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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.


I don't look after this list very well and some things here might now have been listed properly elsewhere on the wiki.
This list was brought ''bang up to date'' on 26 May 2014.


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==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 to 86 - Greater London Plan
* 134 - roundabout design 1950-60
* 134 - roundabout design 1950-60
* 166 - M50 proposals 1954-56!
* 166 - M50 proposals 1954-56!
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* 205 - 40mph signs 1956-61
* 205 - 40mph signs 1956-61
* 237 - Loughton flyover on A5 (supposedly an experimental design for the M1 project)
* 237 - Loughton flyover on A5 (supposedly an experimental design for the M1 project)
* 246 - "road viaducts over railways in major cities" - sounds intriguing - 1955-58
* 248-9 - Barton Bridge special road and plans 1956-63 (more found on this at [[MT 119/116]])
* 248-9 - Barton Bridge special road and plans 1956-63 (more found on this at [[MT 119/116]])
* 262 "engineering model room" - sounds fun
* 262 "engineering model room" - sounds fun
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* 294 - motorways general programme 1949-65
* 294 - motorways general programme 1949-65
** ''lots of individual motorway plans follow MT 95/294, scattered among other files. Stops before 384.''
** ''lots of individual motorway plans follow MT 95/294, scattered among other files. Stops before 384.''
* 384 design of signs on M1
* 468 - inspections and observations on M6 - does this mean Preston Bypass? - 1958-65
* 468 - inspections and observations on M6 - does this mean Preston Bypass? - 1958-65
* 482 - motorway design policy
* 482 - motorway design policy
** ''more motorway plans from 522 onwards''
** ''more motorway plans from 522 onwards''
* 540 - gantry signs policy
* 540 - gantry signs policy
* 600 - car plant at Hooton - is this the M531 unclassified? - 1960
* 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
* 523-4 - design of Almondsbury interchange (524 has plans) - also see 836
* 568 - development of Carbridge temporary flyover - this is Hogarth model
* 594 - looks like northerly M62 line terminating on A1 at Selby Fork
* 606 - design of signs - drawings
* 784 - Worboys - with plans
* 784 - Worboys - with plans
* 785 - Worboys - policy with maps
* 785 - Worboys - policy with maps
* 786 - Worboys exhibition at Birmingham, with plans
* 786 - Worboys exhibition at Birmingham, with plans
* 815 - motorway layout and number of carriageways - no idea but sounds interesting
 
* 817 - motorway signposting with plans
==MT 100==
* 857 - VMS including M4 elevated road
 
** ''continues through 924-7, 987-9''
File references MT 100/...
* 985 - hovercraft crossings - goes with [[MT 95/1007]]
 
* 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==
==HLG 159==
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File references HLG 159/...
File references HLG 159/...


* 158-9 - Ministry of Transport evidence, with plans
* 167-171 - draft inquiry report
* 167-171 - draft inquiry report
* 273 - "request for information from GLC on new motorways"
* 381 - economic case for NCR (did I mean North Cross or North Circular here? Don't know)
* 396 - M4 and NCR - questioning of DoE
* 403 - map of M11/12/15 junction
* 462 - 3rd London airport DoE consultation paper
* 479 - revised map of primary network
* 572 - phasing of primary road network - timing!
* 574 - case for/against R1
* 574 - case for/against R1
* 626 - final draft of chapter 17, the road system
* 956-7 - R1 photo montage and plan
* 958-9 - R2 photo montage and plan
* 958-9 - R2 photo montage and plan
* 970 - LB Greenwich objections to urban motorway plans
* 970 - LB Greenwich objections to urban motorway plans - study of effects of building motorways through existing urban communities
* 1024 and 1026 - GLC evidence - transport - with plans
* 1604 - cost of road proposals
* 1604 - cost of road proposals
* 1625 - alternative to proposed roads - the RLBA?
* 1625 - alternative to proposed roads - the RLBA? (Royal London Boroughs Association or something?)
* 1672 - compulsory purchase costs for R1, R2, M23 and others
* 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
* 2274 - West London Interchange at Chiswick
* 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
''listing checked through to 2508, more still to look through''

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