The 'A36' is a
trunk road and
primary route in
England that links the port city of
Southampton to the city of
Bath. At Bath, the A36 connects with the
A4 road to
Bristol, thus enabling a road link between the major ports of Southampton and Bristol. Originally, the A36 continued onto Avonmouth, but this section was renumbered to the A4. On its way south from Bath the A36 passes a number of towns, including
Warminster,
Wilton and
Salisbury in
Wiltshire, and
Totton in
Hampshire, on the western outskirts of Southampton, where it joins the
A35 road.
Standard of Route
The majority of the A36 is built to single carriageway standard, but parts of it have been upgraded to
dual carriageway standard. The A36 is dual carriageway for its
1 mile (1.6 km) bypass of the village of
Beckington,
3 miles (5 km) north of
Frome, and also dualled for approximately
1 mile (1.6 km) near to its
grade separated junction with the
A303 road,
8 miles (13 km) north-west of Wilton). The A36 in Salisbury acts as the city's ring road,
bypassing the city centre to dual carriageway standard. Additionally, just south-east of Salisbury the largest dualled section exists for about
4 miles (6 km), bypassing the village of
Alderbury. Then, the road is briefly dualled from its
roundabout with the
A3090 road to the
M27 motorway (junction 2) – this part of the road may have once been known as the 'A36(M)' (see link below). It again reverts to single carriageway standard through Totton until it terminates.
External link
★
SABRE page on A36
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