The A1309 is a short road (1.9 miles) which links the two ends of the
A10 to north and south of
Cambridge
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city centre in
Cambridgeshire
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,
England
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. It was numbered as part of the A10 prior to the construction of the Cambridge Western Bypass (now M11) and the Northern Bypass (originally
A45, now
A14).
Its northern end is at the ''
Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
Interchange'' with the
A14 and A10. From here, it passes the
Cambridge Science Park
The Cambridge Science Park, founded by Trinity College in 1970, is the oldest science park in the United Kingdom. It is a concentration of science and technology related businesses, and has strong links with the nearby University of Cambridge. ...
, the
Cambridge Business Park
Cambridge Business Park is a large business complex in Cambridge, England, owned by the Crown Estate. It is home to many companies, mostly Information Technology, IT-related, such as Qualcomm, Autonomy (company), Autonomy, MathWorks and Red Gate ...
, and the Cowley Road
Park & Ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system (rap ...
site, as Milton Road on its way to the ''Mitchams Corner'' gyratory complex just to the north of the city centre.
It is unmarked through the city centre, but reappears to the south on the route of the
A1134 ring road named ''
Trumpington Road
Trumpington Road is an arterial road (part of the A1134) in southeast central Cambridge, England. It runs between the junction of Trumpington Street and Lensfield Road at the northern end to the junction of the High Street in the village of T ...
'' which then becomes Trumpington High Street. In
Trumpington
Trumpington is a village and parish to the south of Cambridge, England. The village is an electoral ward of the City of Cambridge and a ward of South Cambridgeshire District Council. The 2011 Census recorded the ward's population as 8,034.
Th ...
, it has a junction with the
A1301 and then passes the Trumpington Park & Ride site before its southern end at junction 11 of the
M11 motorway
The M11 is a motorway that runs north from the North Circular Road (A406) in South Woodford to the A14, northwest of Cambridge, England. Originally proposed as a trunk road as early as 1915, various plans were considered throughout the 1960s ...
and the A10.
References
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Roads in Cambridgeshire
Transport in Cambridge