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It shows the cross-section of the road, including details of the drainage underneath, and indicates the road was designed with one 30-foot carriageway in the middle of broad verges, with footpaths at the very outside. It seems clear that, while only one carriageway was provided, the grading of the whole road width, and the location of drainage gullies, were designed to facilitate later conversion to dual carriageway. | It shows the cross-section of the road, including details of the drainage underneath, and indicates the road was designed with one 30-foot carriageway in the middle of broad verges, with footpaths at the very outside. It seems clear that, while only one carriageway was provided, the grading of the whole road width, and the location of drainage gullies, were designed to facilitate later conversion to dual carriageway. | ||
Received wisdom says that the Kingston Bypass was, in reality, opened as a dual carriageway, | Received wisdom says that the Kingston Bypass was, in reality, opened as a dual carriageway, but [https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW020677 archive photographs prove it wasn't], so this plan seems to be an accurate indication of its physical layout on opening. | ||
==People with camera copies== | ==People with camera copies== | ||
[[User:Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a complete copy. | [[User:Chris5156|Chris Marshall]] has a complete copy. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:53, 20 March 2022
Kingston Bypass: Typical cross-section
| Date range | 1923 |
| Location | National Archives (see all files stored here) |
| Catalogue | See entry |
| File base | Series MT, subseries MT 57 |
Context
This is one large plan sheet, rolled up and hermetically sealed in many layers of archival swaddling, that shows the cross section of the Kingston Bypass as originally designed. It's dated 11 April 1923.
It shows the cross-section of the road, including details of the drainage underneath, and indicates the road was designed with one 30-foot carriageway in the middle of broad verges, with footpaths at the very outside. It seems clear that, while only one carriageway was provided, the grading of the whole road width, and the location of drainage gullies, were designed to facilitate later conversion to dual carriageway.
Received wisdom says that the Kingston Bypass was, in reality, opened as a dual carriageway, but archive photographs prove it wasn't, so this plan seems to be an accurate indication of its physical layout on opening.
People with camera copies
Chris Marshall has a complete copy.
