the road used to go through the centre of bovey tracey, but since 1987 it has bypassed the town, following part of the route of the old moretonhampstead and south devon railway line, from where that line crossed the road near the former bovey tracey pottery to just north of the junction with the b3387 road to widecombe-in-the-moor and haytor. the former bovey railway station was retained at the side of the road and is now a heritage centre.