A History of British Motorways- List of figures - list of plates - Chapter 1. Introduction - Chapter 2. Road policies between the wars - Chapter 3. 1939-1950: the years of restriction - Chapter 4. 1950-1960: Motorway construction begins - Chapter 5. 1960-1970: a decade of growth - Chapter 6. 1970-1980: The troubled years - Chapter 7. Truck road motorways in England - Chapter 8. Trunk road motorways in Wales and in Scotland - Chapter 9. Motorways in urban areas - Chapter 10. Planning, design and maintenance - Chapter 11. The usage of motorways - Chapter 12. Some economic and social aspects - index |
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Introduction | 1 |
Road policies between the wars | 6 |
the years of restriction | 19 |
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accidents Alfred McAlpine all-purpose assessment Balfour Beatty Birmingham British Road Federation built carried central reservation Civil Engineers concrete consultants conurbation costs County Council County Surveyors D2 F D3 F Department of Transport drivers dual carriageway dual three-lane dual two-lane economic embankments expenditure Freeman Fox Glasgow Government hard shoulders highway authorities Highway Engineers HMSO improvements included Institution of Civil interchange Lancashire lane Leeds length Leonard Fairclough London-Birmingham motorway M6 motorway maintenance Merseyside Midlands mile/h Minister Ministry of Transport motorway network motorway programme motorway system NWRCU problems proposals Public Inquiry ring road road programme Road Research Laboratory road schemes road system route Scotland Select Committee Sept SERCU service areas Severn Bridge Sir Alfred McAlpine Sir Owen Williams speed tion Transport and Road trunk road Trunk road motorways urban areas urban motorways viaduct Wales West Williams and Partners