A142 road#Triple-digit roads
{{short description|Road in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox road
|country=GBR
|type=A
|route=142
| map=
|length_mi=25.9
|direction_a= South
|terminus_a = Newmarket
|direction_b= North-West
|terminus_b = Chatteris
|junction = {{jct|country=GBR|A|10|noshield1=|nolink1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|14|noshield1=|nolink1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|1123|name1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|1304|name1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|1421|name1= }}
{{jct|country=GBR|A|141|name1= }}
|destinations= Newmarket
Soham
Ely
Chatteris
}}
The A142 is a road that runs from Newmarket in Suffolk{{cite book |last1=Davidge |first1=William Robert |title=cambridgeshire regional planning report |date=1934 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8w8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA53 |language=en}} to Chatteris in Cambridgeshire.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Marianne |title=RSPB Where to Discover Nature in Britain and Northern Ireland |date=2009 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9781408108642 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8369J9gM4HEC&pg=PA117 |language=en}}
History
A. Monk Ltd, of Padgate, were given the £1.8m contract for the Soham bypass in October 1980.Runcorn Guardian Friday 17 October 1980, page 23
References
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