# The A4 Trunk Road (Bath to Bristol) (Detrunking) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/342 · made 11 February 2008

Made under: Highways Act 1980 (Section 10, Section 12)

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## Introductory text

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND
Made 11th February 2008
Coming into force 1st April 2008
The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10 and 12 of the Highways Act 1980 and now vested in her, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the A4 Trunk Road (Bath to Bristol) (Detrunking) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

## 2 

In this Order—
(i) “principal road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is a principal road for the purposes of enactments and instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads and is also classified for the purpose of every other enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State;
(ii) “the trunk road” means the A4 Trunk Road; and
(iii) “the plan” means the plan folio, numbered HA 10/TD/028, marked “The A4 Trunk Road (Bath to Bristol) (Detrunking) Order 2008”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport and deposited at the Department for Transport, Information Management Division, Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7GA.

## 3 

The length of the trunk road described in the Schedule to this Order shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a principal road from the date on which the Order comes into force.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Graham Bowskill
A Divisional Director in the Highways Agency
11th February 2008

## Schedule THE LENGTH OF THE TRUNK ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of the trunk road ceasing to be a trunk road starts from the centre point of the River Avon bridge at Newbridge, west of Bath (shown in Inset “B” on the plan) and continues in a generally north westerly direction to the Hicks Gate roundabout (shown in Inset “A” on the plan), north west of Keynsham but not including the circulatory carriageways of that roundabout, all in the District of Bath and North East Somerset. It is shown by broad black dashes on the plan and is approximately 8.8 kilometres in length.

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