A390 road

A390 road
Major junctions
North-east end:	Tavistock 50°32′43″N 4°09′10″W / 50.5454°N 4.1529°W / 50.5454; -4.1529 (A390 road (eastern end))
	A386 road A388 road A38 road A3082 road A391 road A3058 road A3078 road A39 road A30 road A3075 road
South-west end:	Blackwater 50°16′45″N 5°09′45″W / 50.2792°N 5.1624°W / 50.2792; -5.1624 (A390 road (western end))
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A390 is a road in Cornwall and Devon, England. It runs from Tavistock to 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of the city of Truro. Starting in Tavistock, it heads south-westwards towards Liskeard, crossing over the River Tamar and into Cornwall, then through Gunnislake and Callington. Immediately before Liskeard, it merges with the A38 north of the town. It diverges from the A38 at Dobwalls, where it then runs in a south-westerly direction to Truro via Lostwithiel, St. Blazey, and St Austell. It then forms an upside down elongated square loop, and bypasses Truro City Centre. It then heads north west out of the city, where it forms the main corridor into Truro from the west. It passes the Royal Cornwall Hospital and skirts the village of Threemilestone, before linking up with the A30 road at Chiverton Cross, where the A390 terminates. Chiverton Cross is where the A390 trunk road from Truro and the B3277 to St Agnes meet the east-west A30 trunk road. Before the A390 was rerouted away from Chacewater it ended at its junction with the A30 at Scorrier.^[1]

It forms part of the main route (the Truro to Dobwalls section) from Truro to Plymouth, although after a severe accident in Lostwithiel in 1999 heavy goods vehicles are diverted from it at the top of Edgcumbe Road, Lostwithiel.

By far the busiest section of the road is between Truro City Centre and Chiverton Cross, where it carries through traffic to West Cornwall,as well as commuting traffic to and from Truro, and traffic for the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro College and the Richard Lander School. There are many residential new housing estates in this area which have created further traffic. The section from Truro College heading into Truro from the west also includes a Bus lane and some dual carriageway sections.

The A390 in Grampound

References

↑ Ordnance Survey (1961) One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190.

External links

Media related to A390 road at Wikimedia Commons

A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme

	A3 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39

	A301 A303 A304 A307 A308 A316 A329 A331 A337 A338 A340 A342 A344 A345 A346 A350 A354 A360 A361 A363 A368 A369 A370 A371 A374 A379 A380 A381 A382 A386 A390

	A3036 A3054 A3055 A3090 A3110 A3203 A3204 A3220 A3400

List of A roads in Zone 3 List of B roads in Zone 3

Coordinates: 50°24′57″N 4°38′46″W / 50.4159°N 4.6461°W / 50.4159; -4.6461 (A390 road)

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