A333 road
Appearance
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
- References
- ^ Ordnance surveywebsite
- ^ "Ordnance Survey One Inch Seventh Series maps". Ordnance Survey. 1959. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "10. Transport" (PDF). Winchester District Local Plan. Winchester District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.