Original route of the A47 was Birmingham to Great Yarmouth, but there were some changes made to its route in the early years.
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15 Facts About A47 road
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At its eastern end, the A47 road originally ran through Filby and Caister-on-Sea, with the Acle Straight bearing the number B1140.
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A47 road was rerouted along the Acle Straight in 1935, with the old route being renumbered as the A1064 and part of the A149.
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Study on the A47 which concluded in 2001 looked at improving New Road, i e the section of the A47 between Acle and Great Yarmouth known as the Acle Straight.
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On 2 June 2015 the scheme was given the go ahead, in 2017 parts of the A47 road were opened with the complete A47 road scheduled to be completed in early 2018.
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Birmingham end of the A47 starts one mile from the centre of Birmingham at the Ashsted Circus roundabout on the A4540 Middleway running north-east through Vauxhall as Nechells Parkway and then Saltley Road.
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The Birmingham section of the A47 road terminates at Spitfire Island, a roundabout on the A452 halfway between the M6 Junction 5 and A38 Tyburn Island.
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The A47 road improvement took a less-crooked route closer to the village, with a less steep incline avoiding the top of Wardley Hill.
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From Shire Oaks through Tixover, the A47 road has been straightened, and to the right is the Welland Valley.
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The Duddington Bypass, where the A47 road enters Northamptonshire and the district of North Northamptonshire, opened in 1975.
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Near Thorney Toll, the A47 road enters Cambridgeshire and the district of Fenland near the New Toll Service Station.
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From King's Lynn, the A47 road goes over the River Great Ouse and Fen Rivers Way, near to former sugar beet factory site on a very busy concrete dual-carriageway built in 1975.
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From Acle, the A47 road enters the Acle Straight which is nearly seven miles of straight and level single carriageway to Great Yarmouth, with just one curve at Road House Diner.
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The A47 road is notorious for congestion, especially during the holiday season, and for the number of accidents, which due to the drainage ditches on either side of the A47 road are often fatal, and demands for dualling have been heard for many years, although there are no current plans to go ahead with this.
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