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The A35 is a trunk road in southern England, that runs from Honiton in Devon to Southampton in Hampshire.
Route of Road
Beginning in Honiton off the A30 road, the A35 travels in a roughly south-easterly direction past Axminster, Charmouth and Bridport. After Bridport, there is a two-mile section of dual carriageway, before it reaches its bypass around Dorchester. After Dorchester, there is approximately eight miles of dual carriageway, including the Puddletown bypass, until it reaches its roundabout with the A31 road at Bere Regis. Continuing roughly south-easterly still, it becomes dual carriageway again near Upton, and continues past Poole. It returns to single carriageway through Bournemouth, and then has a dual carriageway bypass of Christchurch. It then heads in a north-easterly direction through the New Forest, passing through the town of Lyndhurst. It continues through Ashurst and Totton, meeting the A36 road and M27 motorway at grade separated junctions. It then turns north-east, acting as the western part of Southampton's ring road, with the A27 road making up the eastern part. It terminates at Swaythling, on the northern outskirts of Southampton.
Improvements
The A35 and the A30 together form part of one of the main routes to the South Coast, and have congestion a result. To help solve this problem, sixty-three miles of the A30/A35 are in the process of being upgraded between Exeter and Bere Regis, which includes the A35 between Honiton and Bere Regis. Some of the improvements involve the construction of new dual carriageway bypasses such as the Puddletown bypass (which opened in 1999), whereas other improvements include new sections of single carriageway road. The improvements are due to be completed by September 2026.
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