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Files I have located by browsing through the red hard-copy Catalogue folders at the National Archives, and which look interesting, but which I haven't yet seen.
Files I have located by browsing through the red hard-copy Catalogue folders at the National Archives, and which look interesting, but which I haven't yet seen.


This list was brought ''bang up to date'' on 2 February 2011.
This list was brought ''bang up to date'' on 26 May 2014.


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==File series that look interesting==
* MT 110 - Highways A division
* MT 111 - Traffic control and communications
* MT 116 - Traffic signs committee
* MT 121 - Special Roads
* MT 129 - London Traffic branch
* MT 152 - Divisional road engineers' files
==MT 39==
File references here are MT 39/...
* 351 and 352 - Hyde Park Corner Tunnel (1925-1947)
* 392 - as above


==MT 95==
==MT 95==
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* 31 - roundabout signs 1953-63
* 31 - roundabout signs 1953-63
* 35 and 36 - London through-route signs 1947-57
* 59 - pedestrian signals in Slough experiment
* 59 - pedestrian signals in Slough experiment
* 74 to 83 - New Town layouts 1946-56ish
* 74 to 83 - New Town layouts 1946-56ish
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** 82 Stevenage
** 82 Stevenage
** 83 Stevenage plans
** 83 Stevenage plans
* 84 - D-ring 1940s
* 134 - roundabout design 1950-60
* 134 - roundabout design 1950-60
* 166 - M50 proposals 1954-56!
* 166 - M50 proposals 1954-56!
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** ''more motorway plans from 522 onwards''
** ''more motorway plans from 522 onwards''
* 540 - gantry signs policy
* 540 - gantry signs policy
* 568 - development of Carbridge temporary flyover - this is Hogarth model
* 608 - change to right hand driving! 1961-66
* 608 - change to right hand driving! 1961-66
* 660 - signs to bypassed towns with plans 1961-65
* 660 - signs to bypassed towns with plans 1961-65
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* 1 - Humber Bridge, pre-1961
* 1 - Humber Bridge, pre-1961
* 31 - Dee estuary bridge
* 69 - Mancunian Way Special Road scheme
* 69 - Mancunian Way Special Road scheme
* 70 - Sale-Altrincham Western By-pass
* 70 - Sale-Altrincham Western By-pass
* 112 - Two-level junctions, 1959-64
* 112 - Two-level junctions, 1959-64


==MT 106==
==MT 116==
 
This is all the Worboys papers - 17 items and that's it.
 
==MT 121==
 
File references MT 121/...
 
* 13 - Motor roads in the vicinity of Birmingham 1949-58
* 183 - provision of emergency service areas by October 1959
* 379 - Naming and numbering of motorways. (Naming?)
* 388 - Signage improvement scheme, motorways and all purpose roads
 
==MT 152==


File references MT 106/...
File references MT 152/...


* 54 and 93 - West Cross Route plans
* 15 Kent County Council: highway implications of Channel Tunnel 1966-69
* 163 - Piccadilly Circus redevelopment (others also at later refs on this topic)
* 48 Yorkshire: trunk road programme 1970-80, roads to be included
* 195 - Hampstead redevelopment; effect on North Cross Route
* 67 M62 between A1 and M1
* 219 - Linking M23 to London road system, 1963-69
* 68 as above
* 225 - Trafalgar Square underpass and relief road
* 135 Shipley Northern Bypass and Aire Valley Route (1963-69)
* 277 - Urban motorway design
* 175-7 Aston Expressway and Gravelly Hill, including signalling system
* 296-300 - I have listed this as "Ringways stuff". Presumably it's worthwhile.
* 246 M20 Swanley-Wrotham and public inquiry 1972-3 (too late to show original M20 line?)
* 459 - M11 to Hackney Wick - listed as having plans! See 459/1 and 459/2; possibly these are separate files.
* 274/1 and 274/2 A616 Wortley-M1 and "Longdendale Mcr-Shef Fast Route" 1975-6
* 460 - M23 northern terminal planning
* 425 dated 1984, this is first file to refer to A42 instead of M42.


==HLG 159==
==HLG 159==
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* 167-171 - draft inquiry report
* 167-171 - draft inquiry report
* 273 - "request for information from GLC on new motorways" - "Motorway Monitoring"???
* 381 - economic case for North Cross Route
* 396 - M4 and North Circular Road - questioning of DoE
* 574 - case for/against R1
* 574 - case for/against R1
* 956-7 - R1 photo montage and plan (this and below, LB Lewisham, think I saw them in 2005)
* 958-9 - R2 photo montage and plan
* 958-9 - R2 photo montage and plan
* 970 - LB Greenwich objections to urban motorway plans - study of effects of building motorways through existing urban communities
* 970 - LB Greenwich objections to urban motorway plans - study of effects of building motorways through existing urban communities
* 1604 - cost of road proposals
* 1604 - cost of road proposals
* 1625 - alternative to proposed roads - the RLBA? (Royal London Boroughs Association or something?)
* 1625 - alternative to proposed roads - the RLBA? (Royal London Boroughs Association or something?)
* 2183 - Bromley R2 alternative line through Beckenham with plans
* 2240 - Bromley: new line for Parkway E with plans
* 2242 - environmental effects of primary road network in LB Croydon and Greenwich
* 2242 - environmental effects of primary road network in LB Croydon and Greenwich
* 2388 - GLC response to [[HLG 159/2316]]
* 2388 - GLC response to [[HLG 159/2316]]
* 2494 - investigation into R1 bored tunnel below Blackheath
* 2494 - investigation into R1 bored tunnel below Blackheath
* 2511 – maps and diags of cut-and-cover in Camden

Latest revision as of 14:00, 26 May 2014

Files I have located by browsing through the red hard-copy Catalogue folders at the National Archives, and which look interesting, but which I haven't yet seen.

This list was brought bang up to date on 26 May 2014.


MT 95

File references here are MT 95/...

  • 31 - roundabout signs 1953-63
  • 59 - pedestrian signals in Slough experiment
  • 74 to 83 - New Town layouts 1946-56ish
    • 74 general
    • 75 Newton Aycliffe
    • 76 Harlow
    • 77 Harlow plans
    • 78 Hatfield/WGC
    • 79 Hatfield/WGC plans
    • 80 Hemel
    • 81 Hemel plans
    • 82 Stevenage
    • 83 Stevenage plans
  • 134 - roundabout design 1950-60
  • 166 - M50 proposals 1954-56!
  • 202 - one way street signs 1949-66
  • 205 - 40mph signs 1956-61
  • 237 - Loughton flyover on A5 (supposedly an experimental design for the M1 project)
  • 248-9 - Barton Bridge special road and plans 1956-63 (more found on this at MT 119/116)
  • 262 "engineering model room" - sounds fun
  • 283 control of small roundabouts by signals
  • 294 - motorways general programme 1949-65
    • lots of individual motorway plans follow MT 95/294, scattered among other files. Stops before 384.
  • 468 - inspections and observations on M6 - does this mean Preston Bypass? - 1958-65
  • 482 - motorway design policy
    • more motorway plans from 522 onwards
  • 540 - gantry signs policy
  • 608 - change to right hand driving! 1961-66
  • 660 - signs to bypassed towns with plans 1961-65
  • 784 - Worboys - with plans
  • 785 - Worboys - policy with maps
  • 786 - Worboys exhibition at Birmingham, with plans

MT 100

File references MT 100/...

  • 1 - Humber Bridge, pre-1961
  • 69 - Mancunian Way Special Road scheme
  • 70 - Sale-Altrincham Western By-pass
  • 112 - Two-level junctions, 1959-64

MT 116

This is all the Worboys papers - 17 items and that's it.

MT 121

File references MT 121/...

  • 13 - Motor roads in the vicinity of Birmingham 1949-58
  • 183 - provision of emergency service areas by October 1959
  • 379 - Naming and numbering of motorways. (Naming?)
  • 388 - Signage improvement scheme, motorways and all purpose roads

MT 152

File references MT 152/...

  • 15 Kent County Council: highway implications of Channel Tunnel 1966-69
  • 48 Yorkshire: trunk road programme 1970-80, roads to be included
  • 67 M62 between A1 and M1
  • 68 as above
  • 135 Shipley Northern Bypass and Aire Valley Route (1963-69)
  • 175-7 Aston Expressway and Gravelly Hill, including signalling system
  • 246 M20 Swanley-Wrotham and public inquiry 1972-3 (too late to show original M20 line?)
  • 274/1 and 274/2 A616 Wortley-M1 and "Longdendale Mcr-Shef Fast Route" 1975-6
  • 425 dated 1984, this is first file to refer to A42 instead of M42.

HLG 159

File references HLG 159/...

  • 167-171 - draft inquiry report
  • 574 - case for/against R1
  • 958-9 - R2 photo montage and plan
  • 970 - LB Greenwich objections to urban motorway plans - study of effects of building motorways through existing urban communities
  • 1604 - cost of road proposals
  • 1625 - alternative to proposed roads - the RLBA? (Royal London Boroughs Association or something?)
  • 2242 - environmental effects of primary road network in LB Croydon and Greenwich
  • 2388 - GLC response to HLG 159/2316
  • 2494 - investigation into R1 bored tunnel below Blackheath