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The
A421 is an important road for east/west journeys across the southern midlands of
England. Together with the
A428, the
A43 and
A34, it forms the route from
Cambridge through
Milton Keynes to
Oxford.
East to west
The road begins at the
A1, just south of
St Neots (and the junction with the
A428 from Cambridge), at the Black Cat roundabout. The road bypasses
Great Barford (the bypass opening on
August 24 2006) and
Bedford to the south to reach the
M1 at junction 13. From there, it swings up through the southern part of
Milton Keynes, doubling as the local grid road
H8 Standing Way. During this time it crosses the
A5 (and connects to it via a short spur which is part of the
V6 Grafton Street). Continuing westwards, it forms the
Buckingham ring road before joining the A43 from
Northampton on the outskirts of
Banbury.
(From there, the route to Oxford and
Southampton follows the A43 to join the
M40 at junction 10, then leaves the motorway at junction 9 to become the
A34 and Oxford bypass).
As of August 2006, the road is dualled as far as
Kempston (western outskirts of Bedford), then single carriage to the south-eastern outskirts of Milton Keynes. It is dualled through Milton Keynes but resumes being a single carriage-way until the A43, apart from the short
Tingewick bypass. The
Highways Agency has plans to dual the road all the way between the A1 and M1 and on into Milton Keynes.
Five seconds of fame
The A421
Tingewick bypass, near
Bicester has a minor claim to fame as the location of the then fastest speeding incident ever recorded by British police, in March 2003. Andrew Osborne, 31, of
Leamington Spa, was filmed by a mobile
speed camera while travelling at 157
mph (about 252
km/h) on a motorcycle. His friend Neil Bolger, 30, of
Gaydon, was clocked at 148 mph (about 238 km/h). Both were convicted of dangerous driving, imprisoned for 28 days and banned from driving for two years (with a compulsory re-test).
Blind Driver
Blind Martine Brooks drove along the newly constructed A421
Great Barford Bypass (From the
A1 Black Cat Roundabout to
Bedford) and back to raise money for charity. The drive took place two days before the official road opening, and she was accompanied by Frank Branson (Mayor of Bedford), Steve Clarke (Teacher and Navigator), and Denise Hubbard (Driving Instructor and Car Owner).
She reached a speed of 65
mph before doing a flawless three point turn, and returning back to the
A1.
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