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This framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major road improvement projects.
A41 Aston Clinton Bypass
A41 Aston Clinton Bypass
- Status
- Completed
- Located in
- Area 3
- Scheme type
- Programme of Major Schemes
The Project
This was one of the projects managed by the Highways Agency, the executive agency of the Department of Transport responsible for operating, maintaining and improving England's strategic road network.
The £25 million A41 Aston Clinton bypass is 4 miles (6.3km) long and runs from the new Woodlands Roundabout to the west of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire to the Tring Hill Interchange in Hertfordshire.
The Tring Hill Interchange replaced the old roundabout with a dumbbell pairing of new, smaller roundabouts, linked by a bridge running above the A41. This means traffic naturally continues along the bypass, which is dual carriageway throughout its length. Access to the village is via a slip road off the A41.
The new bypass was expected to remove 70% of the traffic that was previously passing through the village and was expected, on opening to carry 20,000 vehicles a day.
During construction, five new bridges were built - at Tring Hill Interchange, Canal Bridge, Lower Icknield Way, Lower Buckland Road and College Road. Most of these bridges linked existing local roads running north-south across the bypass.
The bypass was opened in October 2003. The former trunk road through Aston Clinton was detrunked on its opening. Subsequently, the new A41 bypass was also been detrunked. Responsibility for the whole of the road network in the area now lies with Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire County Councils.
