The two-mile £1.3m Prees Bypass opened in August 1988. There is a staggered crossroads with the B5065, then the road passes over the River Roden. RAF Shawbury is a couple of miles to the east, then the road passes over the Shropshire Way and through Hadnall, passing the "New Inn". The Welsh Marches Line follows to the west. The Shrewsbury bypass starts at the "Battlefield Roundabout" (near scene of Battle of Shrewsbury) with the A53 and A5124, near a Travelodge. There is a roundabout with the B5062. The bypass travels over the River Severn and under the railway and overlaps the A5 from the "Preston Island" roundabout. Shrewsbury was bypassed when the £64m east-west A5 bypass was built in August 1992.