The Brampton Hut interchange links the A1 and A14 road west of Huntingdon

Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...

. The A1 passes over grade separated roundabout

Roundabout

A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...

 which provides access to the A14 and a comprehensive service station. East and west traffic on the A14 uses the roundabout to join the A1 southbound and to continue on the A14. Traffic from the A14 East and wishing travel north would have previously used the A14 northern spur to access the A1(M) at Alconbury

Alconbury

Alconbury is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire.-Geography:It is in the district of Huntingdonshire and gives its name to RAF Alconbury. It is near to the point where a major north/south road, the A1, crosses the only major east/west road: the A14...

. There is a large BP Connect filling station and truck park, a Table Table

Table Table

Table Table is a brand of restaurants set up by Whitbread Plc in 2008. The brand was created following a rethink of the brand formerly known as Out & Out, a previous brand owned by Whitbread...

 restaurant and Premier Inn (formerly Travel Inn and then Premier Travel Inn

Premier Travel Inn

Premier Inn is the UK's largest hotel brand, with over 40,500 rooms and more than 600 hotels. Originally opening under the "Travel Inn" brand name in 1987, it has been owned by Whitbread during its entire operation and was set up to compete with the Travelodge brand which was at the time owned by...

), and a McDonald's drive-thru.

History

The junction is named after the Brampton Hut hotel, which was so called as it looked like a wooden hut on stilts. Traffic lights were added in 2006 to attempt to reduce the traffic jams on the A14 entering the junction from either side.

Proposed developments

The proposed A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton scheme would pass close to the west of this junction. If this scheme were to happen the A14 at this point would be downgraded to a local road.