A5183 road

A5183 road
Major junctions
North end:	M1 motorway near Redbourn
	[[Image:Motorway Left.svg\|[ \|x30px\|link=]] M1 motorway A5 road A1081 road A4147 road A414 road A411 road
South end:	Edgware, London
Location
Primary destinations:	St. Albans
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A5183 road is a de-trunked section of the A5. It covers the section between Junction 9 of the M1 motorway and Edgware in north London, largely along Watling Street. The renumbering was to prevent drivers of heavy southbound vehicles assuming that a low number '5' indicated a superior quality road which this stretch is not as it is narrow in many places.

The main beneficiary of this renumbering is the city of St Albans that used to be 'host' to both the A5 and the A6. A similar subterfuge has been made with that part of the A6, which is now renumbered to the A1081 road.

A bypass has been built around the small town of Redbourn. The former route of the A5 can still be seen passing through the middle of the town, now reduced to an unclassified road, called High Street and Dunstable Road.

The A5183 in Elstree, Hertfordshire
photographed in November 2005

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A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme

	A5 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59

	A500 A501 A505 A507 A508 A509 A511 A512 A514 A515 A516 A518 A519 A523 A525 A527 A528 A529 A530 A531 A533 A535 A536 A537 A538 A540 A541 A555 A556 A562 A563 A565 A570 A572 A574 A580 A583 A584 A585 A586 A587 A588 A590 A591 A592 A594 (Leicester) (Cumbria) A595 A596

	A5004 A5012 A5025 A5036 A5038 A5058 A5103 A5112 A5117 A5120 A5124 A5127 A5130 A5147 A5183 A5199 A5268 A5300 A5758

List of A roads in Zone 5 List of B roads in Zone 5

Coordinates: 51°43′35″N 0°20′26″W / 51.72652°N 0.34045°W / 51.72652; -0.34045

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