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The M1 pic is J9, and the pic you say is the A74 at Lesmahagow is correct, The dip and bend in the distance are a giveaway.
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http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/de ... model.html

No date but, an artists impression of an MSA layout.
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SteveA30 wrote:All roads lead to the Exeter bypass. First evidence I've seen that the A30 was routed via the bypass, even though maps often had it going through Exeter. Note A377 to Exmouth as well. A38 bypass bridge is in the background.
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/de ... d-A30.html
While it's possible that through traffic was advised to use the bypass, I don't think that the A30 was rerouted until the M5 was completed. The sign indicates that the bypass is A38. Everything under the dashed border is "leading to" that route, which is obvious when you notice the directions to A380 which only begins at the Splatford split several miles to the west. A30 still went through Exeter at this time, regardless of whether it was the best route.
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This one is as it says, quirky.
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/de ... uirky.html
Testing sign designs, although 3 look the same to me, unless they are different colours.
If it is the M1, the Preston bypass must have been open by this time. It looks like summer so, summer 59 or 58 but, it is too far advanced for 1958. The A59 junction is in a dip, not flat as here.
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It's definitely not the M6, but remember the Anderson Committee didn't report until December 1960. It is therefore not inconceivable that experiments were being undertaken along the still under construction sections of the M1 up until November 1959.
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A search for motorways, came up with these pics, a few markets and beer lorries thrown in to the mix as well for some reason. 13 pages.

http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... orway.html
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SteveA30 wrote:A search for motorways, came up with these pics, a few markets and beer lorries thrown in to the mix as well for some reason. 13 pages.

http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... orway.html

thanks for these, I love the one of the pre-warboys sign on the first page..
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SteveA30 wrote:A search for motorways, came up with these pics, a few markets and beer lorries thrown in to the mix as well for some reason. 13 pages.

http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... orway.html
The combination of the GEC Z9504 sodium lanterns on the mainline and GEC Z8426 flat glass Turtles (which would have presumably been mercury) on the slip roads on the M4 at Chiswick is particularly interesting. The GEC Z8426 flat glass Turtles were very much the Birmingham lantern in the 1960's and 1970's while I can remember the GEC Z9504 lanterns being the main road lantern in Sutton Coldfield during that time (I seem to remember that GEC Z9504's were originally used on the Port Talbot bypass when it was the A48(M) and they were also used on the Tamar Bridge). Birmingham must have been unique for a major city in that all of its main road and side road lighting was mercury until the late 1970's when the Philips MA lanterns started to replace the Turtles and the Clearmains.
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http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... -A303.html
2299 seems to be Andover
2308 and 2307 are Ilchester A37 eastern junction.
2290 is Honiton
2297 is Amesbury crossroads, the garage is still there. Nice warning sign about Wylye
Not sure about the skidded lorries location.
62/63 presumably. Did Reliants have decent heaters?
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Those Chepstow pics again, plus a few more
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... pstow.html
1st one seems to be A48 Blakeney. After Chepstow, its A40 out of Gloucester westwards.
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A38 search comes up with Brum. Aston Expressway I presume and other unknown locations. Pages 3 and 4 less obviously A38, except at Exeter.
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... 1-A38.html
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SteveA30 wrote:A38 search comes up with Brum. Aston Expressway I presume and other unknown locations. Pages 3 and 4 less obviously A38, except at Exeter.
http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... 1-A38.html
All of the pictures on page 1, with the exception of those taken of the Aston Expressway, were taken on Lawley Street in the Bordesley area of Birmingham, about 1 mile east of the city centre. Ironically, Lawley Street was never on the route of the A38. The A38, prior to the construction of the Aston Expressway, left the city centre via Corporation Street, Aston Road, Aston Road North and Lichfield Road. Lawley Street was subsequently converted to a dual carriageway and is part of the Middle Ring Road A4540.
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Robert Kilcoyne wrote:
SteveA30 wrote:A search for motorways, came up with these pics, a few markets and beer lorries thrown in to the mix as well for some reason. 13 pages.

http://www.stilltimecollection.co.uk/se ... orway.html
The combination of the GEC Z9504 sodium lanterns on the mainline and GEC Z8426 flat glass Turtles (which would have presumably been mercury) on the slip roads on the M4 at Chiswick is particularly interesting. The GEC Z8426 flat glass Turtles were very much the Birmingham lantern in the 1960's and 1970's while I can remember the GEC Z9504 lanterns being the main road lantern in Sutton Coldfield during that time (I seem to remember that GEC Z9504's were originally used on the Port Talbot bypass when it was the A48(M) and they were also used on the Tamar Bridge). Birmingham must have been unique for a major city in that all of its main road and side road lighting was mercury until the late 1970's when the Philips MA lanterns started to replace the Turtles and the Clearmains.
SOX Turtles did exist so it is possible, but not confirmed, the M4 had those.

The concrete columns on the 1959 section of the flyover were sleeved too when the road was extended westward. At the same time it was given a 50 limit (now 40 once more).
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https://www.na3t.org/road/photo/HuG2007
Kennington Corner apparently. Good sign
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Early aerial shot of the first section of the new Naas Dual carriage way, south west Dublin, 1952. The full 24km Naas DC from Dublin to Naas was finally completed in 1968.

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Naas bypass, Ireland’s first motorway, a few months before opening, 1983. Awaiting tie-in to existing N7 Naas to Newbridge DC.

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N2 Finglas road in North suburban Dublin, with the beginning of the Finglas village bypass DC (built 1972) in the distance, taken circa 1979. The DC was extended southward towards the city during the early 1980s.

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