london london southern road starts passing capital northern fringe continuing edinburgh road travels city london include districts travels upper street crossing north circular road district london borough recent series routes north london york designated great_britain road numbering scheme comprising existing roads streets historic later stretches purpose built new roads outer london borough road section built roman cement gravel innovative technique time basis modern road building route closely follows historic route great north road diverted round suburbs high modern roads constructed 1920s 1930s london main roads providing link scotland despite main use connect number north london vehicles traffic bulk local roads route travels shared responsibility local history latest series routes north london york formed great_britain road numbering scheme earliest documented northern routes london roads created romans period consisted variety combination route london york known street street later known london current 12th century flooding damage traffic street alternative route london found origin great north road 14th century route went road impassable new route road created 14th century section bypassed early 19th century creation new road time road road constructed linking start old north road great north road corner route london originally started marked boundary followed great north road mail coach route route designated follow passes built 1920s 1930s london coaching route mainly followed passing borough early 1970s plans widen road section abandoned considerable opposition public inquiries road protesters disrupted proceedings scheme finally dropped governance roads route travels shared responsibility local organised london wide authority dealing roads london set replaced disparate amalgamated single control replaced 1960s traffic management london london proposed favour increasing traffic central london control inner london roads government favour widening roads control outer london different approaches resulted widening stretch reached control widening abruptly stopped problems associated different opposing bodies having responsibility london roads government keen control major routes plans miles road including significant parts abolished took direct control miles major routes plus significant influence control roads london passed transport london department created act major roads including trunk roads route route london runs northern end grand travels northern fringe corner crosses motorway designated dual continues edinburgh london section road passes london london main northern routes providing link motorway motorway scotland connects number major areas london sections serve high street joined villages north london london major roads approximate vehicles day traffic bulk local current start modern roundabout northern end grand meets street near site demolished london headquarters originally designated started little north street marked boundary city later maps indicate starting southern end grand near route runs north street modern dual 13th century known wide street fine buildings travellers destroyed badly damaged blitz acre arts complex residential estate constructed entire eastern street end street stood marked limits route enters london borough road single running north border city angel mix offices urban housing john street ancient routes city start great north road headquarters built street originally flowed centre road underground trace seen surface street reported built inhabited containing numerous largely remained area rebuilding took place second world war particular residential development spread northern end route northwards follows way section angel turning right southwards route follows city road short distance joining road street earliest reference appearance map area time including angel subsequently gave area housing public pond shown lining street operated tom stayed prior travelling high street came control newly formed trust grew rapidly soon control major roads area building number major road expanding residential areas including road road city road new north road upper street running roughly north corner main shopping street dates 12th century livestock great north road market passing mainly fields farmland pause built liverpool road farmer site number shops existed street serve farmers travellers headed 18th century began develop agricultural residential area houses built later named group built immediately south liverpool road originally called road alternative streets high pavement constructed protect pedestrians passing animals places pavement approximately road surface reaching way interchange turns north west road 14th century route turned road hill impassable new route road created 14th century earliest record giving road dates main stretch road runs site villages exact time founding known earliest record dates names ceased late 17th century preserved local place names park time area known northern point road complex interchange construction interchange left buildings isolated centre roundabout including tavern appears cover album roundabout enters cutting road original road north went steep village early 19th century proving unsuitable increasingly heavy traffic road crossing hill tunnel shallower gradient proposed mining engineer trust set work started brick built tunnel collapsed construction april constructed brick bridge series arches like canal carry cutting nash little way south current bridge new road opened road surface constructed sand gravel proved difficult heavy traffic parliamentary commissioners took road chief engineer proposed roman cement gravel innovative technique time road basis modern road building construction financed tolls abolished traffic increased substantially particularly introduction road nash bridge replaced present cast iron lane bridge designed sir accessible road level steep flight steps informally called suicide bridge known suicide spot venue mental illness campaign group inaugural subject film bridge end men weeks committed suicide jumping bridge campaign set local residents better anti suicide measures place bridge marks boundary borough outer london borough inquiry held widening section intersection lane dual work started originally intended widen section road severe disruption led inquiry abandoned second inquiry chaired sir abandoned traffic flow projected increase cars day actual flow day originally constructed road went countryside buildings pub junction hill road demolished wellington pub junction provided travellers coming railways ribbon development started road including listed distinctive attached parade shops house deep arched built northern end road road intersects traditional route point called roads immediately great north road route heading north heading west road road short stretch road running west half mile junction junction entire southern road taken northern mixture small shops flats road named general sir received victoria_cross assault december crossing bishops avenue road laid residential development area runs east west northern foot residential northern stands block flats built road 1930s building example 1930s architecture passing playing fields south briefly market place street market evolved short stretch shops built programme planned extensions runs embankment dip ground caused tributary runs parallel road immediately south entire length north road occupied 1930s housing blocks whilst southern occupied narrow strip following brook northern tip surviving remnants ancient woodland covered north london merges routes run briefly crossing interchange junction 1820s road built provide pass route north london changes park road northern junction junction million upgrade completed january included britain hands free pedestrian crossing allow orthodox jews reach nearby europe largest operating machinery stood site current building dates interchange routes going south turns north west suburbs built joins carrying completed junction motorway created continue way apex corner separate turning west turning run straight north passing runs north london dual dual road improvement programme mentioned parliament hopefully completed end summer northbound passes entrance area ancient forest local nature reserve crosses corner roundabout miles proposed link road roundabout estimated provided access plans subsequently abandoned link planned discussions intended carry way park corner scheme interchange junction motorway currently junction london gateway services past corner skirts turning northeast running open countryside corner corner crosses motorway large roundabout near services north corner motorway follows great north road route running north edinburgh construction route designated great_britain road numbering scheme inner city uses existing roads streets reaches outer london borough stretches purpose built new roads built widened dual chief engineer roman cement gravel solve problems wear tear road section innovative technique time basis modern road building
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