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A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting one or more cities, ports, airports, etc.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic. Many trunk roads have segregated lanes, or are motorway standard. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ...
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Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 194 KB) Picture of the A63(T) looking west from near Brough I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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In the United Kingdom, Trunk Roads were first defined for Great Britain in the Trunk Roads Act 1936. Thirty major roads were classed as Trunk Roads and the Minister of Transport took direct control of them and the bridges across them. This development did not extend to Northern Ireland, which has always had a separate system of highway and road traffic law. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ...
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At that time, 4,500 miles of British road were classified as Trunk Roads. Additional roads have been 'trunked', notably in the Trunk Roads Act 1946. Others, like virtually all British motorways, have entered the system as a result of new construction. As of 2004, Great Britain has 7,845 miles (12,625 km) of Trunk Roads, of which 2,161 miles (3,478 km) are motorways. [1] Trunk roads in England are managed by the Highways Agency. Scotland has had responsibility for its own trunk roads since 1955, these are currently managed by Transport Scotland. Wales has had responsibility for its trunk roads since 1965. England has 4,814 miles (7,747 km), Scotland has 1,982 miles (3,190 km) and Wales has 1,048 miles (1,687 km) of trunk roads, inclusive of motorways. Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
The Highways Agency is an executive agency, part of the Department for Transport in the United Kingdom. ...
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Transport Scotland was created on January 1, 2006 as the national transport agency of Scotland. ...
Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056 Area - Total 20,779...
Curiosities and facts about Trunk Roads Most interurban trunk roads are "primary routes", the category of recommended roads for long distance and freight transport, but not all primary routes are trunk roads, the difference being that trunk roads are maintained by central government rather than the local councils. Primary routes are identified by their direction signs, which feature white text on a green background with route numbers in yellow. Trunk roads, like other 'A' roads, can either be single- or dual-carriageway.
Trunk roads are often listed on maps with a "T" in brackets after their normal numbers so as to distinguish them from non-trunk parts of the same road. A trunk road which has been partially upgraded to motorway standard can sometimes retain its original "A" number but with an "M" in brackets to denote that motorway regulations apply on it. This is common on Primary Routes which are slowly being converted to motorway standard, but have not yet been completed. Good examples of this are the A1(M) in England, and the A74(M) in Scotland. Also known as the Great North Road. ...
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The A74 was a major trunk road in the United Kingdom, linking Glasgow in Scotland to Carlisle in the North West of England. ...
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It is possible for roads to become 'de-trunked' to County 'A' Roads, for example when superseded by a motorway following a similar route. When a road is 'detrunked' it is often not visible to the normal user when it retains its numbers. In some places however, the road number will change and will usually be signposted in the style "B000, was A00", although repeated changes can lead to such nonsense as "A5, was A5" (between St Albans and Redbourn). In addition, the UK government de-trunked much of the trunk road network in the last 6 years, to concentrate on a selection of core trunk routes, mostly dual carriageways and motorways. St Albans (thus spelt, no apostrophe or dot) is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35. ...
Redbourn is a village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, roughly 5 miles from St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Markyate, and 3 miles from Harpenden. ...
Ireland In Ireland some roads were classified under an old British system as Trunk routes, and had route numbers prefixed by "T". Another old designation was Link, or "L", road. Although a number of old road signs using these designations may still be encountered, Ireland has long since adopted a newer classification scheme of National Primary and Secondary Routes ("N" roads), Regional roads ("R" roads), and local roads (administratively referred to by "L"-prefixed numbers, though these numbers are not shown on signs). A typical Irish road sign in Mullingar, County Westmeath Ireland, both north and south of the border, has an extensive network of roads. ...
United States Though the term trunk road sees little use in American English, the U.S. highway and Interstate highway systems can be considered trunk highways of the United States, although actual construction and maintenance is delegated to individual U.S. states (funding is apportioned as well). Each state maintains its own trunk highway system, incorporating state, U.S., and Interstate routes. English language spread in the United States. ...
Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ...
Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ...
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China China has begun development of the National Trunk Highway System (NTHS), which will create many east-west and north-south highways, plus seven radials heading out of the capital, Beijing. The National Trunk Highway System (NTHS) is a system of freeways currently under construction in the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Beijing [English Pronunciation] (Chinese: 北京 [Chinese Pronunciation]; Pinyin: Běijīng; IPA: ), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
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