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 Northbound rush hour traffic on the A102 with theMillennium Dome in the background | ||||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 1.1 mi[1] (1.8 km) | |||
| north end |  A107 inClapton51°33′03″N0°03′05″W / 51.5509°N 0.0514°W /51.5509; -0.0514 | |||
| south end |  A106 inHackney Wick51°32′43″N0°02′08″W / 51.5452°N 0.0356°W /51.5452; -0.0356 | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 3.3 mi[2] (5.3 km) | |||
| north end |  A12 inBlackwall51°30′48″N0°00′30″W / 51.5133°N 0.00821°W /51.5133; -0.00821 | |||
| Major intersections |  A13 A2203 A1020 A206 A207 | |||
| south end |  A2 inBlackheath51°28′23″N0°01′32″E / 51.4731°N 0.0256°E /51.4731; 0.0256 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
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TheA102 is a road that starts inClapton, east London, and ends by merging into theA2 road just south of theSun in the Sands roundabout inBlackheath, south-east London. The total length of the road (including both sections) is approximately 4.4 miles (7.1 km).
The A102 starts in Clapton at the junction of Lower Clapton Road and Urswick Road. It runs south along Urswick Road and continues east past 16th centurySutton House and into Homerton High Street. It next turns south and runs along Kenworthy Road and then east into Wick Road for a short distance before the road designation ends at theA106 just to the west of theHackney Wick interchange with the A12. The length of the north section is approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km).
South of the A12/A13 interchange with the adjacent landmarkErnő Goldfinger designedBalfron Tower, the designation of the Blackwall Tunnel Approach reverts to the A102 through the Blackwall Tunnels and under theRiver Thames to Greenwich. The road continues south-east as Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach with flyovers over Blackwall Lane (A2203) and Woolwich Road (A206) before it heads south and climbs the hill to the Sun-in-the-Sands interchange with Shooters Hill Road (A2/A207) where it ends a short distance to the south of the junction as the road becomes the A2 road which joins from the roundabout above. The length of the south section is approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km).
The section of the former A102 now designated as the A12 and the two sections of the A102(M) were all constructed in the mid- and late-1960s as part of theEast Cross Route which was intended to be the eastern section of theRingway 1 (also known as the London Motorway Box), an ambitious and controversialGreater London Council plan to surround London with high speed roads – known as theLondon Ringways – which was eventually cancelled.
When the A12 extension was opened throughWanstead,Leytonstone andLeyton to meet the north end of the East Cross Route at the Lea Interchange (and prompting theM11 link road protest), the northern section of the A102(M) and the A102 as far south as the A13 were renumbered A12. The southern section of the A102(M) was reclassified as a general purpose road whenTransport for London was given control of trunk roads in Greater London in 1999.[3]
The Silvertown Funnel is expected to be completed in 2025, which will run from the A102 road in North Greenwich to the A1011 road in Silvertown. The tunnel itself is just over 1 mile (1.6 km) long, and will be designated A1020 road.
A roads in Zone 1 of theGreat Britain road numbering scheme | ||
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