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Numbered roads in the UK are signed as M (Motorway), A, [12] or B [12] roads (legal "classification" varies between countries), as well as various categories of more minor roads: for internal purposes, local authorities may also use C, [13] D [citation needed] and U [13] (the letter standing for "Unclassified"); use of C and U numbers on signs is unusual but examples can be found in all four ...
List of numbered roads in the British Isles; List of motorways in the United Kingdom; List of road junctions in the United Kingdom; List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network; List of road projects in the UK
Former logo of the Highways Agency (1994–2015) The Highways Agency was created as an executive agency of the Department for Transport on 30 March 1994. [5]As part of the Department for Transport's 2010 Spending Review settlement, Alan Cook was appointed to lead an independent review of the government's approach to the strategic road network. [6]
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[citation needed] The Preston Bypass, the UK's first motorway section, should have been numbered A6(M) under the scheme decided upon, but it was decided to keep the number M6 as had already been applied. [citation needed] The first full-length motorway in the UK was the M1 motorway.
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 ...
National Highways is responsible for maintaining motorways and trunk roads in England. Other English roads are maintained by local authorities. In London, Transport for London is responsible for all trunk roads and other major roads, which are part of the Transport for London Road Network. [11] The M25 is the largest and busiest bypass in the ...
A road is a thoroughfare for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, whose primary function is to serve as public spaces, the main function of roads is transportation.