Papworth Bypass

Client: Cambridgeshire County Council

Approx. value: £6m

Duration: 44 weeks

Awarded under the Major Schemes Framework. The bypass is a 7.3m wide single carriageway, approximately 3km in length. 

The proposed bypass leaves the existing A1198 at a new roundabout to the south of the village, and just north of Crow’s Nest Farm. From this roundabout the bypass curves to the west of the village, through an area of gently rolling arable land, crossing the Papworth stream, to join the existing B1040 via a second roundabout.  It then follows the route of an upgraded B1040 to tie back into the existing A1198 at a new roundabout at the Kisby’s Hut junction.

The majority of the scheme was in cutting, to a depth of over 2m in places. Where the bypass crosses the Papworth stream it rises on an embankment to about 4m above the existing ground level.