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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.
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]
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 ...
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)
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This file was derived from: UK motorways map 2016.svg: Author: UK motorways map 2016.svg: User:Dr Greg and User:Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey and OpenStreetMap data; derivative work: Dr Greg; Other versions: File:UK motorways map (thick lines).svg, unlabelled, with thicker lines, suitable for small thumbnails
Directional sign showing primary destinations only. Primary destinations are locations that appear on route confirmation signs in the United Kingdom. Most are important settlements or conurbations, but some are bridges and tunnels, or even villages that are important junctions, e.g. Scotch Corner or Crianlarich.
By 2010 the volume of freight moved had more than doubled to 222 billion tonne kilometres, of which 9% was moved by rail, 19% by water, 5% by pipeline and 68% by road. [7] Despite the growth in tonne kilometres, the environmental external costs of trucks and lorries in the UK have reportedly decreased.