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What’s the longest A-road in the UK?

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  • October 21, 2008 at 3:14 pm #11470
    cactuscat

    i was wondering this the other day, anyone got a definitive answer? it has to be a continuous road, called the same thing all the way. the A39 surely has to be a contender, i *think* it’s continuous from the A30 junction down near Falmouth to just outside Bristol…

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  • October 24, 2008 at 9:03 am #625353
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    Tony Farrelly

    It’s not continuous though…

    "At 292 miles (470 km) long it is the longest ‘A’ road entirely within England, and in the United Kingdom as a whole second only to the A1." Says Wikipedia.

    So it’s not even the longest, but it becomes the M5 for part of the way – so you couldn’t actually ride all of those 292 miles anyway. The same goes for the A1.

    You could ride the full 274 miles of the A74.

    October 24, 2008 at 8:35 am #625351
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    Sanyi

    According to Wikipedia…
    The A38 is the longest A road at 292 miles

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A38_road

    October 22, 2008 at 7:12 pm #625349
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    Tony Farrelly

    re cafe stops

    I’m thinking they might be nicer on the Nice run too… there’d certainly be more of them. 

    October 22, 2008 at 7:10 pm #625347
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    Tony Farrelly

    It was looking like a contender…

     Holyhead to London is 288 miles taking the new more direct route, and the A5 goes all over the place in Wales, but it isn’t continuous anymore cos it becomes the M51 for a while near the Welsh border

    October 22, 2008 at 5:40 pm #625345
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    zaynan

    How about the ancient A5 that
    How about the ancient A5 that runs from North Wales and peters out somewhere just on the outskirts of Londinium?

    October 22, 2008 at 4:58 pm #625343
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    tayzar

    cafe stops?
    So how many cafe stops would that cover? a fair few me thinks..
    Would be great to do it non stop tho with a massive cake at the end!

    October 21, 2008 at 9:21 pm #625341
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    Tony Farrelly

    I’d rather ride

     to Nice… It’s warmer

    October 21, 2008 at 8:55 pm #625339
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    purplecup

    there’s a challenge there
    how’s about when you find yr answer you set out on a challenge to ride it in the continuous fashion it deserves: no stopping! 247 miles in one go: that’s some decent points in the metric century…

    October 21, 2008 at 8:21 pm #625337
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    Tony Farrelly

    No that would be…

    990 miles.  

    October 21, 2008 at 8:08 pm #625335
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    dave atkinson

    Somewhere nice…

    tony_farrelly wrote:
    A9 – Bridge of Allan to Thurso 247 miles google say. That distance would get you from Bath to somewhere nice in France

    …but not somewhere Nice

    October 21, 2008 at 8:03 pm #625333
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    dave atkinson

    Is it continuous?

    There’s an awful lot of the midlands to get through. even then I think it’ll struggle do better the wild expanses of Scotland…

    October 21, 2008 at 7:06 pm #625331
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    jay cee

    a34?
    The A34 is quite long I think

    October 21, 2008 at 4:46 pm #625329
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    Tony Farrelly

    247 miles the noo!

    A9 – Bridge of Allan to Thurso 247 miles google say. That distance would get you from Bath to somewhere nice in France

    October 21, 2008 at 4:31 pm #625327
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    cactuscat

    174 miles
    that’s what google maps reckons, anyhow. and google is all-knowing.

    October 21, 2008 at 4:23 pm #625325
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    Tony Farrelly

    How long is it though?

    There must be a few A roads up in Scotland that must be pretty long. The A9 for instance

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