The A1152 is an A road in the

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. It links the A12 on the outskirts of

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. It is long.

Route

The road leaves the A12 at a roundabout on the northern edge of

. It runs due east through fields as the Woodbridge northern bypass.''Landranger Sheet 156 - Saxmundham, Aldeburgh & Southwold'',

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1:50 000 sheet, 2015-10-21. At Melton there is a signalised crossroads with the B1438 (the original course of the A12) before bypassing the village centre and turning right to cross the railway line at a level crossing at

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.''Explorer Sheet 212 - Woodbridge & Saxmundham'',

, 2015-10-23. Beyond Melton the road continues east across marshes to cross the

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at Wilford Bridge. Beyond the bridge the B1083 forks right towards

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at a roundabout whilst the A1152 continues ahead, passing a golf course on the south and the village of

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on the north. After Bromeswell the road ahead continues as the B1084 to Orford while the A1152 turns to travel north-east through

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. The road to passes to the south of

village with the main housing area of the former

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immediately on the northern edge of the road and airbase itself to the south. It continues through woodland to end at a roundabout at the main entrance to RAF Bentwaters, now used primarily as a business centre.RAF Mildenhall: West Suffolk towns could learn from the legacy of Bentwaters and Woodbridge
, ''

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'', 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-10-23. The road ahead is numbered the B1069 to Snape where it joins the A1094.

History

The A1152 was created in the 1960s by shortening two B-roads: the B1084 from the Woodbridge bypass to Bromeswell, and the B1069 from there on. It received its A rating because of the volume of traffic serving RAF Bentwaters, at the time a major

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airbase.

References

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