 From the 1920s it was classified the A34 road.In the 1970s the A34 was re-routed as a dual carriageway bypassing Abingdon, Drayton and Steventon, and the section between Steventon Hill and Abingdon was detrunked and reclassified as the B4017.The route of the abandoned Wilts & Berks Canal passes through the west of Steventon parish, about west-northwest of the village.