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{{short description|Major road in England}}
{{about|a road in England|the highway in Spain|A45 road (Spain)}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Refimprove|date=January 2009}}
{{Infobox road
| country = GBR
| type = A
| route = 45
| map = [[File:A45 road map.png|200px]]
| map_custom = yes
| maint = [[Birmingham City Council]], [[Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council]], [[Coventry City Council]], [[Warwickshire County Council]], [[West Northamptonshire Council]], [[North Northamptonshire Council]], [[National Highways]]
| length_mi = 75.2
| length_ref = <ref name="Mileage"/>
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|country=GBR|A|4540}} in [[Birmingham]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|country=GBR|A|14|A|605}} in [[Thrapston]]
| junction = {{jct|country=GBR|M|42|dab1=Great Britain}} in [[Birmingham]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|46}} near [[Coventry]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|M|45|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Dunchurch]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|5}} near [[Weedon Bec]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|M|1|dab1=Great Britain}} near [[Upper Heyford, Northamptonshire|Upper Heyford]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|43}} near [[Northampton]]<br>{{jct|country=GBR|A|6}} in [[Higham Ferrers]]
| counties = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Northamptonshire]]
| destinations = [[Birmingham]], [[Birmingham Airport]], [[Coventry]], [[Northampton]], [[Wellingborough]]
| previous_type = A
| next_type = A
| previous_route = 44
| next_route = 46
}}

The '''A45''' is a major road in England. It runs east from [[Birmingham]] past the [[National Exhibition Centre]] (NEC) and the [[M42 motorway|M42]], then bypasses [[Coventry]] and [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]], where it briefly merges with the [[M45 motorway|M45]] until it continues to [[Daventry]]. It then heads to [[Northampton]] and [[Wellingborough]] before running north of [[Rushden]] and [[Higham Ferrers]] and terminating at its junction with the [[A14 road (England)|A14]] in [[Thrapston]].

Prior to the construction of the [[M6 motorway]], it was the main route from the Midlands to [[Ipswich]] and to the [[Haven ports]]. When the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]]-[[M1 motorway|M1]] link road section of the current A14 opened in 1994, most of the A45 to the east of Cambridge was re-designated as the A14 and some sections to the west were downgraded to B-roads (including the B645 between Higham Ferrers and [[St Neots]]).

==History==
The original (1923) route of the A45 ran from [[Birmingham]] to [[Ipswich]]. The road was extended to [[Felixstowe]] in 1935, replacing the A139. Around the same time, the A45 was rerouted around the south of [[Coventry]] when the city's southern bypass was completed. 

Initially, the A45 passed through Ipswich on its way to Felixstowe; when the Ipswich bypass was completed in 1985, the road was diverted to pass over the [[Orwell Bridge]] which opened in 1982.

A bypass for the village of [[Eltisley]] was built in 1972, along with a bypass on the B1040 road. The {{convert|3|mi|adj=on}} £8&nbsp;million [[St Neots]] bypass opened in December 1985 on what was then the A45. 

===Bypasses and realignments===
*[[Small Heath]] (now [[Bypass (road)|bypassed]] to the south)
*[[Meriden, West Midlands|Meriden]] (now bypassed to the north)
*[[Coventry]] (an early bypass to the south)
*[[Daventry]] (the route now follows the [[ring road]])
*[[Weedon Bec]] and Flore (bypassed to the north)
*[[Northampton]] (bypassed, the former route being A4500)
*[[Higham Ferrers]] (bypassed to the west of the town)
*[[Birmingham Airport]] (realigned to the south to allow expansion of the runway)

===Re-designation===
When the new A14 link road between the A1 near [[Huntingdon]] and the M1 (at its junction with the [[M6 motorway|M6]]) was opened to traffic in the mid-1990s, the [[Cambridge]]-to–Felixstowe stretch of the A45 was re-designated as the A14 (and many of the villages the route went through were bypassed) and the [[St Neots]]–to–[[Cambridge]] section became part of an extended [[A428 road|A428]]. The route through Felixstowe at the end of the A14 is now the [[A154 road (Great Britain)|A154]].<ref name="ordnancesurvey">{{cite web |title=Ordnance Survey via Multimap |url=http://www.multimap.com/s/itfyJx16 |access-date=15 March 2010}}</ref>

==Route==

===Birmingham to Dunchurch===
The road starts on the [[A4540 road|A4540]] Birmingham Ring Road, bypassing [[Small Heath, West Midlands|Small Heath]] and crossing the B4145. It passes over the [[River Cole, West Midlands|River Cole]] and meets the [[A4040 road|A4040]] at a [[Grade separation|grade-separated junction]] at the [[Swan Shopping Centre]] in [[Yardley, West Midlands|Yardley]]. It meets the B425 at traffic lights in [[Sheldon, West Midlands|Sheldon]], then enters the [[Metropolitan Borough of Solihull|borough of Solihull]]. The section of the A45 from Birmingham city centre to the M45 is all dual carriageway — urban dual carriageway with traffic lights until [[Birmingham Airport]], then rural grade-separated between the airport and [[Coventry]]. The Bickenhill Junction (grade-separated) intersects with the B4438, a dual carriageway access road for the airport, the [[National Exhibition Centre|NEC]] and [[Birmingham International railway station]]. In December 2024 the new A4545 opened, replacing part of the southern section of the B4438, providing an alternative direct link to the [[M42 motorway|M42]]. There is another grade-separated junction with the [[M42 motorway|M42]] junction 6 (three level grade separation with roundabout). On this junction, there is also access to the [[National Motorcycle Museum (UK)|National Motorcycle Museum]]. The road meets the [[A452 road|A452]] at [[Stonebridge, West Midlands|Stonebridge]] at a grade separated junction and passes over the [[River Blythe]] where the road briefly enters [[Warwickshire]]. [[Meriden, West Midlands|Meriden]] is bypassed to the north. The [[Heart of England Way]] passes under the road, and the road enters the borough of Coventry.

[[File:A45 cov july06.JPG|thumb|250px|right|A45 in south Coventry (road works July 2006)]]
The A45 becomes an urban road and skirts the south side of Coventry, crossing the A4114 near Allesley Park, the B4101 at Tile Hill, [[West Coast Main Line]], [[A429 road|A429]] and B4113. Beyond here the road takes a more rural nature, with a grade-separated junction with the [[A46 road|A46]] and the [[A444 road|A444]]  (three level roundabout with underpass for the A46 and the A444, and an overpass for the A45). Between here and the next junction, the A45 runs concurrent with the A46. The Tollbar End roundabout was one of the busiest in the Midlands. It had exits for the A46 north / Coventry Eastern Bypass, [[Coventry Airport]] and B4110. In early 2017, the Tollbar End roundabout was upgraded and the junction is now a roundabout interchange with an underpass for the A46. Crossing the [[River Avon, Warwickshire|River Avon]], the road re-enters Warwickshire. The [[A423 road|A423]] exits to the south-east at a (grade-separated) forked junction near the former [[Peugeot]] factory. The [[A445 road|A445]] crosses at a roundabout near [[Ryton on Dunsmore]], followed by the War Memorial Roundabout with the B4455 [[Fosse Way]]. This [[Portland stone]] memorial [[obelisk]] on the roundabout just north of [[Stretton-on-Dunsmore]] commemorates [[George V|King George V's]] review of the [[29th Division (United Kingdom)|29th Division]] before they were sent to [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]].<ref name="Gardens Trust">Nicholson, Jean et al: ''The Obelisks of Warwickshire'', page 58. Brewin Books, 2013</ref> There is a further grade-separated junction with the A4071 and B4453 towards [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby]]. The final roundabout on this section is the start of the [[M45 motorway|M45]] and the B4429. For {{convert|2|mi}}, the A45 runs concurrent with the M45 until a fairly new junction beyond [[Dunchurch]]. The B4429 carried the A45 until the new junction was built.

===Dunchurch to Thrapston===
[[File:A45 Nortamptone.jpg|thumb|250px|A45 in south of [[Northampton]].]]
Heading towards [[Daventry]], the road is [[single carriageway]]. The road passes two prisons: [[Onley (HM Prison)|HMP Onley]] and [[Rye Hill (HM Prison)|HMP Rye Hill]]. After [[Willoughby, Warwickshire|Willoughby]], the road enters [[Northamptonshire]], where it crosses the [[Oxford Canal]] and [[Grand Union Canal]] near [[Braunston]]. The [[Jurassic Way]] crosses the road here. The road enters Daventry and briefly runs concurrent with the A425 heading to [[Leamington Spa]], then heads south-east on the Daventry bypass, here called the Stefen Way. The road meets the B4038 at a roundabout where the A425 exits. The road heads west past [[Dodford, Northamptonshire|Dodford]] and then bypasses [[Weedon Bec]], crossing the [[West Coast Main Line]] and [[Grand Union Canal]] and then meets the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] at a roundabout constructed as part of the Daventry Development Link Road realignment which opened on 15 November 2018.<ref name="roads.org.uk">{{cite web
  | title =Roads.Org.Uk Road Schemes
  | url =http://www.roads.org.uk/road-schemes/a45-daventry-development-link-road
  | access-date =24 November 2018  }}</ref>
<ref name="Northamptonshire Highways">{{cite web
  | title =A45 Daventry Development Link Road
  | url =https://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/northamptonshire-highways/major-highway-projects/Pages/a45-daventry-development-link-road.aspx
  | access-date =24 November 2018  }}</ref> This road also bypasses [[Flore, Northamptonshire|Flore]], before meeting the grade-separated [[M1 motorway|M1]] junction 16, briefly running concurrent with the M1.

The A45 resumes at M1 Junction 15 as a dual carriageway, heading around the south side of Northampton. It then meets the older route (made of sections of the A5076 and A4500) at the A45 / [[A508 road|A508]] grade-separated junction, near Northampton High School. It then crosses the [[River Nene]] and Nene Way, and after that, there is a large grade-separated junction with the [[A428 road|A428]] and the A5095). This section is concurrent with the [[A43 road|A43]], which exits at a grade-separated junction near [[Weston Favell]]. The grade-separated junction with the end of the A5076 is also the exit for [[Billing Aquadrome]]. The road has a grade-separated junction with the B573 near [[Earls Barton]]. The road then meets the [[Wellingborough]] bypass ([[A509 road|A509]]) at a roundabout, although there is a segregated turn lane for westbound traffic wishing to continue on the A45. It runs concurrently with the [[A509 road|A509]] to the grade-separated junction  near the bridge over the [[River Nene]], where the [[A509 road|A509]] exits south near [[Irchester Country Park]]. East of Wellingborough, the road crosses the [[Midland Main Line]]. There is a grade-separated junction for the A5001 into [[Rushden]] and the route runs alongside the River Nene, offering a second turning to [[Rushden]] at a roundabout with the A5001 again; at this second junction, the original route to the A1 has been reclassified the B645. At the roundabout with the [[A6 road (England)|A6]] near [[Higham Ferrers]], it starts the follow the former route of the [[A605 road|A605]]. The section of dual carriageway from the M1 now ends at the next roundabout and the route from there is now single carriageway. This is the start of the [[Raunds]] bypass. The next roundabout is with the B663. The route bypasses [[Ringstead, Northamptonshire|Ringstead]] and the A45 finishes at a grade-separated junction with the A14 (roundabout with overpass for the A14) near [[Thrapston]].

==Junction list==
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|notes=Grade-separated junction; destinations signed westbound only; M42 junction 6
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|notes=Grade-separated junction; To B4102 and Fillongley signed eastbound only
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|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|4114|dir1=south-east|city1=Coventry}}
|notes=North-western terminus of A4114
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{{GBRint|exit
|mile=17.4
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|429|name1=Kenilworth Road|location1=[[Coventry|City centre]]|city2=Earlsdon|city3=Kenilworth}}
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|notes=Grade-separated junction; A444, to A114 and Coventry signed westbound only, Banbury and Kenilworth eastbound only; western terminus of A46 concurrency
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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|exit=
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
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}}
{{GBRint|exit
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|notes=
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{{GBRint|exit
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{{GBRint|exit
|location=Rushden
|mile=67.5
|junction=17
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|5001|B|645|dir1=east|name2=Northampton Road|city1=Rushden|city2=Higham Ferrers}}
|notes=[[Roundabout]]; western terminus of A5001
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Higham Ferrers
|mile=69.1
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|6|A|5028|A|43|dir2=south|name2=Station Road|to3=yes|city1=Kettering|city2=Corby|city3=Bedford|city4=Higham Ferrers|city5=Finedon|city6=Irthlingborough|city7=Rushden}}
|notes=Northern terminus of A5028
}}
{{GBRint|exit
|location=Thrapston
|mile=75.2
|exit=
|road={{Jct|country=GBR|A|14|city1=Kettering|city2=Huntingdon|city3=Cambridge}}<br>{{Jct|country=GBR|A|605|dir1=east|city1=Peterborough|city2=Thrapston|location3=[[Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire|Titchmarsh]]|city4=Oundle}}
|notes=Eastern terminus; southern terminus of A605; A14 junction 13
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A45 SABRE - The A45]

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