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The first inter-urban new road built in the UK was the East Lancs Road, which was built between 1929 and 1934 at a cost of £8 million. [51] [63] For the first time since the Roman occupation, the Ministry of Transport took direct control of the core road network through the Trunk Roads Act 1936. [64]
List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network; List of road projects in the UK; Great Britain. The numbering zones for A & B roads in Great Britain.
See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Depending on the first digit of the road's number see: Zone 1 (road beginning with 1) Zone 2 (road beginning with 2) Zone 3 (road beginning with 3) Zone 4 (road beginning with 4) Zone 5 (road beginning with 5) Zone 6 (road beginning with 6)
Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was introduced merely to simplify funding allocations, it soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. There are two sub-schemes in use: one for motorways, and another for non-motorway roads.
The Gough Map, dating to about 1360, is the oldest known road map of Great Britain. In 1500, Erhard Etzlaub produced the "Rom-Weg" (Way to Rome) Map, the first known road map of medieval Central Europe. It was produced to help religious pilgrims reach Rome for the occasion of the "Holy Year 1500".
The A5, the London-Holyhead trunk road, is a major road in England and Wales. It runs for about 243 miles (391 km) from London to the Irish Sea at the ferry port of Holyhead . In many parts the route follows that of the Roman Iter II route which later took the Anglo-Saxon name Watling Street .
Forms part of a ring road of Manchester. Also known as the Mancunian Way. Greater Manchester: 90,785 2.0 3.2 A58(M) Forms the western part of the Leeds inner ring road. West Yorkshire: 81,647 2.0 3.2 A627(M) A south-north motorway linking Rochdale to Oldham. Greater Manchester: 55,749 3.5 5.6 A64(M) Forms the eastern part of the Leeds inner ...
Geographers' A–Z Map Company was the official supplier of atlases and maps for the 2012 Olympic Games and 2012 Paralympic Games and produced detailed maps for the Olympic Park in Stratford, as well as all the other venues that were used during the games in London and throughout the United Kingdom.