soham
- Saxtead B1119
- Dennington B1116
- Badingham B1120
- Peasenhall
- Sibton
- Yoxford A12
History
Original Cambridge route
The A1120 was the original Cambridge southern bypass, upgraded from the B1046 in the early 1930s.
Starting on the A603 Newnham Road the A1120 headed east along The Fen Causeway, which was only built in the mid-1920s (and opened as part of the B1046). A staggered crossroads took the road over the A10 Trumpington Road, after which the road ran northeastwards along Lensfield Road and East Road, to end on the A45 Newmarket Road.
In 1935, the A1120 was renumbered as an eastern extension of the A603 itself. The Fen Causeway has since been renumbered as part of the A1134 ring road, although the A603 is still here as the junior partner in a multiplex.
References
- "Sabre".
- Clark.R (2003) The long and winding road, The Telegraph, 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-05.