A345 road
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The A345 is a secondary A road in Wiltshire, England running from Salisbury to Marlborough ending at a roundabout leading to the High Street and the A4.
The road begins in Salisbury at the Castle Roundabout (51°04′34″N 1°47′50″W / 51.0760°N 1.7971°W) and heads north out of the city. Here the road takes you to Boscombe Down and then Amesbury before meeting the A303 at a roundabout situated near Countess Services. Continuing north the road passes near to Woodhenge and the Ministry of Defence base at Larkhill. This part of the route can be particularly hazardous as there are often tanks crossing and the road is susceptible to subsidence. The next significant places you meet are Netheravon, and then Upavon where the road meets the A342 to Devizes. From here the road takes you to Pewsey, where the Pewsey White Horse is best viewed, and then continues on to Marlborough (51°25′02″N 1°44′04″W / 51.4173°N 1.7345°W).
History
Originally the A345 extended north of Marlborough to a junction with the A419 at Commonhead, south east of Swindon. From there it went through Swindon to meet the A419 again at Blunsdon.
When the M4 motorway was opened, the section from Marlborough to the motorway junction 15 became a northern extension of the A346. From the motorway to Commonhead, the road became part of the A419, and the route through Swindon was renumbered A4259 and A4311.
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Coordinates: 51°15′16″N 1°47′57″W / 51.2545°N 1.7992°W
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