MT 39/770 - Revision history

Chris5156: Add to AP numbering category

2009-12-04T17:40:04Z

Add to AP numbering category

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	\| title = CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification		\| title = CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification

Chris5156: Add new header

2009-11-30T03:56:03Z

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	~~\|'''Location'''~~		\| title = CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification
	\|[[~~National Archives~~]]		\| daterange = 1936-1949
	\|-		\| nacatref = 4406699
	~~\|'''Title'''~~		\| series = MT
	\|CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification		\| subseries = 39
	\|-		}}
	~~\|'''Date range'''~~
	\|1936-1949
	\|-
	\|~~'''Catalogue'''~~
	~~[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID~~=~~4406699 See entry]~~
	\|}

	==Context==		==Context==

Chris5156 at 12:32, 18 January 2009

2009-01-18T12:32:52Z

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	==People with camera copies==		==People with camera copies==
	[[Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, including maps and diagrams.		[[User:Chris5156\|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, including maps and diagrams.
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Chris5156: New page: Category:Subseries MT 39 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification |- |'''Date range''' |1936-1949 |- |'''Cat...

2009-01-18T12:32:30Z

New page: Category:Subseries MT 39 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification |- |'''Date range''' |1936-1949 |- |'''Cat...

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[[Category:Subseries MT 39]]
{|
|'''Location'''
|[[National Archives]]
|-
|'''Title'''
|CLASSIFICATION: Trunk roads: numbering and identification
|-
|'''Date range'''
|1936-1949
|-
|'''Catalogue'''
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=4406699 See entry]
|}

==Context==
By the early 1930s long-distance car travel was increasingly possible, in terms of the ability of road vehicles, and was becoming a reality for a growing number of people. In response the Ministry of Transport decided to take direct control of the key long-distance routes to ensure consistency of maintenance, signposting and capacity. To achieve this it created the Trunk Roads Act of 1936.

This file sets out the system that they adopted in response to the Act's statutory requirement for a numbering system for the new routes. The full story is in [http://cbrd.co.uk/indepth/roadnumbers/history.shtml#trunk this CBRD feature], but in short, new numbers were allocated with the prefix 'T' but were prevented from appearing on road signs at the last minute when another system was found (involving OS grid references) to assist maintenance crews in travelling to a specific location on the road.

==Contents of note==
* Maps and plans of the T-road system.
* Proposals to make Trunk Routes obvious by painting road sign poles red and white instead of black and white.
* Details of a French system of an inverted triangle with 'N' in the centre to order traffic to stop at a National route.

==People with camera copies==
[[Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a partial copy, including maps and diagrams.
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