B4008 (formerly part of the A434) is a B road in

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, England that starts in

Quedgeley Quedgeley is a town and civil parish in the city of Gloucester district in Gloucestershire, England. A thin strip of land between the Severn and the Gloucester Ship Canal occupies the west, and the south-eastern part of the town is Kingsway Vil ...

and ends in

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. The road goes south from Quedgeley, passes near Hardwicke, intersects the M5 motorway at Junction 12, passes through Stonehouse, then turns east through the Ebley area before ending in

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, Stroud. The road is in length. The B4008 is a single carriageway with speed limits of through Quedgeley, Hardwicke, Stonehouse and Ebley. Between Hardwicke and Stroud the speed limit varies between and the Single Carriageway National Speed Limit ().

History

The road used to be the A434 and a small section of the A38. In 1935, the A434 was merged into the A419. In 1971, due to the building of the M5, the A419 was redirected to intersect it and the road between Hardwicke and Stonehouse was then renamed the B4008. The road was later extended in both directions, taking over former sections of the A38 and A419.

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