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English: Transport map of the historic county of Cumberland in England, in 1960, showing roads, railways, rivers and built-up areas. Inset highlights Cumberland among all the historic counties of England.
Plan of Ringways 1, 2, 3 and 4. The London Ringways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre. They were part of a comprehensive scheme developed by the Greater London Council (GLC) to alleviate traffic congestion on the city's road system by providing high-speed motorway-standard roads within the capital, linking a series ...
English: Transport map of the historic county of Westmorland in England, in 1960, showing roads, railways, rivers and built-up areas. Inset highlights Westmorland among all the historic counties of England.
Numbered roads in the UK are signed as M (Motorway), A, [12] or B [12] roads (legal "classification" varies between countries), as well as various categories of more minor roads: for internal purposes, local authorities may also use C, [13] D [citation needed] and U [13] (the letter standing for "Unclassified"); use of C and U numbers on signs is unusual but examples can be found in all four ...
Annual numbers of people killed on the roads of Great Britain between 1926 and 2016. Reported Road Casualties Great Britain (RRCGB), formerly Road Casualties Great Britain (RCGB) and before that Road Accidents Great Britain (RAGB), is the official statistical publication of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on traffic casualties, fatalities and related road safety data.
Motorists were diverted to the old road while the UK road research laboratory at Harmondsworth pondered the importance of surface water drainage. [8] The second phase of construction was completed in 1960, forming the Lancaster by-pass. Some 100 miles (160 km) south, the Stafford by-pass was completed in 1962.
their first map was published in 1936; the only maps produced by them during World War II (1939–1945) were war maps of Europe; until 1962, the "Published By" address was 28 Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London; from 1962 to 1992, the "Published By" address was Sevenoaks, Kent; from 1992 onwards, the "Published By" address is Borough Green, Kent;
20 March – Lonnie Donegan's single "My Old Man's a Dustman" reaches No. 1 in the UK charts. [9] 26 March – The Grand National is televised for the first time. The winner is Merryman II. [10] 28 March – Cheapside Street Whisky Bond Fire in Glasgow. 19 firemen are killed in the UK's worst peacetime fire services disaster. [11]