The Brampton Hut interchange west of

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links the A1 and A14 trunk roads, and the

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which takes traffic into Huntingdon or towards

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. The A1 passes over a

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which provides access to a spur of the A14 west, which gives access, to the main A14 allowing travel to and from the west only. (This spur is occasionally mapped as an extension of A141.) Traffic on the A1(M) and A14 to and from the south and east uses continuous flow slip roads 2–4 miles south of Brampton Hut to link the A1(M) to the A14. Previously, traffic from the A14 East and wishing to travel north would have used the former A14, northern spur (now A141/A1307) to access the A1(M) at

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, which is now intended for local traffic only.

Service station

The service station at Brampton Hut includes a BP Connect filling station and truck park, a

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. Access from the A14 needs planning as the services' entrance is inconveniently facing away from the A14, whereas access from the A1(M) is simple via Brampton Hut roundabout. From the South/East on the A14, it is necessary to take a parallel route on the A1(N) towards ''Huntingdon'' from J22 a ''few miles'' before the junction. Similarly travelling East signs for A141 Huntingdon are followed. Exits to all directions can be achieved from the rest area, with A14 eastbound traffic using the A1(M) south under the road before branching left onto the A14 for Felixtowe.

History

The junction is named after the Brampton Hut Hotel, which was demolished in 1990. Brampton Hut had earlier been known as Creamer's Hut, which was well known in coaching days certainly before 1816. It was so called as it looked like a wooden hut on stilts.. There was an inclosure award on the parish in 1772. The service station was opened in 1998, with hotels and restaurants gradually added over the next 2 decades. Traffic lights were added in 2006 to attempt to reduce the traffic jams on the A14 entering the junction from either side.

Reconstruction in 2016-9

The A14 Ellington to Fen Drayton section was largely completed by 2020, the A14 was rerouted to pass south of Huntingdon and southwest of the current Brampton Hut junction, with links to the A1(M) and A141 from the junction. The former route that used to run right through the outskirts of Godmanchester and Huntingdon has been downgraded to a local road.{{cite web , url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4215.aspx , author=Highways Agency , title=A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131185925/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4215.aspx , archivedate=31 January 2008 People living in Huntingdon had to endure numerous issues including the noise caused by the construction works and the effects that sleepless nights have on their private lives.'A14 roadworks noise is keeping our kids up all night and ruining their education'
Cambridgeshire News 23 June 2018, retrieved 28 June 2019

References

Road junctions in England Transport in Cambridgeshire A1 road (Great Britain)