A33 road

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road= A33
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direction= East-Southwest
start= Reading
destinations= Basingstoke
end= Southampton
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The A33 is a major road in England. The road formerly ran from Reading to Southampton, but now consists of three disjoint sections:
*Reading to Basingstoke
*The A30 road south of Basingstoke to just north of Winchester
*The southern end of the M3 motorway into the city of Southampton.

Northern Section

The northern section, from Reading to Basingstoke, is mostly a single carriageway road. The dual carriageway section near Reading connects with the M4's junction 11 and is notorious for congestion. A two-year redevelopment scheme is running from early 2008 until well into 2010. It will widen the northern section of the dual carriageway and improve the motorway junction. The roundabout south of the motorway will be replaced with traffic lights and a new junction will be put in.

North of the motorway, the A33 now bypasses most of suburban Reading until it joins Reading's Inner Distribution Road where it ends. This section services the Madejski Stadium and GreenPark Business Park

outhern Section

The southern section, formerly one of the two trunk roads to Southampton, has been bypassed by the M3, and as part of the planning approval, the old A33 Winchester bypass (a notorious bottleneck with traffic lights) was torn up and restored to grass. This was subject to direct action protests at Twyford Down. The road was completed in 1999.