A333 road

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The A333 is a short road in

A3 trunk road until it was re-numbered in 2011, as planned, on the Hindhead Tunnel
's construction which bypasses it.

Route

The A333 is a short, straight road close to the north-west edge of

A3 trunk road and was re-numbered in 2011 in the Department for Transport's system as planned on the Hindhead Tunnel's construction.[1]
The road has a high accident rate due to there being no road markings.

It runs to/from the Hazel Grove junction of the A3

Previous allocation

This number was previously allocated to a rural route in neighbouring

SSE from Winchester to Cosham via Wickham,[2] which was downgraded in stages between 1983 and 1994 and renamed B2177 and B3335 once the M3 and M27 motorways were finished.[3]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ 51°06′25″N 0°44′38″W / 51.107°N 0.744°W / 51.107; -0.744
  2. ^ 51°06′50″N 0°43′59″W / 51.114°N 0.733°W / 51.114; -0.733
References
  1. ^
    Ordnance survey
    website
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey One Inch Seventh Series maps". Ordnance Survey. 1959. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ "10. Transport" (PDF). Winchester District Local Plan. Winchester District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.

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