A344 road

The A344 is an A road in the English county of Wiltshire. It runs from its junction with the A303 road at Stonehenge north west to its junction with the A360 road, 2 miles away.

What remains today of the A344 was once part of a slightly longer route, stretching from Andover in the East to Warminster in the West. The section from Andover to Amesbury was redesignated as the A303, when the new route to the south west was created to bypass the A30 to the south. The western section, from Shrewton to Warminster has been re-classified as the B390.

The remaining section passes close to Stonehenge and is planned for closure to enhance the setting of the stones should approval for widening and tunneling of the nearby A303 be given by the British government.

The pressure group [http://www.heritageaction.org/?page=heritagealerts_stonehenge Heritage Action] have an alternative plan for a scheme to close the A344 to enhance the immediate area around Stonehenge without the increasing capacity on the A303.

ee also

*Stonehenge road tunnel

External links

* [http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/3659.aspx Highways Agency A303 Stonehenge site]