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| See [[:Category:Ringway 1]]. | | See [[:Category:Ringway 1]]. |
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/ Ringway 2]== |
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| | See [[:Category:Ringway 2]]. |
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| ;Objector arguing that R2 would only encourage cars
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| ;Objector from Strand-on-the-Green association
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/north.shtml North Circular Road]===
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| ;Route, Hanger Lane - Woodford
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| :This road was pre-existing
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| :[[HLG 159/1024]] indicates that the existing North Circular was to be upgraded
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| ;North Circular as Trunk Route
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| :[[MT 106/151]] indicates that, in 1961, the North Circular was the responsibility of the MoT
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| ;Ministry of Transport proposals, 1961
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| :[[MT 106/151]] for the report itself
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| :[[MT 106/152]] for accompanying plans and diagrams
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/east.shtml Eastern Section]===
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| ;Route, Woodford - A13
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| :[[GLC/TD/PM/CDO/07]] shows new alignment that matches present
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| ;Route, A13 - Thamesmead
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| ;Route, Thamesmead - A2
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| ::[[MT 106/291]] has descriptive outline
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| ;A406 previously terminated at Gants Hill
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| ;Proposed designation M15
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| :''Roads in England, 1973/74'' for section listed as ''A406 - A13''
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| :[[SJ 25]] includes reference to M15 through the R2/M11/M12 junction
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| ;1960s preference for tunnel
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| :[[MT 106/291]] describes a dual four-lane tunnel
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| ;Controversy surrounding Oxleas Wood
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| ;Resurrection of river crossing by Ken Livingstone
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| :Referenced in ''The Guardian'', 23 January 2002
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/south.shtml Southern Section]===
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| ;Route, A2 - A23
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| :[[MT 106/291]] has descriptive outline
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| ;Route, A23 - A24
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| :[[MT 106/291]] has descriptive outline
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| ;Route, A24 - Wandsworth
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| :[[MT 106/291]] has descriptive outline
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| ;Junctions at Grove Park
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| :[[HLG 159/959]]
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| ;Double-deck and interchange at Elmer's End
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| :[[HLG 159/2316]]
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| ;Layout of A21 interchange
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| :''Lewisham Mercury'', 04/12/1969; "Here's the Secret M-Way Map and all the Details"
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| ;M23 terminal interchange
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| ;GLC proposal to roof over sections
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| ;GLC consider R2 high priority
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway2/west.shtml Western Link]===
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| ;Route, Wandsworth - M4
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| :[[MT 106/291]] has descriptive outline
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| ;Route, M4 - A40
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| :[[MT 106/151]]
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| ;Lack of connection between motorway and relief roads in Wandsworth
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| :[[MT 118/379]] has plans of the local road network improvements with the motorway's location indicated, and does not show any connection to the motorway.
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| ;Artist's impression of motorway at Barnes Bridge
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| :Uncredited press cutting at [[Richmond Local History Service]]. From the context it is likely to be from the ''Richmond Herald'', 1966. | |
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| ;Four-level stack with A316
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| :[[HLG 159/2274]] | |
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| ;Chiswick triangle, noise and demolition
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| :[[HLG 159/936]]
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| :[[HLG 159/2274]]
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| :[[HLG 159/2342]]
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| ;Chiswick Flyover interchange
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| :[[HLG 159/2274]]
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| ;Barnes Motorway Action Group
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| ;West London Assessment Study
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| :West London Assessment Study, Stage II. Viewed at Richmond Archives. Detailed page to follow.
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/ Ringway 3]== |
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| | See [[:Category:Ringway 3]]. |
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| ;Abercrombie's D-Ring as precursor
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| :[[MT 106/413]] includes written confirmation that several sections used D-Ring protected lines
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| :[[MT 95/85]] includes plans of the D-ring at locations that match known routings of Ringway 3
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| ;GLC discussing only three ring roads
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| ;Ringway 3 as route for long-distance traffic
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| :[[MT 106/413]], related to 'D-Ring' being constructed entirely as motorway in 1966
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| ;Ministry plan for Outer Orbital motorway M45
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| :[[MT 112/67]]
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/north.shtml Northern Section]===
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| ;Route, M1 - Bignell's Corner
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| :''This line is a best-guess and no source documents whatsoever have been found for an official line between Bushey and Bignell's Corner. However, there are some Geographia maps with a potential route on them.''
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| ::''M31 Consultants' Report'' has outline of route, although it does not quite reach Bignell's Corner
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| ;Route, Bignell's Corner - Potter's Bar
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| :As built before 1973
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| ;Route, Potter's Bar - A12
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| :As planned before 1973
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| ;Unbuilt junction at A11
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| :[[T 319/2655]] includes plans of this
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| ;Use of M16 designation before opening
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| :[[T 319/2655]] has plans of "M16 motorway" between A10 and M11, which match precisely what is now M25
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| ;Use of temporary A1178 number
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| ;Incorporated into full-circle M25
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/east.shtml Eastern Section]===
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| ;Route, A12 - A20
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| :[[AT 56/98]] confirms that what is now M25 between M11 and Dartford was programmed as Ringway 3/M16 | |
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/south.shtml Southern Section]===
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| ;Route, A20 - Addington
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| :[[MT 120/169]] has outline route
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| ;Route, Addington - Thames
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| :[[MT 120/169]] includes outline route
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| ;Alternative route, Addington - Chessington
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| ;Consultants still investigating routes in 1971
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| :[[MT 120/272]] indicates possible routes between M4 and A20 under investigation, in memo dated September 1971
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| ;Newspaper report concerning "final route"
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| :[[HLG 159/1318]] indicates a plan was published in ''Sutton and Cheam Advertiser'', 23/07/1970, but so far we have been unable to track down that particular edition of this newspaper
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| ;No final route ever selected
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| :[[MT 120/272]] and [[HLG 159/321]] both suggest the route was with consultants in 1971, and the final report of their findings was not due
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| ;Engineering standards
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| :[[MT 120/272]] indicates urban dual-4 alignment changes to rural dual-3 at a grid line on the plans in the absence of detailed study on where the change should occur
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway3/west.shtml Western Section]===
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| ;Route, Thames - M3
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| ;Route, M3 - M4 - Yeading
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| ;Route, options at Yeading
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| ;Route, MoT option Yeading - South Oxhey
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| :Check (same as GLC route)
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| ;Route, GLC option Yeading - South Oxhey
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| :Check (same as MoT route)
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| :[[MT 106/291]] for 1964 route through Stanmore and Harrow to M1 junction 3
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| ;Ministry line v GLC line
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| :Settled in favour of Ministry line before GDLP inquiry, ''The Times, 13-03-71''
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| :[[HLG 159/321]] has report comparing the two options
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| ;R3 connecting to M3 junction 1
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| ;R3 connecting to M3 at new junction at Upper Halliford (inc. reserved land and property dispute)
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| :[[MT 120/169]]
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| ;Cost comparison of Ministry and GLC route options
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| :[[HLG 159/321]], including GLC argument that their line was "more accessible"
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| ;Previous plans for D-Ring and to link M1 and Heathrow by dual carriageway
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| :[[MT 106/291]]
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| ;Memo indicating urban or rural motorway standard
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| :[[MT 106/413]]
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| ;File suggesting route number M16 between A4020 and M1
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| :[[MT 106/118]]
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| :''[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1972/nov/07/road-programme#S5CV0845P0-04286 Hansard, 07-11-72]''
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| ;Ringway 3 still at least partially in roads programme in 1977
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| :''[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1977/apr/05/road-schemes Hansard, 05-04-77]''
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/ Ringway 4]== |
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| ;Abercrombie plan for outer parkways
| | See [[:Category:Ringway 4]]. |
| :[[Greater London Plan (1944)]]
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/north.shtml North Orbital Road]===
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| ;Route, Navestock - M11
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| :[[MT 120/169]] has outline maps
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| ;Route, M11 - Hatfield
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| :[[MT 120/169]] has outline maps
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| ;Route, Hatfield Bypass
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| ;Route, Hatfield - Watford
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| :[[MT 120/169]] has text description
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| ;Proposed as all-purpose road
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| :[[MT 120/169]] implies very strongly
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| ;A1170 Dinant Link Road as R4
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/west.shtml Western Section]===
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| ;Route, Hunton Bridge - Maple Cross
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| :''M31 Consultants' Report'' has outline of route
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| ;Route, Maple Cross - Staines
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| :''M31 Consultants' Report'' has outline of route
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| ;Route, Staines - River Thames
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| :''M31 Consultants' Report'' has outline of route
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/south.shtml Southern Section]===
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| ;Route, River Thames - A3
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| :Shown in ''M31 Consultants' Report''
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| ;Route, A3 - M23
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| ;Route, M23 - M20
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| ;Link south-west of M25/M3 interchange
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| :May be part of non-preferred M31 Red Route. Dotted line shown in ''M31 Consultants' Report''
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| ;Stacked roundabout interchange at A21
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| :[[MT 121/57]] has full diagrams, including proposed MSA. | |
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/ringway4/denham.shtml Denham Spur]===
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| ;Route, Denham - Ruislip Common
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| :[[GLC/TD/C/P/02]] indicates line as planned in 1965
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| ;Oversize bridges at Denham built without authority
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| :[[Denham Spur emails]]
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/northern/ Northern Radials]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/northern/ Northern Radials]== |
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| See [[:Category:Radials North]]. | | See [[:Category:Radials North]]. |
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/western/ Western Radials]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/western/ Western Radials]== |
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| ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/ Southern Radials]== | | ==[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/ Southern Radials]== |
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/m23.shtml M23]===
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| ;Route, Redhill - Hooley
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| ;Route, Hooley - Streatham Vale
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| ;Route, Streatham Vale - Tooting Bec Common
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| ;London - Brighton Motorways planned 1906 and 1924
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| :''Proposed London - Crawley Motorway'' Consultant's Report, March 1964
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| ;Deletion of Streatham Vale - Tooting Bec Common section
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| ;Considered for number M2
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| :[[MT 112/67]]
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| ;Terminus on "Tooting Bec - Tulse Hill Link"
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| :''Proposed London - Crawley Motorway'' Consultant's Report, March 1964 | |
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| ;Plan formally cancelled in 1995
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/scrpdr.shtml SCRPDR] (South Cross Route to Parkway D Radial)===
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| ;Route, Brixton - Elmer's End
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| :''Proposed London - Crawley Motorway'' Consultant's Report, March 1964
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| :[[T 319/1842]] includes this section in the GLC map of Ringway 1
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| ;Route, Elmer's End - Addington
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| :''Proposed London - Crawley Motorway'' Consultant's Report, March 1964
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| ;Descended from Abercrombie's Parkway E
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| :Parkway E name used in [[MT 106/413]] and [[HLG 159/1373]]
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| ;Name 'South Cross Route to Parkway D Radial'
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| ;Name 'Hastings Radial'
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| :''Proposed London - Crawley Motorway'' Consultant's Report, March 1964
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| :Described as going 'to Hastings' in [[GLC/TD/DP/LDS/02/097]]
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| ;Double-deck interchange with R2
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| :[[HLG 159/2316]]
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| ;Line protected by GLC in 1964
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| ;Lambeth Council lobby for removal of protection
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| :[[HLG 159/1373]]
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/m20.shtml A20, M20 or A20(M)]===
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| ;Route, Kidbrooke - A208
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| :[[HLG 159/1257]]
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| :[[HLG 159/2508]]
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| ;Route, A208 - Swanley
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| ;Route, Swanley - Wrotham
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| ;Route, Swanley - Wrotham southern alternative
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| ;Junction layouts, Kidbrooke - A208
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| :[[HLG 159/1257]] has the whole 'Eltham box' including several alternative arrangements
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| ;Road in deep cutting next to A20
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| :[[HLG 159/2508]] shows cross-section in diagram
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| ;Use of number A20(M)
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| :[[HLG 159/2508]] uses A20(M) number extensively
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| ;Use of number M20
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| ===[http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/m2.shtml A2, M2 or A2(M)]===
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| {{Col-begin}}
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| ;Route, Kidbrooke - Falconwood
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| :[[HLG 159/1257]] has plans matching as-built A2 through Eltham
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| ;Route, Falconwood - Dartford
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| ;Route, Dartford - Gravesend
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| ;A282 interchange intended as A2/R3 junction
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| ;Eltham section built in 1980s
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| ;Woolwich Borough Council objection to Eltham section
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| ;Use of number A2(M)
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| :''Roads in England 1973-74''
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| ;Use of number M2
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| ;Use of number A102(M) for Dover Radial Route
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| :''Roads in England 1971-72''
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