The A4130 is a British
A road which runs from a junction with the
A404 at
Burchetts Green (
Maidenhead
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),
Berkshire
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to the
A417 at Rowstock in
Oxfordshire
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. It passes through
Henley-on-Thames, and
Nettlebed, and bypasses
Wallingford and
Didcot.
History
Pre-1970s
Until the 1970s the road ended at a junction with the
A417 at
Harwell. When the
A34 was upgraded in the 1970s, the A4130 was extended north from Rowstock along the old line of the A34 to an interchange with the new A34 at Milton Heights, near
Milton Park. A few years later, a new link road was built from Didcot to Milton Heights and became the A4130. The old route between Didcot and Harwell was then downgraded to become the
B4493.
1970s – 1990s
Until 1990 the road started at a junction with the
A423 west of
Nuffield, and the stretch between that point and
Crowmarsh Gifford was designated a
trunk road
A trunk road is a major highway with a specific legal classification in some jurisdictions, notably the United Kingdom, Sweden and formerly Ireland. Trunk roads are planned and managed at the national-level, distinguishing them from non-trunk ro ...
. The road between Burchetts Green (Maidenhead) and Nuffield was part of the A423 trunk road from Maidenhead (via Oxford) to Coventry. When the
M40 motorway was opened, the A423 and the A4130 both lost trunk road status because the route from Maidenhead to the Coventry was transferred onto the M40. That part of the A423 was renumbered A4130.
Wallingford Bypass
In 1993 the Wallingford Bypass was opened, and the A4130 was diverted to follow the new road, crossing the
River Thames
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by the new
Winterbrook Bridge instead of
Wallingford Bridge.
References
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Roads in England
Roads in Berkshire
Roads in Oxfordshire