Chippenham to Bath .2812.7 miles.29 A4 road (England)



the paragon, bath


the bridge centre roundabout forms junction of a4 a420 bristol road. route heads on rowden hill past chippenham community hospital , down spot musician eddie cochran killed in car crash on 17 april 1960. plaque has been placed there in remembrance.


from there passes under railway arch built isambard kingdom brunel in 1830s , on junction a350. point onwards regains trunk road status , heads chequers hill towards corsham. road passes through pickwick, used village in own right. charles dickens stayed @ hare & hounds inn , used village name title of novel pickwick papers.


after series of roundabouts a4 continues uphill past ministry of defence site , descends steeply village of box. road box tunnel, built part of great western railway, can seen clearly. road bears right @ junction a365 melksham, , criss-crosses main railway line far roundabout @ bathford forms junction a363 towards bradford-on-avon. road after roundabout becomes dual carriageway until a4 diverts left down slip road, , remainder becomes a46; section, 3-mile (4.8 km) £45 million dual-carriageway batheaston/swainswick bypass, opened in summer 1996, highly controversial both @ planning , @ construction stages.


the route enters outskirts of bath passing training grounds of bath rfc. after series of traffic light controlled junctions, a4 continues straight ahead meets a36. passes hedgemead park , down paragon before crossing george street , queen square.








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