Network changes - 1980s

A list of the changes to the road network in Great Britain and Ireland from 1980 to 1989. Includes road openings and renumberings.

Road Openings

Year	Number on opening	Location	County	Notes
1980	M4	Castleton - Coryton, Cardiff	Monmouthshire • Glamorgan	7.9 miles section from J29 to J32 opened on 10 July 1980 per The Gazette. This completed the Cardiff Motorway Bypass.
1980	M11	Great Chesterford -Girton	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge Western Bypass. The 14 mile northern section from J9 to J14 was opened on 22 February 1980 by Norman Fowler, Transport Minister.
1980	M25	Addlestone, Chertsey to M3 Thorpe	Surrey	The 2.5 miles from J11 St. Peter’s Way (Chertsey Link Roads) to J12 was to be opened on 9 October 1980 per The Gazette. Contractor was Bovis.
1980	M26	M25 Chevening - M20 Addington	Kent	The 9.1 mile complete motorway was opened on 18 November 1980 per The Gazette. Commercial Motor reported on 22 November 1980 that it was now open.
1980	M58	Liverpool to Skelmersdale	Lancashire	The 1.6 mile westwards extension between J3 Bickerstaffe Interchange and J4 Glenburn Road Interchange opened on 1 June 1980. It was extended for 6.8 miles from J3 to Switch Island at Netherton / Aintree on the outskirts of Liverpool, opening on 21 September 1980 and completing the M58. The southernmost mile was dual two lane but with a wide central reservation to allow third lanes to be put in later. The rest of the motorway was dual three lane. Cost £22.5 million.
1980	M90	Glenfarg - Muirmont	Perthshire • Fife	The 4.5 mile final link from the Temporary Terminus with the then A90 135m north-east of Paris Bridge on the Arngask Road (0.7 mile north of Glenfarg) to J9 Muirmont (Bridge of Earn) was reported by Aberdeen Press on 3 October 1980 as fully opened by Lord Mansfield, Scottish Office Minister of State. The southbound carriageway had opened for two way traffic on 31 July 1980 (as a Special Road). Cost was £9.5 million.
1980	M876	North Broomage to Bowtrees	Stirlingshire	The 2 section motorway of 2.19 and 1.14 miles with a M9 multiplex between Hill of Kinnaird and Kinnaird House opened on 15 February 1980.
1980	M9	Longdyke to Pirnhall Interchange	Stirlingshire	The 6.4 mile motorway from the temporary junction with A876 (later renumbered A88) at Longdyke, north of Carronshore to J9 at Pirnhall was opened on 15 February 1980 by Malcolm Rifking, Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Office.
1980	A1	Darrington village Interchanges	Yorkshire	The 1 mile D2 dual carriageway re-allignment and flyover to replace the previous crossroads was completed in May 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £2.1 million.
1980	A10	Southery to South Runcton	Norfolk	The 11 mile offline and online single carriageway improvement scheme was officially opened on 16 June 1980 by Paul Hawkins, MP for South-west Norfolk. Bypasses for Southery, Hilgay, Fordham, Stow Bardolph and Downham Market/ Denver (latter opening in December 1979, with a 0.5 mile section having been opened in November 1978). Contractor was Mears Construction, expected cost £3.85 million.
1980	A1096	St Ives Bypass	Huntingdonshire	Harrison Way: the 0.75 mile road was to be opened on 9 October 1980 by Lieut-Col Peter Brassey, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. It included St Ives Viaduct over the River Great Ouse, and the middle section was built on the trackbed of the former St Ives to March railway. Cost £2.5 million.
1980	A27	Portsbridge to Broadmarsh improvement (Cosham)	Hampshire	The 2 mile D3 dualling was completed in November 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £2.8 million.
1980	A256 A258	Sandwich Bypass	Kent	2 stages. Southern section from A257 Ash Road to Worth Crossroads (Deal Road) opened 4 March 1980. Northern section to Ramsgate Road, completing the bypass, was opened on 15 September 1980 by Peter Rees, M.P. for Dover and Deal. Contractor was John Mowlem Ltd, tender price £3.6 million, total cost £7 million.
1980	A259	Bexhill Old Town Bypass	Sussex	King Offa Way. The 0.9 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in June 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £2.3 million.
1980	A282	Dartford Tunnel Second Bore (East Bore)	Essex • Kent	Opened on 16 May 1980 after 8 years of construction. 0.9 mile. Cost £37 million.
1980	A33	M4 J11 Three Mile Cross to Riseley	Berkshire • Hampshire	Three Mile Cross, Spencers Wood, Swallowfield and Riseley Bypass. The 4 mile dual carriageway was to be opened on 13 May 1980 by Richard Seymout, former County Council Chairman. Contractor was Sir Alfred McAlpine, cost £6 million.
1980	A34	Litchfield and Whitchurch Bypass dualling	Hampshire	The 6 mile D2 online dualling was completed in November 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £3.4 million.
1980	A40 A470	Brecon Bypass	Brecknockshire	Opened on 28 August 1980 by Lord Gibson-Watt, former Welsh Office Minister of State. The southern A40 section was due to open on 22 August 1980 for the Bank Holiday, ahead of the full opening.
1980	A49	Ludlow Bypass	Shropshire	Officially opened on 4 February 1980. The original contractor, Mears construction company, collapsed in early 1979 and Edmund Nuttall's took over to complete the road.
1980	A49	Callow Hill Improvement	Herefordshire	The realignment of the existing road was completed in February 1980 per a 2018 NAO Quality Control report. Work had been due to start in November 1978 per Hansard of 2 August 1978. It had asphalt slippage and cracking, due to the use of wet mix, in the year it opened and required major reconstruction between then and 1985 costing £0.7 million.
1980	A418	Thame Bypass	Oxfordshire • Buckinghamshire	The 2.5 mile S2 road was completed in November 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £3.1 million. The 1982 OS 1:250000 map just shows the A418 section from Oxford Road to Aylesbury Road, a distance of 1.2 miles, so it is expected that there was some online improvement at either or both ends.
1980	A487	Pont Dolgyfeiliau Diversion	Merionethshire	The 1.3 mile diversion, widening, and new crossing of Afon Eden, north of Ganllwyd, was completed on 2 September 1980 per the Land Compensation Act notice. From 670m north of old bridge to 1400m south. Later renumbered as A470.
1980	A5	Capel-Y-Graig - Llanfair	Anglesey • Caernarfonshire	Opening (on 11 July ccording to Contract Journal) of new road deck added to 19th century Britannia Bridge, the railway crossing from the Welsh mainland to Anglesey, which had been damaged by fire in 1970 and reconstructed in early 1970s; also included approach roads giving a total length of about 1 mile; later renumbered as A55 in 2001.
1980	A5	Milton Keynes Bypass	Buckinghamshire • Northamptonshire	The 9.6 mile D2 dual carriageway from Old Stratford Roundabout to Kelly's Kitchen Roundabout (south of Bletchley) was completed in October 1980 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £23.7 million.
1980	A52	Derby - Spondon	Derbyshire	Nottingham Road Diversion and Borrowash Bypass Extension schemes were to be opened on 29 May 1980 by Kenneth Clarke, Parliamentary Secretary for Transport. The 2.6 mile dual carriageway was from Pentagon Island, Derby to the existing Borrowash Bypass at Derby Road, Spondon and included 4.5 miles of linking slip roads and side roads and Spondon Interchange with A5111 Derby Outer Ring Road. Contractor was Robert McGregor and Sons Ltd. and cost £8.6 million.
1980	A55	Pentre Halkyn flyover	Flintshire	Grade separation of Casino Junction with B5123, now J32A, Billy Jean's. Also confusingly known at the time as Holywell bypass stage 1. Opened December 1980 per Hansard.
1980	A525	Bangor-on-Dee Bypass	Flintshire • Denbighshire	Opened on 21 March 1980 by Rhys Webb, Clwyd County Council Chairman. Cost £2 million.
1980	A63	Hull: South Orbital Road	Yorkshire	Stages 3, 4 and 5: The 2.2 mile dual carriageway from Market Place / Queen Street to Mount Pleasant Interchange was opened on 11 December 1980 by Col. Rupert Alec-Smith, Lord Lieutenant of Humberside. It included Myton Bridge over the River Hull, then the biggest swing bridge in Britain. Stage 4 had been the filling in of Victoria Dock which had been completed in 1977. Stage 5 was the 1.1 mile D3 / D2 from Market Place to Hedon Road completed in December 1980, Outturn works cost £11.6 million. The total cost of the 5 stages of the South Orbital Road had been £16 million at December 1980 prices.
1980	A63	Hull: Bean Street Link	Yorkshire	Rawling Way: Anlaby Road to Hessle Road. It linked to the South Orbital Road. There was a Prohibition of Driving notice relating to the road which was operative from 11 December 1980, the likely opening date. Work had still been ongoing on 4 October 1980 for the 9 month contract which commenced in January 1980. Contractor was Hull City Council, cost £600,000. It remained as a spur of the A63 for a period after the South Docks Road opened in 1985 before becoming unclassified.
1980	A83	Inverfyne Bridge Diversion	Argyll	The bridge and diversion north of Cairndow was completed in 1980 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1980. Was known as Fyne Bridge.
1980	A835	Maryburgh Bridge	Ross-shire	Completed in 1980 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1980.
1980	A838	Moine - Melness Brae	Sutherland	Phase 1: The 4 mile scheme with diversion, to the west of Kyle of Tongue Causeway, was completed in 1980 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1980. Some sections were completed earlier. Phase 2 was completed in 1982.
1980	A894	Geisgeil Burn - Duartmore	Sutherland	The 2.2 mile scheme was work in progress in 1980 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1980 but was not on 1981 report indicating completion in 1980.
1980	A9	Aviemore Bypass	Inverness-shire	The 3.5 mile section from Lynwig to Granish was opened on 21 August 1980.
1980	A9	Blackford Bypass	Perthshire	The 1.9 mile dual carriageway was fully opened on 7 December 1980. The southbound carriageway had opened on 19 October 1980. Contractor was Miller Construction (Northern) Ltd., tender price £2.2 million.
1980	A972	Dundee: Kingsway Dualling	Angus	Phase 1: Liff Road - Forfar Road. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1981	M4	Bridgend Bypass	Glamorgan	The 9 mile section from J35 Pencoed to J37 Pyle, was opened on 18 September 1981 by Nicholas Edwards, Secretary of State for Wales. It joined the section previously opened from Port Talbot. Cost £40 million.
1981	M20	West Kingsdown - Addington	Kent	The 4.6 mile section from the previous Temporary Terminus with A20, 0.2 mile south east of Pells Lane, West Kingsdown to J3 was opened on 13 February 1981 per The Gazette.
1981	M20	Ashford - Folkestone	Kent	The 4.5 mile section from J11 Stanford to J13 Castle Hill, Folkestone was opened on 18 August 1981 per The Gazette. The 7 mile section from J10 Lacton Interchange to J11 Stanford was opened on 8 December 1981 per The Gazette.
1981	M25	A111 Potters Bar to A10 Waltham Cross	Middlesex • Hertfordshire	The 6 miles from J24 to J25 was opened on 20 July 1981 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Opened by Norman Fowler, Transport Secretary. Although the notice describes it as M25, legally it seems to have been opened as an all purpose road. It was to open as a special road on 8 August 1982 per The Gazette, the notice being of a highway open for general purposes to be appropriated for the restricted purposes of a motorway. Contractor was Sir Alfred McAlpine.
1981	M25	Runnymede Viaducts	Surrey • Buckinghamshire	The section between the south interchange of J13 at Egham and 100m north of the north bank of the River Thames was to be opened on 23 November 1981 per The Gazette (the northern interchange at J13 with the re-aligned A30 Staines bypass opened in August 1982). It was built on the line of the western part of A30 Staines Bypass. The original bridge, opened in 1961, was used for northbound traffic. A new bridge was added for southbound traffic. Contractor was Bovis/ Fairclough.
1981	M53	Stanlow Halt, Little Stanney - M56 Stoak Interchange	Cheshire	The 1 mile motorway from J10 to J11 opened on 18 March 1981 and connected the M53 Mid Wirral Motorway and formerly numbered M531 Ellesmere Port Motorway to the M56 westwards extension opened on the same day. Contractor was Fairclough, tender price £3.46 million.
1981	M56	Hapsford - Dunkirk Roundabout	Cheshire	The final western section of M56, the 6 miles from J14 to J16 opened on 18 March 1981. It included the connecting slip roads at Stoak Interchange between M56 to/from the east and M53 to/from thenorth.
1981	M65	Burnley - Brierfield, Nelson	Lancashire	The 3.5 miles from J10 Burnley Barracks to J12 Brierfield opened on 14 October 1981 per The Gazette. It was the first section of M65.
1981	M67	Denton Relief Road	Lancashire	The 1.5 mile westwards extension between 150m west of the junction of Manchester Road / Oldham Street and M67 J2 adjacent to Broomgrove Lane was opened on 16 September 1981 by Kenneth Clarke, Transport Parlimentary Under Secretary.
1981	M77	M8 - Dumbreck	Lanarkshire	Dumbreck Road Connection. 0.8 mile motorway from M8 J22 Plantation Road Interchange to M77 J1. Opened in 1981 per Scottish Roads Archive website. Contractor was Whatlings (Civil Engineering) Ltd..
1981	A1	Felton Bypass	Northumberland	The 2.7 mile single carriageway road was opened on 27 November 1981 by Kenneth Clarke, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport. Work had started in September 1978. The road sections were built in 3 stages by County Council Direct Labour. Stage 2B (1.8 miles) was completed in August 1981, outturn works £2.2 million. Stage 2A (0.9 miles) was completed in November 1981, outturn works £1.2 million. Balfour Beatty Ltd, Edinburgh was the contractor for the River Coquet bridge.
1981	A1	Ayton Bypass	Berwickshire	The 2.2 mile road was opened in November 1981. Cost £2 million. The Sunday Sun (Newcastle) reported on 15 November 1981 that the villagers had celebrated the opening on 14 November 1981 with a street party with free beer, pipers and Highland dancing.
1981	A1	Broxburn and Oxwell Mains Diversion	East Lothian	The 4.2 mile single carriageway bypass from Broxburn to Skateraw was built to allow the expansion of the cement works. Completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981. Contractor was A. Monk, contract price £3.5 million. Largely funded by Blue Circle Group.
1981	A15	Humber Bridge	Yorkshire • Lincolnshire	Hessle to Barton-upon-Humber. Opened to traffic on 24 June 1981. The official opening was on 17 July 1981 by Queen Elizabeth II. The suspension bridge had 3 spans: Hessle side (280m), Barton side (530m) and main centre span (1410m) making a total of 2,220m or 1.38 miles. Cost £90 million. It was the world’s longest single span suspension bridge when it opened and it held this record for 16 years.
1981	A142	Soham Bypass	Cambridgeshire	Opened on 16 or 23 December 1981 (Newmarket Journal of Thursday, 24 December 1981 reported that it had opened on Wednesday). Contractor was A. Monk and Co. of Stamford, cost £1.87 million.
1981	A143	Harleston Bypass	Norfolk	The 2.2 mile from Needham Road to Redenhall Road was opened on 29 September 1981 by John MacGregor, MP for South Norfolk. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £1.9 million.
1981	A165	Lebberston and Gristhorpe Bypass	Yorkshire	Redcliffe Lane (northern end) to Scarborough Road. Opened in October 1981 (per the Hull Daily Mail of 3 June 1982).
1981	A1077	Scunthorpe Northwest Orbital Road	Lincolnshire	Stage 1: Frodingham Grange to Ferry Road West. Work started in September 1980 and was expected to finish in June 1981. 24 foot S2 on an embankment just over 4 feet high. Contractor was Clugsons, forecast cost £830,000. It may have opened a spur of B1216.
1981	A1079	Beverley South-western Bypass	Yorkshire	The 5.6 mile S2 road from York Road to Dunswell was opened on 1 May 1981 by Giles Shaw, MP. Contractor was John Mowlam and Co. Ltd., outturn works cost £12.8 million. Note that the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report stated that it was completed in May 1980, although the opening date for traffic per the Land Compensation Act notice was 1 May 1981.
1981	A2	Canterbury Bypass	Kent	The 4.6 mile D2 dual carriageway linking the Upper Harbledown and Bridge Bypasses opened on 9 October 1981. Outturn works cost £16.3 million.
1981	A287	Odiham and North Warnborough Bypass	Hampshire	The 1.25 mile road was opened on 15 April 1981 by the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. Contractor was Fairclough, cost £2.5 million.
1981	A3	Burpham and Abbotswood Bypass	Surrey	Burpham - Ladymead Diversion. The 3.9 mile D3 / D2 dual carriageway was completed in July 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £19.4 million.
1981	A31	Wimborne Minster Bypass	Dorset	The 3.6 mile S2 road was completed in September 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. An undated newspaper report copy gives the date 25 September. Outturn works cost £6.9 million.
1981	A34	Sutton Scotney and South Wonston Bypass	Hampshire	The 5 mile dual carriageway from A303 Bullington Cross to Three Maids Hill, Winchester Bypass was opened on 14 October 1981 by Kenneth Clarke, Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
1981	A394	Helston Western Relief Road	Cornwall	The Furry. The 0.5 mile road from B3304 Porthleven Road to Meneage Street was opened on 2 September 1981 by Councillor Cyril Climo. Cost £330,000.
1981	A47	Swaffham Bypass	Norfolk	Opened on 22 June 1981 per the Department of Transport compensation notice. Some stretches had opened earlier, the section from A1122 junction to Lynn Road interchange opening after the 1980 August Bank Holiday. 4.6 miles, dual carriageway west of 0.3 mile west of Sporle Road. Contractor was Reed and Mallik. In May 1981, on a presumably unopened section, a stunt for the TV series “Tales of the Unexpected” entitled “Death can Add” went wrong when a blazing car, which should have plunged off an embankment, sped towards the TV crew who had to leap for their lives. Nobody was hurt. The road had been adapted to look like a motorway near London for the scene. Signs for Cromer and Fakenham had been changed to Reigate and Gatwick Airport.
1981	A470 A493 A494	Dolgellau Bypass	Merionethshire	The 2 mile road was opened on 13 April 1981 by Michael Roberts, Welsh Under-Secretary. Contractor was Robert McGregor & Sons, cost £5.5 million.
1981	A487	Caernarfon Inner Relief Road	Caernarfonshire	The 0.5 mile dual carriageway from St Davids roundabout (Bangor Street) to Eagles junction (Lon Parc / Constantine Terrace) was opened on 2 February 1981 (per the Liverpool Daily Post Welsh Edition of 3 February 1981). Note that the Land Compensation Act notice has an opening date of 31 March 1981 so there may have been further completion works. It included the grade separated junction with A4086. Contractor was Robert McGregor & Sons, cost more than £4 million. Later renumbered as A4871.
1981	A4231	Barry Docks Link Road	Glamorgan	Opened in 1981 per a Barry & District News article of 3 November 2006.
1981	A52	Nottingham Outer Ring Road	Nottinghamshire	7th section. Gamston Lings Bar Road. The 2.5 mile road from A606 Melton Road at Edwalton to A52 Radcliffe Road at Gamston was completed in September 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £6.7 million. Only 0.3 mile at the Edwalton end and 0.8 mile at Gamston end was dual carriageway. The Ring Road from Derby Road to Melton Road, Edwalton was also renumbered A52. This completed the Outer Ring Road.
1981	A55	Abergele - Bodelwyddan	Denbighshire	Abergele Bypass Eastern Extension. The 2.6 mile dual carriageway from Faenol Interchange, Abergele to Ffordd Terfyn (just east of St Georges Interchange) was officially opened on 23 March 1981 by Wyn Roberts, Under-Secretary for Wales. The road had been open to traffic for three weeks, bar for the overbridge at Faenol Interchange. Contractor was A. Monk and Co., cost was £6.9 million.
1981	A56	Haslingden Bypass	Lancashire	The 2.7 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in November 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Liverpool Daily Post of 5 December 1981 reported that it had been opened yesterday. Contractor was Tarmac Construction, tender price £10.7 million, outturn works cost £15.5 million.
1981	A59 A65	Skipton Northern Bypass	Yorkshire	Opened in December 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report.
1981	A532	Crewe Inner Relief Road	Cheshire	Stage 1 - West Street Extension from Hightown to Market Street. Opened on 2 March 1981 by Charles Hassall, Mayor of Crewe and Nantwich. Approved cost was £820,000. It allowed the early relief for Victoria Street, albeit that Market Street still had to be used.
1981	A590	Ulverston Diversion	Lancashire	Stage 3: The 0.6 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in August 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £1 million.
1981	A6	Silsoe Bypass	Bedfordshire	Opened in February 1981, cost £1.6 million per Silsoe Parish Council History Website.
1981	A66	Appleby-in-Westmorland Bypass	Westmorland	The 4.25 mile dual carriageway from 0.7 mile east of Crackenthorpe to the Far Bank End junction was opened on 28 April 1981. Online east of Coupland. Contractor was Tarmac Construction, tender price £6.6 million.
1981	A66	Stockton - Thornaby Bypass	Durham	The 4 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in June 1981 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1981 Report. Outturn works cost £17.8 million.
1981	A604	Godmanchester - Bar Hill	Huntingdonshire • Cambridgeshire	Dualling to D2 of 8.1 miles from 990m south-east of junction with Cow Lane, Godmanchester (later Godmanchester Interchange) to B1050 at Bar Hill. Opened on 7 May 1981 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Outturn works cost £13.2 million. Later renumbered as A14 in 1994.
1981	A638	Retford Eastern Relief Road	Nottinghamshire	Arlington Way. The 0.7 mile road from Moorgate to London Road was opened on 19 June 1981 by Joan Case, County Council, Chairman. 7.3 metre carriageway. Contractor was A.F. Budge and Co. Ltd. of Retford, cost £2 million.
1981	A71	Galston Bypass	Ayrshire	Opened on 17 December 1981 by David Fulton, Regional Councillor. 0.6 mile. It included a two span bridge over River Irvine. Contractor was W.J. Barr and Sons (Scotland) Ltd. of Ayrshire, cost £2.25 million.
1981	A71	Irvine Bypass Link	Ayrshire	The 400m single carriageway road from the Irvine Southern Approach Road at Milgarholm Roundabout to Warrix Interchange (linking the town centre to the A78 Bypass) was reported as opened by the Irvine Herald of 18 December 1981. Cost £0.5 million. The road was a key factor in attracting the 125 bed Skean Dhu hotel, on the banks of Annick Water.
1981	A71	Mid Calder and East Calder Bypass	Midlothian	A report in the West Lothian Courier of 13 February 1981 stated that it had still to be completed. It had been opened by 27 November 1981.
1981	A720	Edinburgh City Bypass	Midlothian	Stage 1: Colinton Bypass. Baberton Junction (for the existing Bypass on Wester Hailes Road) to A702 Lothianburn Junction (Biggar Road) was opened on 14 May 1981 by Mrs. C Fisell, Chairman of Lothian Regional Council Transportation Committee per the National Library of Scotland Film Archive. The Dreghorn Link spur was also included in the scheme, but it is not clear if it opened at the same time. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, tender price £5.1 million.
1981	A83	Garron Bridge Diversion	Argyll	The bridge and 0.6 mile diversion north of Inveraray was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981. Also known as Shira Bridge.
1981	A834	Maryburgh - Tore	Ross-shire	The 5.8 mile new road and improvement of the former B9162, east of B9169, on Black Isle was opened on 24 July 1981. It included the 3 span Maryburgh Bridge, a reinforced concrete bridge over River Conan completed in 1980. Contractor was Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd., contract price £4.2 million, total cost £7 million. It was renumbered A835 shortly after.
1981	A886	Springfield - Colintraive	Argyll	The 3.6 mile improvement with diversion was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981.
1981	A9	Ardullie - Foulis	Ross-shire	The 1.5 mile online improvement on the north side of Cromarty Bridge was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981.
1981	A9	Tore - Charlestown	Ross-shire	The 3.7 mile road was due to open on 12 October 1981 (per Aberdeen Press of 10 October 1981), prior to opening of Kessock Bridge in 1982. An offline bypass of the B9162. It may not have opened immediately as A9. 7.3m wide dual carriageways with 4.5m central reservation and 3.5m verges. Contractor was William Tawse Ltd, cost £6 million.
1981	A9	Pitlochry Bypass	Perthshire	The 6.3 mile section from Moulinearn to Killiecrankie was opened on 19 May 1981 by Lord Mansfield, Minister of State at the Scottish Office. Half was dual carriageway and there were bridges across the River Tummel and Loch Faskally. Cost £12.9 million. There were 2 phases of 4.9 and 1.4 mile sections
1981	A92	Nigg, Aberdeen - Bourtreebush (near Portlethen)	Aberdeenshire	The 4.6 mile dualling southwards from Aberdeen City Boundary to south of Cairnwell Junction was opened on 3 April 1981 by Russell Fairgrieve, Scottish Office Minister. It completed the dualling between Aberdeen and Stonehaven. Cost nearly £6.5 million. Renumbered to A90 in 1994. Further renumbering later to A956 and A92 and part becoming unclassified.
1981	A94	Parkford Improvement	Angus	The 1.6 mile single carriageway was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981. Later renumbered as A90.
1981	A96	Elgin Relief Road	Moray	Alexandra Road. The 0.75 mile road was fully opened on 14 April 1981. Contractor was Morrisons of Tain, cost £1.5 million.
1981	A96	Auchairn Diversion	Banffshire • Aberdeenshire	The 0.9 mile road from Newtack Crossroads (B9115) to Wester Auchairn was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981.
1981	A929	Powrie Brae - Tealing	Angus	The 1.75 mile online dual carriageway, with a diversion at Powrie Brae, was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981. Renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1981	A952	Invernettie Diversion	Aberdeenshire	The 1.4 mile bypass and online improvement was completed in 1981 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1981. Later renumbered as A982.
1981	B825	Caldercruix Bypass	Lanarkshire	Opened on 10 July 1981 by Dick Stewart, Strathclyde Regional Councillor for Airdrie East. Contractor was R.J. McLeod, cost £0.5 million. It opened in the nick of time since a culvert on the old road collapsed and closed the old road 5 days afterwards.
1981	B5030 B5031	Rocester Bypass	Staffordshire	Described as newly opened by the 9 September 1981 Staffordshire Sentinel. It also included the B5031 diversion away from the JCB World Headquarters, described as newly opened by the 5 August 1981 Staffordshire Sentinel.
1981	B5035	Carsington and Hopton Bypass	Derbyshire	The 1.1 mile road was due to open on 20 November 1981. Built as part of the initial works for the new Carsington Water Reservoir.
1981	B8039	Luggiebank Bypass	Lanarkshire • Dunbartonshire	The 0.5 mile road was opened on 2 October 1981. Cost £0.75 million
1982	M20	Ashford Bypass	Kent	The 2.5 mile section from J9 at Ashford to J10 Lacton Interchange was mentioned as having been opened in the 16 April 1982 Kentish Express. Police were appealing to pedestrians to not cross the motorway. It was an upgrade of the former A20 Bypass. No Gazette notice has been seen.
1982	M25	Runnymede Viaducts - Poyle, Heathrow Spur	Buckinghamshire • Middlesex	The 3.2 miles between 100m north of the north bank of the River Thames at Runnymede and J14 was to open on 19 August 1982 per The Gazette. It included the Airport Spur at J14 and the north interchange of J13 (the south interchange and Runnymede Viaducts had opened in 1981 per The Gazette). Contractor was Balfour Beatty.
1982	M25	A127 Cranham – Dartford Tunnel Northern Approach	Essex	The 6.25 miles from J29 to the A282, 410m south of J31 Purfleet Interchange opened on 13 December 1982. Contractor was Laing.
1982	M53	M56 Stoak Interchange - Hoole	Cheshire	The 3 mile final M53 section from J11 to J12 opened on 30 July 1982 per The Gazette. Contractor A. Monk & Co., tender cost nearly £10 million. It included the M56 slip roads connecting M56 to/from the east and M53 to/from the south.
1982	M63	Stockport East / West Bypass	Cheshire • Lancashire	The 2.7 miles eastwards extension from the start of the J11 Roscoes Roundabout spur (now J2 M60) to J13 Portwood Roundabout (now J27 M60) opened on 30 July 1982 per The Gazette. Passes under the A6 by a partly demolished and expanded version of the bridge built for the A560 diversion in 1965: the more northerly of the original two short spans was replaced by two new longer spans. A560 reduced to S2 through the southern span. The motorway and A560 now occupy three consecutive spans of the railway viaduct, the middle of which previously accommodated both A560 carriageways. Later renumbered as M60.
1982	M602	Eccles to Salford	Lancashire	The 2.6 mile eastwards extension from J2 Gilda Brook Roundabout to J3 Regent Road Roundabout was opened in December 1982 per a CIHT M602 History Report. No notice of opening has been seen in The Gazette. Completion date was December 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. The D2M motorway had total cost of £20.6 million.
1982	A17	Walpole Cross Keys to King's Lynn	Norfolk	Walpole Cross Keys, Terrington St Clement and Clenchwarton Bypass, also known as Marshland Bypass. The 6.5 mile single carriageway road was opened on 14 December 1982 by Lynda Chalker, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Transport. It generally followed the line of the former Midland and Great Northern Railway westwards from Pullover Roundabout. Contractor was Roadworks (1952) Ltd. of Ipswich, cost £5.5 million. Mike Vine, the resident engineer, said that they had decided to raise the road above the surrounding land because the top soil was stronger than the ground underneath. It was great for growing potatoes but not so great for building roads.
1982	A17	Heckington Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 2.8 mile road was opened on 14 December 1982 by Lynda Chalker, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Transport. Contractor was Reed & Mallik Ltd, cost £3 million. The wet asphalt mix authorised had slippage and cracking within 2 months of opening requiring £1.2 million remedial work.
1982	A19	Billingham and Wolviston Diversion	Durham	The 4.5 mile D2 dual carriageway from Norton to 0.7 mile north of Wolviston opened on 16 November 1982 without ceremony. There was a diversion for a few months around a sinking bridge at Stockton Ring Road Interchange. Contractor was Dowsett Engineering and Construction. Outturn works cost £19 million. It was a second bypass to the west of the villages.
1982	A120 A133	Colchester Eastern Bypass	Essex	The 8.2 mile D2 dual carriageway from A12 Ardleigh Crown Interchange to Harwich Road, south-west of Little Bentley (to join the then A604) together with the A133 spur from Hare Green Interchange to Colchester Road, east of Frating Green was opened in June 1982 per the Summer 1982 RAC World magazine. Also a bypass for Elmstead Market. Outturn works cost £22.7 million.
1982	A121	Waltham Cross Relief Road	Hertfordshire	Stage 1: Monarch’s Way (north) from Eleanor Cross Road to High Street. The clearway order commenced 9 October 1982 and there was a mention about the new road in Herts and Essex Observer on 14 October 1982. The dualling of Eleanor Cross Road was part of the same planning permission from 1976.
1982	A141	Wimblington Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The section from Mill Hill Roundabout on March Road to Doddington Road via the link road was opened in Autumn 1982. This was in advance of the southern Doddington section.
1982	A166 A163	Driffield Bypass	Yorkshire	The 4.5 mile bypass from Kelleythorpe to Nafferton was due to be fully opened on 28 May 1982 by Fred Moore, Chairman of Humberside County Council (per Hull Daily Mail of 13 May 1982). Parts had opened earlier, the section from Kelleythorpe to Little Driffield had been expected to open in November 1981. Contractor was Dowsett Engineering and Construction Ltd. of Harrogate. Later renumbered as A614.
1982	A181	Wingate Bypass	Durham	Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail of 8 March 1982 reported that it had opened a fortnight ago. Opened by schoolboy Robert Kelly. Cost £1.5 million.
1982	A20	Dover: Townwall Street Extension	Kent	The eastwards extension from Maison Dieu Road to Eastern Docks Roundabout opened on 8 October 1982 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice.
1982	A24	Southwater Bypass	Sussex	Pollards Way. The dual carriageway from Hop Oast Roundabout at the southern end of Horsham Bypass to Pollards Hill Roundabout was reported as opened "earlier this month" by the Winter 1982/83 RAC World magazine. It would appear to be published in 1982 from the other news items. It was stated to be over 2.5 miles long which would indicate some further online improvement at one of the bypass ends.
1982	A249	Chestnut Street - Bobbing Improvement	Kent	The 1.3 mile S2 road was completed in December 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. From just west of Chestnut Street to the railway bridge south of Bobbing. Total cost £2.9 million.
1982	A249	Queenborough Bypass (Sheppey)	Kent	The 1.25 mile road from Queenborough Junction to Montague Road, West Minster was expected to be completed in July 1982 per a Sheppey Times Guardian article of 19 June 1981. Contractor was Gleeson Civil Engineering Ltd., contract value £2.1 million.
1982	A31	Bere Regis Bypass	Dorset	The 1.3 mile S2 road was completed in July 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £3.5 million. It was listed as A31 indicating the northern bypass. It became part of A35. It is expected that the A35 eastern bypass would have opened at a similar time with it being shown on the December 1982 OS 1:250000 map.
1982	A339	Kingsclere Bypass	Hampshire	Opened a week ago by the Secretary of State for Transport per the 18 September 1982 Reading Evening Post. Forecast cost £1.5 million.
1982	A385 A381	Totnes Inner Relief Road	Devon	The 0.5 mile road from Station Road to Newton Road was opened on 13 September 1982 by George Creber, County Council Chairman. It included the 70m three span Brutus Bridge and an 8m embankment over the River Dart flood plain. Contractor was Costain, cost £1.8 million.
1982	A386	Roborough Bypass	Devon	Opened in 1982 per British Roads: Devon - Past and Present (1993). Note that the single carriageway road was shown on the 1981 1:50000 OS map so it may have opened earlier than 1982.
1982	A394	Marazion Bypass	Cornwall	Newtown Roundabout to Turnpike Road was to be opened on 9 July 1982 by Francis Hosking, Chairman of the County Council's transportation Committee. It included a 4 span 130m long viaduct over the railway, Red River and a neck of Marazion Marsh. Cost £3.8 million.
1982	A3024	Bitterne Bypass	Hampshire	Maybray King Way was completed in 1982 per a summary transcription of Bitterne: A village remembered (1983). Forecast cost was £5.4 million.
1982	A40	Gloucester Northern Bypass	Gloucestershire	The eastern section between A38 Tewkesbury Road and Elmbridge Court Roundabout was due to open on 2 September 1982. The western section was opened in 1983.
1982	A40	Pont-y-Fenni Diversion	Carmarthenshire	The 2.3 mile single carriageway road between Whitland and St. Clears was opened on 18 October 1982 by Ann Edwards. It included a crawler lane and a new bridge over the Carmarthen to Fishguard railway. Contractor was A. Monk and Co., tender price £2.3 million.
1982	A40	Whitemill (Felin-wen) Bypass	Carmarthenshire	Mentioned as recently opened in a 7 January 1983 Estate Agents advertisement in Carmarthen Journal. The contract had been awarded to Maenex Construction Ltd. in June 1981, tender price £346,721. The 0.4 mile road was expected to take a year to construct. 7.3 m carriageway with 3.5m verges.
1982	A44 A4111	Kington Bypass	Herefordshire	Opened in 1982 per Herefordshire County Council (2022)
1982	A45	Levington Heath Improvement	Suffolk	The 1.9 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in September 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. It is expected that this is the section east of Ipswich Southern Bypass from Seven Hills Interchange to Felixstowe Road which the Cambridge Daily News of 1 October 1982 reported had opened "last week". Outturn works cost £2.3 million. Later renumbered A14.
1982	A45	Ipswich Southern Bypass	Suffolk	The D2 dual carriageway bypass from a temporary roundabout on London Road (west of Copdock Interchange under construction) to Seven Hills Interchange was opened on 17 December 1982 by David Howell, Transport Secretary. There had been 2 contracts. The eastern 3.8 mile contract was completed in September 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £12.6 million. The western 3.8 mile section, including Orwell Bridge was completed in December 1982. Outturn works cost £44.8 million. The bridge had the longest pre-stressed concrete span in the UK. Later renumbered A14. Also A12 multiplex.
1982	A47	Uppingham Bypass	Rutland	Was due to be opened on 30 June 1982 by David Radford, Chairman of the County Council, Environment Committee. Contractor was Contractor was D & H (Contractors) Cambridge Ltd., cost £1.35 million.
1982	A423	Dorchester-on-Thames Bypass	Oxfordshire	The 2.2 mile S2 road was completed in November 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £3.1 million.
1982	A427	Middleton Bends Diversion	Northamptonshire	The 2 mile road from East Carlton to Corby Road was opened on 22 December 1982 per the Land Compensation Act notice.. Cost nearly £1 million.
1982	A4042	New Inn Bypass, Pontypool	Monmouthshire	Opened on 14 June 1982 by Michael Roberts, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State, Wales Office. Consulting Engineers were Howard Humphreys and Partners, contractor was a Cementation – Costain joint venture.
1982	A4063	Aberkenfig Bypass	Glamorgan	Opened 26 April 1982 per the Insulation against noise grant notice.
1982	A4232	Cardiff: Ely Link Road	Glamorgan	Opened in late November 1982 per the Winter 1982/83 RAC World magazine. The 1983 OS 1:50000 map shows just the section from Culverhouse Cross to the then A4055 Leckwith Road, although the RAC World article mentions that the road was built to provide a link with the docks and Penarth Road and it included a £3 million bridge over the River Ely.
1982	A505	Royston Bypass	Cambridgeshire • Hertfordshire	The 4 mile road from the former Little Chef on Baldock Road to near Hyde Hill Farm, Newmarket Road was opened on 6 April 1982 by Walter Hill, Hertfordshire County Council Chairman. Contractor was John Mowlem and Co., cost £8 million.
1982	A532 B5076	Crewe Inner Relief Road	Cheshire	Stage 2 - Vernon Way from Badger Avenue to Earle Street and the West Street link from Market Street to Vernon Way. Reported as open (with photo of traffic) by the Staffordshire Sentinel of 29 December 1982. Approved cost was £1,087,000.
1982	A537	Macclesfield East-West Link Road	Cheshire	Cumberland Street from Chester Road to Hibel Road was opened on 7 December 1982. Cost £3 million. Also opened was the Churchill Way Northern Extension.
1982	A590	Meathop - Sampool Bridge	Westmorland	The 3.9 mile online / offline D2 / S2 road was completed in March 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £8.2 million.
1982	A6	Elstow Bypass	Bedfordshire	Opened in November 1982 by Trevor Skeet, MP for Bedford and cost £2.5 million per Virtual Library Elstow timeline. Construction had started by 5 April 1982 per Hansard. Contractor was Henry Boot Civil Engineering Ltd.. The section north of the later A421 Bedford Southern Bypass was renumbered A5141.
1982	A66	Troutbeck Diversion	Cumberland	The 1.7 mile S2 road was completed in October 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £1.8 million.
1982	A66	Bowes Bypass and Boldron dualling	Yorkshire	The 4 mile road was due to be opened on 2 December 1982 by Timothy Kitson, MP for Richmond. It included the 2.2 mile eastwards dualling to just east of the B6277 junction at Cross Lanes. The 1.9 mile Bowes Bypass section was single carriageway. Cost £6.8 million. Note that the completion date was given as June 1983 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report so parts of the scheme may have been completed later. The section of the bypass from west of the village to Bowes Bypass Interchange (A67) was later dualled as part of the Bowes Moor to Bowes scheme which was completed in in October 1992 per Hansard.
1982	A68	A69 to Riding Mill	Northumberland	Corbridge Eastern Bypass
1982	A604	Horseheath Bypass	Cambridgeshire	Opened on 16 December 1982. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £0.75 million. It completed the village bypass schemes between Cambridge and Haverhill. Later renumbered A1307.
1982	A612	Nottingham: Colwick Loop Road	Nottinghamshire	The 2.2 mile road was reported as opened by the Spring 1983 RAC World magazine. It may have opened in early 1983 (although the other road openings listed were in 1982). Part of the Nottingham Eastern Outer Loop Road. The section north of Victoria Road was later renumbered B686.
1982	A629	Skipton Western Bypass	Yorkshire	The 6.2 mile S2 road was completed in October 1982 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report and officially opened in late October 1982 per the Winter 1982/83 RAC World magazine. Outturn works cost £16.4 million.
1982	A6009	Mansfield Inner Ring Road	Nottinghamshire	Dual carriageway from A60 (spur) Portland Street to Walkden Street (just north of A38 Stockwell Gate). Reported as opened by Bertie Whitelaw, County Council Chairman in the 12 August 1982 Mansfield & Sutton Recorder. The online upgrade cost £1.4 million and completed the southern section of the Ring Road from A38 to A60 north. Contractor was A.F. Budge of Retford. The reconstruction of the railway bridge over Portland Street (Rosemary Lane) was completed in 1978.
1982	A6116	Lowick Bypass	Northamptonshire	The contract was issued in February 1981. Work was expected to start soon after, with completion expected in 40 weeks. Shown on OS 1:250000 map revised October 1982. Contractor was Midland Oak, contract price £707,391.
1982	A75	Carsluith Diversion	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 1.9 mile bypass and online improvement south-east of Newton Stewart was opened in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982. 7.3m carriageway with 1m hardstrips.
1982	A82	Strathfillan Manse Improvement	Perthshire	The 1.2 mile scheme with diversion, north-west of Crianlarich, was completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982.
1982	A82	Eas Eonan - Derrydarroch	Perthshire	The 1.6 mile scheme with diversion, south of Crianlarich, was completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982.
1982	A835	Silver Bridge - Gorstan	Ross-shire	The 2 mile diversion and new 33m Silver Bridge (with 0.45 mile river diversion) was completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982. It eliminated the remaining S1 section between Dingwall and Ullapool.
1982	A9	Evanton Bypass	Ross-shire	The 3.2 mile road from Foulis to Novar Toll (Struie Road) was opened in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982. The short section north-east of Struie Junction was later renumbered B9176.
1982	A9	Kessock Bridge	Inverness-shire • Ross-shire	Beauly Firth crossing from Craigton, North Kessock to Longman, Inverness. Opened on 19 July 1982 with initially two way traffic on the eastern carriageway with no overtaking. Both carriageways were to open after the official opening on 6 August 1982 by the Queen Mother. With a 240m navigation span and total length of 1056m it was then the largest cable-stayed bridge in Europe. Seismic hydraulic buffers were installed on the north abutment to withstand earth tremors on the Great Glen Fault. Contractor was a Cleveland Bridge and Redpath Dorman consortium, cost £26 million.
1982	A9	Kingussie - Lynwilg (Aviemore)	Inverness-shire	The 10 mile road, and a bypass of Kincraig, was opened "last week" per Aberdeen Press of 24 September 1982.
1982	A9	Dromochter Pass	Inverness-shire	The 2.2 mile mostly online upgrade from Dromochter Lodge to the Regional Boundary (by the watershed) was opened in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982.
1982	A94	Balnabreich - Brechin	Angus	The 1.7 mile online dualling from Balnabreich to St Ann's Junction was completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1982	A94	Syde (Strathcaro) - North Water Bridge	Angus • Kincardineshire	The 2 dualling schemes north-east of Brechin were completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982. 1.8 mile Syde and Pert Improvement and 0.7 mile Strathcaro Improvement. Contractor was Reed and Mallik Ltd. of Stirling. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1982	A96	West Adamston Improvement	Aberdeenshire	The 1.4 mile scheme with diversion south-east of Huntly was completed in 1982 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1982.
1982	B1193	Bourne South-eastern Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 0.35 mile section between A15 South Road and Tunnel Bank was opened on 22 April 1982. 7.3m wide carriageway plus footpaths. Cost £300,000. The existing Cherry Holt Road formed the remainder of the bypass northwards to Spalding Road. Later renumbered A151.
1982	B5005	Swadlincote Town Centre Relief Road	Derbyshire	Civic Way extension from Midland Road to Hill Street. Church Street to Hill Street was opened on 10 May 1982. The section from Midland Road to Church Street was expected to be completed by the end of the month. The official opening by Sid Collins, Chairman of Derbyshire County Council, was reported in the 2 July 1982 Burton Daily Mail. Cost £335,944. Later renumbered A514.
1982	-	Weldon Bypass	Northamptonshire	Stage 2: Opened on 8 December 1982 per the Land Compensation Act notice (12 December 1986). Was to be by Albert Morby, County Council Chairman (per Stamford Mercury of 3 December 1982). With a report in the Stamford Mercury of 21 May 1982 about the closure to Gretton Road it would appear to be the section from Steel Road to Stamford Road (A43). Contractor was Midland Oak Ltd., contract cost £763,639, total cost nearly £1 million. No road number was given in the opening notice. Contract 1 was completed in 1980 by Midland Oak Ltd. It may have been the section from Weldon Road to Steel Road. Numbered A43 when Stage 3 opened in 1983.
1983	M25	M11 Theydon Bois - A127 Cranham	Essex	The 10.5 miles from J27 to J29 was opened on 22 April 1983 by David Howell, Transport Secretary. J29 Cranham Interchange is also known as Codham Hall. Contractors were Costain and Laing.
1983	M25	A3 Wisley - Addlestone, Chertsey	Surrey	The 4.7 miles from J10 to J11 St. Peter’s Way (Chertsey Link Roads) was to be opened on 7 December 1983 per The Gazette. Contractor was Balfour Beatty.
1983	M27	Stoneham - Hedge End	Hampshire	The 4 miles from J5 to J7 was opened in December 1983 per Hansard.
1983	M54	M6 - Telford	Staffordshire • Shropshire	Completion of M54 from M6 J10A Essington Interchange to Priorslee Interchange, Telford. The 17.5 miles opened on 25 November 1983 per The Gazette. Opened by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Minister. Priorslee Interchange was closed and replaced by J5 Forge Interchange. Contractors included Tarmac Construction Ltd. for the Featherstone section and A. Monk and Co. Ltd. for the Shifnal section.
1983	M65	Clayton-le-Moors - Burnley	Lancashire	The 5.7 mile westwards extension from J10 Burnley Barracks to J7 Hyndburn opened on 9 December 1983 per The Gazette. J7 to J9 opened as D3M, in expectation of traffic increases during later westward extensions.
1983	M65	Brierfield - Reedyford (Nelson)	Lancashire	The 1.1 mile eastward extension from J12 to J13 opened on 9 December 1983 per The Gazette.
1983	M7	Naas	Kildare	The Naas bypass was the first motorway to open in the Republic of Ireland. It was D2M and was 4.2 miles (6.8 km)
1983	A1	Belford Bypass	Northumberland	The 3.5 mile single carriageway road was opened on 28 July 1983 by Alan Beith, M.P. for Berwick. Construction began in October 1981. Gleeson Civil Engineering Ltd was the contractor. Cost £3.7 million.
1983	A1	Berwick Upon Tweed and Scremerston Bypass	Northumberland	The 5.3 mile road was officially opened on 4 November 1983 by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Secretary. Whilst he feasted on Tweedmouth salmon, choice steak and the best house wine at Berwick's top 3 star Turret House Hotel 13 construction workers, who had not been invited to the opening, had their own celebrations courtesy of sub-contractor Tilcon with a pie and a pint at the Black Bull in Wardley, Gateshead. They had finished the job on time in September, had cut a ribbon to "open" the road, toasted their work with champagne bottles filled with water and photographed it for posterity! Outturn works cost was £9.6 million.
1983	A141	Doddington Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The section from the link road south of Wimblington Bypass to Slade End Roundabout, Bridge Street, Chatteris had opened by October 1983. The Wimblington Bypass section had opened in 1982. The full 5 mile scheme had a forecast cost of just over £2 million.
1983	A141	Chatteris Western Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 1 mile road from Huntingdon Road to Slade End Roundabout, Bridge Street, Chatteris was due to open on 20 December 1983 (per the Cambridge Daily News of 14 December 1983). Cost £850,000.
1983	A143	Bungay and Earsham Bypass	Suffolk • Norfolk	2 mile road from The Street Junction, Earsham to Station Road / Yarmouth Road junction, Ditchingham. Norfolk Records Office lists an opening brochure from 1983.
1983	A180 A160 A1136	Barnetby Top to Grimsby	Lincolnshire	The 5.75 miles from M180 J5 to Brocklesby Interchange and the 1 mile A160 section to Ulceby Road were opened on 29 March 1983. The 8.2 miles from Brocklesby Interchange to Lockhill Roundabout, Grimsby and the 0.8 mile A1136 section from Great Coates Interchange to Great Coates Road were opened on 15 December 1983. Dates per the Land Compensation Act notices. Outturn works cost for Ulceby to Grimsby was £17.6 million.
1983	A189	Redheugh Bridge	Northumberland • Durham	The replacement bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead was opened to traffic in February 1983. The official opening was on 18 May 1983 by Diana, Princess Of Wales. Total length from the Scotswood Road Roundabout to Askew Road Roundabout was 897m with a main span of 160m and two side spans of 100m each. Height above mean high water level was 26.04m. It had 4 traffic lanes and 1 footpath. Designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson. Contractor was Edmund Nuttall Ltd. in conjunction with sister company HBM. Cost £18 million. It was then the 7th (and first concrete) bridge at Tyneside to have spanned the Tyne.
1983	A1071	Hadleigh Bypass	Suffolk	The 2 mile road was opened on 24 October 1983 by Joshua Rowley, Lord Lieutenant for Suffolk. Cost £1.4 million.
1983	A1139	Peterborough: Fletton Parkway	Northamptonshire	Stage 2. 1.8 mile dual carriageway from Hampton Interchange to Stanground Interchange. Cambridge Daily News of 21 August 1981 had a job advert which stated that construction would commence in September 1981 and was anticipated to be completed within 2 years. A further job advert on 2 July 1982 required a temporary Works Inspector for the road under construction for approximately 6 months. Shown as under construction on the February 1983 OS 1:250000 map.
1983	A228	Snodland Bypass	Kent	The single carriageway road opened in August 1983 per the Maidstone Telegraph of 13 September 1985 (4 August 1983 per the Snodland Historical Society).
1983	A281 A264	Broadbridge Heath Bypass	Sussex	Guildford Road to Farthings Hill via Broadbridge Way. Opened on 12 January 1983 by Cliff Michelmore, TV Presenter (per West Sussex County Times of 14 January 1983). Contractor was local firm CEDAC. The £1.5 million cost was financed by a private development. The southern Broadbridge Way section later became unclassified with a short central section closed.
1983	A30 A303	Bullington Cross - Popham	Hampshire	The 4.4 mile D2 online dualling (with deviation north of Micheldever) from 0.4 mile east of Bullington Cross to 0.4 mile east of Steventon Warren Lane was completed in June 1983 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £5.4 million. The section east of Micheldever Interchange was later renumbered A303.
1983	A38	Derby Western Bypass	Derbyshire	Stage 3: Allestree Link Road (Queensway). The 1.6 mile road from A52 Markeaton Island to A6 Palm Court Island completed the dual carriageway bypass and was completed in September 1983 per the DoT National Roads England 1985 Report. The section south of the Kedleston Road Interchange was an upgrade. Outturn works cost was £13.2 million.
1983	A38 A358	Taunton Eastern Relief Road	Somerset	The Obridge Viaduct section (A358) was to be opened on 4 March 1983 by Edward du Cann, MP for Taunton. Cost £2.7 million. The final stage of the £6 million Relief Road scheme was Chritchard Way (A38) from Wickes Roundabout to East Reach and was to open on 8 December 1983 for single carriageway running. Work continued on the other carriageway and the East Reach junction. Contractor was A Monk and Co. of Tiverton, tender price £915,000. It was originally named Victoria Parkway.
1983	A331	Blackwater Valley Relief Road	Hampshire • Surrey	Stage 1: North section from A30 Meadows Roundabout, Blackwater to M3 J4 Frimley Interchange. Opened on 24 October 1983 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1983	A40	Gloucester Northern Bypass	Gloucestershire	The western section between Over and A38 Tewkesbury Road was due to open on 21 June 1983. This completed the 3.3 mile D2 / S2 road. Contractor was Sir Alfred McAlpine and Sons (Southern) Ltd., outturn works cost £9.8 million.
1983	A40 A48	Carmarthen Southern Bypass	Carmarthenshire	The 3 mile dual carriageway from Pont Lesneven roundabout, Johnstown to Nant-y-caws was opened on 22 July 1983 (Nicholas Edwards, Welsh Secretary was to open it). Contractor was Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son (Southern) Ltd., cost £16.7 million.
1983	A41	Hinstock Bypass	Shropshire	The 1.3 mile road was to be officially opened on 8 December 1983 by R.D. Law, Deputy Director of Transport at the Department of Transport in Birmingham. It had been completed earlier. Outturn works cost £1.3 million.
1983	A43	Weldon Bypass	Northamptonshire	Stage 3: Bangrave Road South and possibly part of Bangrave Road. Opened in October 1983 per the Stamford Mercury of 27 April 1984. This completed the bypass.
1983	A47	Blofield Bypass	Norfolk	The 1 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in February 1983 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £4 million.
1983	A49	Brimfield Bypass	Herefordshire	The 1 mile S2 road was completed in March 1983 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Outturn works cost £1.4 million.
1983	A457	Smethwick: Tollhouse Way	Staffordshire	Smethwick Relief Road Stage 1: Oldbury Road / Telford Way to Soho Way. Opened on 4 May 1983 by Ron Davis, Mayor of Sandwell. The Cavalcade was led by Bass's traditional brewery cart pulled by Shire horses Captain and Imperial, then cars from the Coventry Transport Museum and finally British Leyland's latest car - the Maestro. Cost £3.5 million. Note that the Land Compensation notice stated an opening date of 28 January 1984 so there may have been further works.
1983	A497	Llanystumdwy Bypass	Caernarfonshire	Opened a few days before Christmas 1983 per the Daily Post (Wales) of 11 February 1984. The official opening was on 10 February 1984 by Tom Jones, Chairman of Gwynedd County Council's planning, highways and transportation committee. Contractor was A.W.P. Contractors Ltd., cost £1 million.
1983	A4005	Harrow Northern link Road	Middlesex	Greenhill Way was due to open on 24 January 1983 per the Harrow Observer of 21 January 1983. The section from Byron Road to Station Road was initially one way until the Station Road traffic lights and widening were completed. Contractor was Percy Bilton, cost was more than £800,000. The road was designed to take the traffic from the shopping centre as part of the Central Area Development Scheme. Note that there was a later Noise Insulation Regulations notice giving an opening date of 20 January 1986. However there was report in the Harrow Observer of 4 November 1983 about residents complaints about noise from the road.
1983	A4058	Trehafod Bypass	Glamorgan	Opened on 7 November 1983 by W.J. Williams, Chairman of Mid-Glamorgan's Highways and Transportation Committee. Cost £2.5 million.
1983	A5	Llanfair PG Bypass	Anglesey	The 1.9 mile dual carriageway was opened on 19 August 1983 by Keith Best, MP for Anglesey. Adverse geological conditions and weather had put the contract back so it was not able to open in time for the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Llangefni. 7.3m wide carriageways with 1m hardstrips. Cost £8 million. Renumbered as A55 in 2000.
1983	A55 A5	Bangor and Menai Bridge Bypass	Caernarfonshire	The 6.2 mile dual carriageway from Treborth Interchange (0.75 mile south-east of Britannia Bridge) to 3 miles east of Bangor was opened on 19 December 1983 by Wyn Roberts, Under Secretary of State for Wales. There were 12 concrete bridges including a 5 span viaduct over River Ogwen. Contractor was Robert McGregor and Sons Ltd, contract value £17.2 million, total cost £26 million. Initial reports stated a hard shoulder was to be provided, although this did not occur. Western half was originally A5. Fully renumbered as A55 in 2000.
1983	A56	Accrington Eastern Bypass	Lancashire	Northern section. The 0.9 mile dual carriageway from A679 Huncoat Interchange to M65 J8 Hapton Interchange was opened on 9 December 1983 per The Gazette. Note that the 1985 National Roads England Report stated a completion date of September 1983. Contractors were A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd. and Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd, outturn works cost £4.8 million.
1983	A57 A1133	Newton-on-Trent Bypass	Lincolnshire	Opened on 19 December 1983 by Edward Leigh, MP for Gainsborough and Horncastle. The single contract for £718,000 was for both the Southern and Eastern bypasses. Total cost was between £850,000 and £900,000 .
1983	A513	Alrewas Bypass	Staffordshire	The 1.7 mile S2 road was opened on 17 November 1983 by Arthur Cholerton, Chairman of Staffordshire County Council. It included a flyover at A38, removing the dangerous at grade crossing to the north. Contractor was R.M. Douglas Construction Ltd, cost £4 million.
1983	A590	Greenodd Diversion	Lancashire	The 0.7 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in May 1983 per the Policy for Roads in England: 1983 Report. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, outturn works cost £5 million.
1983	A590	Levens Bridge Diversion	Westmorland	The 1.6 mile dual carriageway from south of Levens to the existing dual carriageway at the junction to Heaves was completed in November 1983 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £4.8 million.
1983	A5019	Crewe Inner Relief Road	Cheshire	Stage 3 - Vernon Way from Earle Street to Oak Street. Opened on 18 April 1983 by Roy Hinks, County Council Chairman. This completed the road. Contractor was Wrekin Construction, cost £2.34 million.
1983	A5027	Upton Bypass	Cheshire	Phase 1 - the Southern section from B5139 Old Greasby Road to Ford Road opened on 12 December 1983.
1983	A69	Bardon Mill Bypass	Northumberland	The 1.25 mile road was opened on 15 November 1983 per Bellingham Heritage Courant clippings. Outturn works cost was £2 million.
1983	A604	Spaldwick Bypass	Huntingdonshire	The single carriageway road was reported as opened by John Major, Huntingdon MP, by the Cambridge Daily News of 8 April 1983. Cost £2 million. Later renumbered as A14.
1983	A610	Langley Mill Bypass	Derbyshire • Nottinghamshire	Phase 2 completed the bypass. The 1.2 mile single carriageway road was still under construction at 25 June 1983 per the Derby Daily Telegraph. Shown on OS 1:50000 map of 1983. Expected cost was £1.7 million.
1983	A6072	Heighington Bypass	Durham	Completed in 1983 per Hansard (of 11 February 1992). Note that it was shown on the OS 1:250000 map revised to December 1982 so it may have opened to traffic in 1982.
1983	A71	Dreghorn - Kilmarnock	Ayrshire	Phase 2 - Springside and Crosshouse Bypass. The dual carriageway from Corsehill Mount Roundabout (phase 1 - Dreghorn Bypass) to Moorfield Roundabout and a single carriageway link to Kilmarnock Road, east of Crosshouse was to open on 25 November 1983 by John Hunter, Regional Councillor. 3 miles. Cost £8 million. The link road section was later renumbered B7064.
1983	A77	Girvan: Bridgemill Diversion	Ayrshire	The 1.1 mile road was opened in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983.
1983	A78	Loans Bypass	Ayrshire	The 3.9 mile dual carriageway from Dundonald Camp to Monkton was due to fully open on 17 September 1983 per the Irvine Herald of 2 September 1983. Part of the road had opened earlier. Cost £7.43 million. It completed the almost 20 mile dual carriageway from Kilwinning to Ayr.
1983	A742	Greenock - Inverkip	Renfrewshire	The 2.2 mile dualling with a short diversion was completed in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983. Later renumbered as A78.
1983	A83	Bellochantuy - Westport (Kintyre)	Argyll	The 4.3 mile improvement with diversions was completed in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983.
1983	A894	Duartmore - Kylestrome	Sutherland	Improvement with diversions. Phase 1 - 0.9 mile. Phase 2 - 1.9 mile completed in 1980. Phase 3 - 1 mile completed in 1983. Dates per the Roads in Scotland Reports.
1983	A9	Blair Atholl Bypass	Perthshire	Calvine to Killiecrankie Stage 1 - 7.9 miles from 0.3 mile west of Calvine to just south-east of Killiecrankie. Opened in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983. 7.3m carriageway.
1983	A9	Ballinluig Bypass	Perthshire	The 3.2 mile offline and online road from Tynreich (south of Moulinearn) to north of Guay was opened in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983.
1983	A9	Burnside - Broxden	Perthshire	The 3.5 mile dualling with diversions was completed in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983. Contractor was London & Northern.
1983	A9	Auchterarder and Aberuthven Bypass	Perthshire	The 5.1 mile dual carriageway from Gleneagles Nursery to Drumtogle was opened on 21 October 1983 by Michael Ancram, Scottish Home Affairs Minister. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd.
1983	A92	Thornton Bypass	Fife	Phase 2 - the 1.3 mile southern section was completed in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983 to complete the bypass. The 1.2 mile Phase 1 northern section had been completed in 1981.
1983	A972	Dundee: Kingsway Dualling	Angus	Phase 2: Myrekirk Road - Liff Road. The 0.7 mile dualling was completed in 1983 per the Roads in Scotland Report for 1983. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1983	B581	Broughton Astley Relief Road	Leicestershire	Stage 1: Coventry Road to Cosby Road was completed by the section from Peregrine Road (formerly Green Road) to Cosby Road which was reported as being open by the 11 March 1983 Hinckley Times. It mentioned that the section east of Peregrine Road had been opened in 1974.
1983	B682	Bulwell Relief Road	Nottinghamshire	The 0.5 mile road was expected to be completed in mid 1983 per the 18 November 1982 Nottingham Recorder (when the contract was issued). It may have opened later. 10m single carriageway along the line of Coventry Road and Robinson's Hill. Contractor was Midland Oak Ltd. of Warwickshire, contract price £663,000.
1984	M25	A10 Waltham Cross to M11 Theydon Bois	Middlesex • Hertfordshire • Essex	The 8 miles from J25 to J27 was opened on 25 January 1984 by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Secretary. It included Bell Common Tunnel under a section of Epping Forest. Contractors were Tarmac and Laing, cost £80 million.
1984	M25	A1 Bignells Corner to A111 Potters Bar	Middlesex	The 2.9 miles from J23 to J24 was to open as motorway on 12 February 1984 per The Gazette. It utilised the former A1178 Potters Bar Bypass.
1984	M27	Chilworth - Stoneham	Hampshire	The 2.5 miles from the west end of J4 to J5, and the eastern spur to the then A33 (now M3) at J4, opened on 24 July 1984 per the Gazette (Hansard also states July 1984). It completed the M27 from Cadnam to Portsbridge.
1984	M65	Blackburn - Clayton-le-Moors	Lancashire	The 2.2 mile westwards extension from J7 Hyndburn to J6 Whitebirk Roundabout opened on 19 December 1984 per The Gazette. Opened as D3M, in expectation of traffic increases during later westward extensions.
1984	A12	Ipswich Eastern Bypass	Suffolk	The 2.6 mile dual carriageway from the southern roundabout of the Martlesham Heath Diversion (originally A1093) to Seven Hills Interchange on A14 (then A45), north-east of Nacton was completed in June 1984 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £3.9 million.
1984	A12 A1214	Copdock and Washbrook Bypass	Suffolk	The 3 mile dual carriageway from just south-west of Bentley Longwood Interchange to London Road, Chantry, Ipswich (0.3 miles south-west of Sprites Lane) was completed in July 1984 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £11.9 million. A1214 was north of Copdock Interchange.
1984	A141	Old Hurst Bypass	Huntingdonshire	The 1 mile road from north of The Grove to Old Hurst Road opened on 22 October 1984. Cambridgeshire County Council workers completed the road after the original contractors, D & H Contractors Ltd. of Cambridge, went into liquidation in June 1984. Cost £760,000.
1984	A142	Sutton Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 1.5 miles road was due to open on 4 June 1984. Contractor was Midland Oak of Kenilworth, cost £1.1 million.
1984	A1166	Kingston upon Hull: Brighton Street Interchange Link Road	Yorkshire	The 0.4 mile road from Hessle Road to Brighton Street Interchange was opened on 30 January 1984 per the Land Compensation Act notice. It was in advance of A63 Clive Sullivan Way opening in 1985 and provided access to St. Andrew's Dock.
1984	A1173	Immingham: Kings Road Link	Lincolnshire	The 1.1 mile road from Kiln Lane roundabout (north of Stallingborough Interchange) to Kings Road was opened on 30 November 1984 by Vic Chapman, Chairman of Humberside County Council. Cost £1.7 million. It was the final part of a £19.4 million south bank roads programme which started with West Marsh Relief Road, Grimsby.
1984	A28	Great Chart Bypass	Kent	The 1.7 mile S2 road was reported as opened by the June 1984 RAC World magazine. Contractor was Gleeson Civil Engineering, cost £2.5 million.
1984	A264	Crawley: Copthorne Link Road	Sussex	Copthorne Way. Reported as open in the October 1984 edition of RAC World magazine. 0.6 mile linking M23 J10 Crawley Interchange eastwards to Copthorne.
1984	A2016	Picardy Manorway	Kent	The 1 mile road improvement was reported as opened by the October 1984 RAC World magazine. It completed the Thamesmead Spine Road works. The north-south section was later renumbered B253.
1984	A30	Hayle and Connor Downs Bypass	Cornwall	The 7.1 mile single carriageway road (with crawler lanes on hills) from Polstrong (Camborne) to St. Erth was opened on 8 November 1984 by John Daniel, Penwith’s Chairman, and Brian Capper, Hayle Town Mayor. It included the 218 yard, 6 span concrete viaduct at The Causeway spanning the River Hayle and railway line. Consulting Engineers were Freeman Fox and Partners, contractor was Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son, Outturn works cost £16.1 million.
1984	A373	North Devon Link Road	Devon	Stage 1 - 6.4 mile dual carriageway from M5 J27 Tiverton Parkway (Sampford Peverell) to Bolham Roundabout. Completed in March 1984 per Hansard. Works cost £17.3 million. Later renumbered A361.
1984	A379	Exminster Bypass	Devon	Opened in 1984 per British Roads: Devon - Past and Present (1993). It had been approved by Teignbridge Council in February 1982.
1984	A3005	Southall Relief Road	Middlesex	Stage 2: Merrick Drive was to open in March per a 10 February 1984 Southall Gazette report. Cost £1.5 million. Stage 1: Montague Waye, unclassified and linking Western Road and Norwood Road, had opened in 1981.
1984	A3088	Yeovil - A303 Link Road	Somerset	The road from the the outskirts of the town to Cartgate Roundabout on A303, north of Stoke-sub-Hamdon was opened on 29 June 1984 by Lord Poyton, former Transport Minister. It was built o2 the former route of the Yeovil to Martock railway line. Cost £4.2 million.
1984	A40	Northleach Bypass	Gloucestershire	The 4.3 mile road was due to be officially opened on 31 July 1984 by Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Transport. Outturn works cost £2.6 million. It included Cotswold stone walls, 1.5 mile of which was built by stone carver James Allen of Mickleton in a year.
1984	A40	St Clears to Carmarthen	Carmarthenshire	Bancyfelin and Sarnau Bypass. 5 mile dual carriageway from St Clears Bypass to Travellers Rest, Carmarthen. It was reported as having opened 3 months previous by the 25 January 1985 Carmarthen Journal (although it may have referred to part of the road). The official opening was on 7 June 1985 by John Stradling Thomas, Minister of State at the Welsh Office. Contractor was Davis, Middleton and Davies Ltd, tender price £6.6 million.
1984	A41	Newport Bypass	Shropshire • Staffordshire	Pave Lane to Chetwynd Park. The 5 mile road opened on 19 October 1984. Outturn works cost £5.9 million.
1984	A41	Bell o' th' Hill, Tushingham Diversion	Cheshire	Opened on 20 October 1984 per the Land Compensation Act notice. 0.7 mile, from 168 m south of St Chad's Church to 78m south of Bell o' th' Hill Lane.
1984	A47	Wisbech Bypass	Cambridgeshire • Norfolk	Also Walton Highway Bypass. The 5.9 mile single carriageway road from Cromwell Road (SW Wisbech) to Lynn Road (W of Walpole Highway) was opened on 28 June 1984 by Frances Roualle and Robert James, Chairpersons of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire County Councils. Contractor was May Gurney of Norwich, total cost £6.3 million.
1984	A420	Shrivenham and Watchfield Bypass	Berkshire	Opened by Lynda Chalker, Minister of Transport. Was expected to be open in Autumn 1984 per Hansard of 18 June 1984.
1984	A467	Risca and Rogerstone Bypass	Monmouthshire	Southern Section. Reported as open in the October 1984 edition of RAC World magazine. 4 mile dual carriageway.
1984	A477	Kilgetty, Stepaside and Begelly Bypass	Pembrokeshire	Opened on 20 July 1984 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. 3.9 miles including 0.5 mile D2 section south-east of Kilgetty. It required 1.6 mile of cuttings, up to 32m deep, across the undulating coastal topography.
1984	A4034	Oldbury Ring Road	Staffordshire	Stage 2B: Dudley Road (A457) to Church Street Roundabout. The official opening was on 7 March 1984 by Len Clarke, Chairman of West Midlands County Council Highways' committee after all work had been completed. One way operation northbound had opened on 21 July 1983. Cost £1.25 million
1984	A51	Tarvin South-western Bypass	Cheshire	The 1.3 mile road from A54 Holme Street to 335m south-east of Cross Lane was opened on 14 May 1984. Contractor was Percy Bilton, outturn works cost £1.8 million.
1984	A55 A494	Ewloe, Hawarden and Broughton Bypass	Flintshire	Provided dual carriageway bypasses of two trunk roads which previously crossed at a flat roundabout: 6.5 miles of A55 from Brookside Interchange, Northop Hall to Broughton Junction, Chester Bypass and about 1 mile of A494 around Ewloe. The mainline runs between the A55 to/from the west and the A494 to/from the north, therefore both routes TOTSO. Opened on 7 September 1984 by Wyn Roberts, MP for Conwy per Hansard. Included 0.6 mile of D3 with 11m wide carriageways, the remainder being D2 with 7.3 m carriageways. The D3 comprises two weaving sections, one of which is on the A494 and the other is multiplexed between the two routes. There were 6 Grade Separated Junctions, 16 bridges, a pedestrian subway and side road diversions. Contractor was a Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son (Northern) Ltd. / Fairclough Civil Engineering Consortium, contract value £17.7 million.
1984	A55	Colwyn Bay and Old Colwyn Bypass	Denbighshire	Llanddulas - Glan Conwy Stage 1. The 4.2 mile dual carriageway from Conway Road Interchange, Rhos-on-Sea to Llanddulas Interchange was opened on 7 December 1984 by Wyn Roberts, MP for Conwy. Construction was split into two contracts but they opened together. Contract 1 was eastwards of The Dingle, Eirias Park (west of Colwyn Bay Interchange). Contractor was a Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son (Northern) Ltd. / Fairclough Civil Engineering Northern Division Consortium, contract value £34.7 million. There were 11 bridges. Contract 2 was west of The Dingle. Contractor was Laing. There was a 5 week half mile contraflow at the east end while Llanddulas Interchange was linked in.
1984	A57	Aston Relief Road	Yorkshire	The 3.2 mile road from Sheffield Road, Fence to M1 J31 Aston Interchange was completed in November 1984 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £5 million. The section west of Chesterfield Road later became part of B6200.
1984	A561	Garston Bypass	Lancashire	The 0.8 mile dual carriageway was opened on 16 January 1984 by Jim Stuart Cole, Merseyside Council's Chairman. Cost £4 million.
1984	A5025	Amlwch Relief Road	Anglesey	Opened on 12 July 1984. The official opening was planned to be later. Cost £260,000.
1984	A5183 B487	Redbourn Bypass	Hertfordshire	The 2.5 mile road was due to be opened on 29 October 1984 by Frank Cogan, County Council Chairman (per the Hemel Hempstead Gazette of 26 October 1984). Contractor was Percy Bilton, cost £4 million.
1984	A69	Greenhead Bypass	Northumberland	Also known as Greenhead Diversion, it bypassed the village and the steep Greenhead Bank which could be treacherous in winter. The 1.3 mile road opened on 2 December 1984 per Bellingham Heritage Courant clippings. Finishing work was to continue until Spring 1985. A B6318 spur was built from the village to the bypass. Contractor was Brims and Co. of Newcastle.
1984	A602	Watton-at-Stone Bypass	Hertfordshire	The 1.5 mile single carriageway road was opened on 10 December 1984 by Frank Cogan, County Council Chairman. Contractor was Henry Boot (Southern) Ltd., cost £3 million. The two river bridges and one road bridge were constructed by Norwest Holst Ltd..
1984	A610	Ripley Northern Bypass	Derbyshire	The 1.2 mile road from Hartshay Interchange to Nottingham Road was opened on 2 November 1984 by David Bookbinder, County Council leader. Contractor was Henry Boot Civil Engineering Ltd., cost £2.1 million.
1984	A612	Nottingham: Daleside Road Extension	Nottinghamshire	The 0.8 mile from Racecourse Road to the recently completed Colwick Loop Road was due to open on 21 May 1984. Cost £1.6 million. Part of the Nottingham Eastern Outer Loop Road, it completed the 4.2 mile section from Lady Bay Bridge to Burton Road, Gedling. Built on the route of the Great Northern Railway.
1984	A660	Otley Bypass	Yorkshire	The 1.6 mile road was completed in August 1984 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £3.6 million.
1984	A7	Canonbie Bypass	Dumfriesshire	Reported as open in the October 1984 edition of RAC World magazine. 4 miles. Cost £5.4 million.
1984	A92	Stonehaven Bypass	Kincardineshire	The road from Glasslaw to the previous dual carriageway at Limpet Mill was opened on 19 November 1984 by Michael Ancram, Scottish Office Minister. 5.2 mile dual carriageway and 2.8 mile single carriageway. Contractor was Fairclough Ltd., cost £12.85 million. The section from Dunnottar Intersection to Stonehaven Junction was later renumbered as A90. The link road from Dunnottar Intersection to Mains of Dunnottar was to be built later.
1984	A952	Peterhead Bypass	Aberdeenshire	Stages 2 and 3 were reported as opened to complete the bypass in the 14 April 1984 Aberdeen Press. Cost £2 million. Then known as the Ring Road. Later renumbered as A90.
1984	A984	Kylesku Bridge	Sutherland	Replacing ferry
1984	B581	Broughton Astley Relief Road	Leicestershire	Stage 2: Cosby Road to Station Road (east of Byre Crescent) completed the Relief Road. Mention of confusion over Station Road addresses following the opening of the Relief Road was reported by the 8 June 1984 Hinckley Times. It may have opened in late 1983.
1984	B1329	Blyth Inner Relief Road	Northumberland	The road from Regent Street / Maddison Street to Bridge Street was opened on 14 August 1984 without ceremony. Cost £0.5 million.
1984	B4006 B4289	Swindon: Great Western Way	Wiltshire	Stage 3 - The 2.5 mile dual carriageway was reported as opened by the June 1984 RAC World magazine.
1984	B4117	Water Orton: Gilson Road Diversion	Warwickshire	Opened on 13 September 1984 per the Land Compensation Act notice. 0.5 mile re-alignment east of M42.
1984	-	Winsley Bypass	Wiltshire	The western, developer built, section had opened "last week" per the Bristol Evening Post of 8 December 1984, despite the final quarter mile eastern section's route not having been agreed since it would cut Ashley Lane in two. Residents on the Tynings Estate protested against heavy traffic going through their residential area by blanking out the signs to Bradford-on Avon. Later renumbered as B3108.
1985	M3	Popham - Bar End, Winchester	Hampshire	The 9.75 mile southward extension between J8 Popham and J9 Winnall Interchange, Winchester opened on 22 May 1985 and the 1.8 miles from J9 to J10 Bar End, Winchester on 14 August 1985 per The Gazette.
1985	M25	M40 Denham - Hunton Bridge, Watford	Buckinghamshire • Hertfordshire	The 10.7 miles from J16 to Hunton Bridge, at the end of the spur from J19 Chandlers Cross to A41, was to be opened on 20 January 1985 per The Gazette. It utilised the former A405 Rickmansworth Bypass from J17 Maple Cross Interchange to Hunton Bridge. Contractors were Laing and Tarmac.
1985	M25	Poyle (Heathrow Spur) - M40 Denham	Middlesex • Buckinghamshire	The 6.3 miles from J14 to J16 was opened on 18 September 1985 by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Secretary. J15 Thorney Interchange with M4 was only partially complete for M25N to M4W and M4E to M25N. It was completed and opened on 19 December 1985. It is also known as Colnbrook Interchange. Contractors were Cementation / Costain for J14 to J15 and Wimpey for J15 to J16. Cost was £90.4 million. This completed two-thirds of the 121 mile orbital motorway.
1985	M25	A217 Reigate Hill - A3 Wisley	Surrey	The 14 miles from J8 to J10 was opened on 7 October 1985 per The Gazette. The section west of J9 had been completed earlier but joint and slab crack repairs were needed on the eastern section, and Surrey County Council had advised that all sections should be opened at the same time. Contractors were Bovis Civil Engineering Ltd. / Peter Birse Ltd. consortium, Balfour Beatty Ltd. and Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd..
1985	M42	Portway -Monkspath	Warwickshire	The 5.5 mile south-westwards extension from J3 to J4 opened on 2 September 1985 per The Gazette.
1985	M42	Coleshill - Tamworth	Warwickshire	The 10 mile northwards extension from J7a to J10 was opened on 18 December 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Minister of Transport. The previous temporary northern access terminus, just to the north of M6, with the unclassified Coleshill Heath Road was closed. Contractor was Fairclough Civil Engineering and contract cost £23 million. The 1.5 mile section between J7a and the River Cole had been constructed in 1976 but unopened.
1985	M57 spur	Huyton Spur	Lancashire	M57 J3 and the 0.45 mile spur to the Stocksbridge Lane roundabout opened on 25 January 1985 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. The 0.7 mile A526 Seth Powell Way also opened. It was a Lancashire County Council scheme, but the motorway section was then transferred to the Government and became a Trunk Road. The Gazette notice by the Secretary of State gave a date of becoming a Special Road as 4 September 1987.
1985	A1	Alnwick Bypass northern extension	Northumberland	Alnwick Bypass Stage 2. The 4.3 mile single carriageway road from B1340 Denwick Interchange (on the 1970 Stage 1 bypass) to the west side layby immediately north of B6347 Charlton Mires was opened on 8 December 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice. The Newcastle Journal reported the ceremonial opening on 9 December 1985 by the Duke of Northumberland, who also had opened Stage 1. Contractor was M.J. Gleeson Group plc.
1985	A11	Attleborough Bypass	Norfolk	The largely single carriageway 5.5 mile road was opened on 16 May 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Transport Minister. Contractor was May Gurney. Outturn works cost £17.5 million. It was dualled in 2007.
1985	A17	Swineshead Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 2.5 mile road from Gypsy Lane to South Street (south of Bicker Bar) was opened on 3 May 1985. Contractor was Henry Boot Civil Engineers, cost £2.6 million.
1985	A118	Ilford	Essex	Winston Way
1985	A134	Stoke Ferry Bypass	Norfolk	The 2 mile single carriageway road was opened on 8 August 1985 by Paul Hawkins, MP for South-west Norfolk. A short stretch between Furlong Road and Boughton Road had opened in February 1985. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £2.65 million.
1985	A142	Mepal Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 1.3 mile road from north of the Old Bedford River to the Sutton Bypass was due to open on 21 November 1985 by Keith Leonard, County Council Chairman. It included a bridge over the River and viaduct over the Bedford Washes. Contractor was French Kier Construction of Wisbech, cost £3 million.
1985	A1077	Scunthorpe Northwest Orbital Road	Lincolnshire	Stage 2a: Ferry Road West to Luneburg Way. The 0.4 mile road.was opened on 31 January 1985 by Vic Chapman, Chairman of Humberside County Council. 7.3m S2. Contractor was the County Council's direct labour organisation, cost £500,000. It may have opened as an unclassified road.
1985	A1083	Ilford	Essex	Griggs Approach
1985	A1139	Peterborough: Frank Perkins Parkway	Northamptonshire • Cambridgeshire • Huntingdonshire	South section. The dual carriageway from Boongate to Stanground Interchange, including Black Bridge over the River Nene, was opened in 1985 per the Peterborough Civic Society. It is included on the 1986 Philips Road Atlas and was under construction on the 1984 edition. The North section was opened in 1987.
1985	A22 A26	Uckfield Bypass	Sussex	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office has an online summary record for 16 December 1985. It mentions opening by John Henry Guy Nevill, Marquess of Abergavenny, Lord Lieutenant of the County.
1985	A228	Halling Bypass	Kent	The road was due to be opened on 19 September 1985 (per the Maidstone Telegraph of 13 September 1985). Cost £2.25 million.
1985	A229	Blue Bell Hill Bypass	Kent	The road near the M2 was due to be opened on 15 April 1985 by Tony Hart, County Council leader (per the Maidstone Telegraph of 12 April 1985). Cost £4.5 million.
1985	A38	Plymouth Parkway	Devon	The 5.3 mile dual carriageway from Tamar Bridge to Marsh Mills Interchange was opened on 1 April 1985 (per Plymouth Live of 8 August 2017). The 2.8 mile section west of Manadon Interchange was completed in November 1984 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report) so this section may have opened earlier. The short section east of Forder Valley Interchange was online. Contractors were John Mowlem, E. Thomas, and Norwest Holst. Outturn works cost was £12.5 million for west of Manadon and £25 million to the east.
1985	A38	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	Bromsgrove Bypass
1985	A39	Marshgate Diversion	Cornwall	The 2.5 mile upgrade of an unclassified road from Otterham to Collamoor Head to provide a bypass of the village (and shorter route) was completed in May 1985 (per the 1985 National Roads England Report). Outturn works cost £2 million. Scheme mileage was 3.9 miles which indicates further 1.4 mile online upgrade to Wainhouse Corner.
1985	A350 A354	Blandford Forum Bypass	Dorset	Was due to open in May 1985 per the Birmingham Sunday Mercury of 14 April 1985. The Western Gazette of 7 February 1986 mentioned that it had opened in 1985.
1985	A358	Hatch Beauchamp Bypass	Somerset	The 3 mile single carriageway road was due to be opened on 29 June 1985 by Edward du Cann, MP per the Bristol Evening Post of 27 June 1985. Cost £3.6 million.
1985	A379	Kingsbridge Relief Road	Devon	Section 1 from Union Road to Plymouth Road opened on 25 November 1985.
1985	A40	Ross-on-Wye Relief Road	Herefordshire	The 0.9 mile single carriageway Eastern Bypass from Over Ross Roundabout to Hildersley Roundabout was opened on 15 February 1985 per the Land Compensation Act Notice. Outturn works cost £1.1 million.
1985	A43	Broughton Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.9 mile single carriageway road opened on 18 December per the Land Compensation Act notice. No year was given but the claim period date (19 December 1986), which starts after 12 months of opening, would signify an opening date of 18 December 1985. Note that the Wellingborough & Rushden Herald and Post of 16 December 1993 gave a December 1984 opening. Outturn works cost £2.6 million.
1985	A45	Rushden: Sanders Lodge Diversion	Northamptonshire	Knuston Lodge Farm, Irchester to the new Skew Bridge Roundabout on Northampton Road. Opened on 20 March 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice. It was to the west of the Rushden and Higham Ferrers Northern Bypass which opened in 1986.
1985	A45	Ipswich Western Bypass	Suffolk	The final section of the 5 mile dual carriageway from 0.6 mile south of Claydon Roundabout at Claydon Hill to London Road, west of Copdock Interchange (where the Ipswich Southern Bypass had ended on a temporary roundabout) was opened on 3 October 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Transport Minister. Cost £15 million. Later renumbered as A14.
1985	A45	St Neots Bypass	Huntingdonshire • Bedfordshire	The 3.7 mile road from Wyboston Interchange to Tithe Farm Roundabout was opened on 20 December 1985 per the opening brochure. 7.3m carriageway with 1m hard strips. Contractor was French Kier Construction Ltd., tender price £6 million. Later renumbered as A428.
1985	A46 A158	Lincoln Western and Northern Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 7.3 miles from Hykeham Roundabout to Riseholme Roundabout (A15) was opened on 18 December 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Transport Minister. The 2 mile section from Riseholme Roundabout to Wragby Road Roundabout had opened earlier. Contractor was A.F. Budge of Retford, contract price £16.7 million. Was also known as Lincoln Relief Road
1985	A423	Ladbroke Bypass	Warwickshire	The 1 mile road was opened on 21 September 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Contractor was Galliford and Sons of Hinckley, forecast cost £700,000.
1985	A470	Abercynon - Pentrebach (Merthyr Tydfil)	Glamorgan	The northwards extension of the Taff Valley dual carriageway from 350m north of the Abercynon turn overbridge (later B4275) to Abercynon Roundabout opened on 20 June 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice. The section north of Abercynon Roundabout opened on 4 November 1985. Forecast cost £45.9 million. The northern section between the later Abercanaid Roundabout and Pentrebach Roundabout was renumbered A4060 in 1997.
1985	A470	Llandudno Link Road	Caernarfonshire • Denbighshire	The 2.6 mile road from Glan Conwy Interchange (A55) to Conway Road / Queens Road, Llandudno was opened on 18 December 1985 by O.M. Roberts, Chairman of Gwynedd County Council. It was a bypass for Llandrillo-yn-Rhos and Penrhyn Bay following the Colwyn Bay Bypass scheme being completed, as well as a bypass of Llandudno Junction for south - north traffic. Contractors were Alfred McAlpine Construction and John Laing Construction.
1985	A4059	Abercynon Northern Bypass	Glamorgan	Opened on 14 September 1985 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice.
1985	A4059	Aberdare Bypass	Glamorgan	Stage 3 from Aberaman Industrial Estate to Tinney's Corner opened on 20 December 1985 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice to complete the bypass. It linked stages 1 and 2 and included a bridge over River Cynon. Opened by Bryan Fitzgerald, Glamorgan Council Chairman. The northern Stage 2 from Penywaun to the A4233 Gladlys Link opened on 1 November 1985. The bypass was designed and built by Glamorgan County Council, cost £6.5 million.
1985	A4232	Cardiff: Culverhouse Cross to Capel Llanilltern Link Road	Glamorgan	The 3.8 mile dual carriageway linking A48 (and the future Cardiff Peripheral Distributor Road) to the M4 at J33 (also known as Cardiff West Interchange) was opened on 8 March 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1985	A50	Blythe Bridge - Uttoxeter	Staffordshire	The 8.6 mile two lane dual carriageway, between the bypasses, opened on 3 April 1985. The first part of the Stoke - Derby Link. Apart from about 0.6 mile at the eastern end, the carriageways were constructed in concrete, laid by a SGME rail-mounted paving train. There were 13 bridges but no intermediate intersections. Contractor was A. Monk and Company, outturn works cost £16.7 million. The construction signboards showed the A564 number but maps showed A50.
1985	A55	Mochdre Bypass	Denbighshire	Llanddulas - Glan Conwy Stage 2. The 2.5 mile dual carriageway from Glan Conwy Interchange to Conway Road Interchange, Rhos-on-Sea was opened in June 1985 per Hansard. Contractor was Laing.
1985	A56	Accrington Eastern Bypass	Lancashire	Southern section. The 3.4 mile dual carriageway from A680 Rising Bridge Roundabout to A679 Huncoat Interchange was opened on 18 July 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Transport Minister.
1985	A509	Wollaston Bypass	Northamptonshire	Opened on 11 December 1985 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1985	A523	Macclesfield: Churchill Way Southern Extension	Cheshire	The 0.3 mile extension from Roe Street to Park Lane was officially opened on 31 July 1985 by Ron Carey, County Council Chairman. The official coach party was beaten by a group of local youngsters on BMX bikes who rode under the tape at the ceremony. Park Street had also been widened. Contractor was F.J. Goodwin and Sons of Manchester, forecast cost £1.65 million. Later renumbered as B5181.
1985	A526	Huyton Spur Link	Lancashire	The 0.7 mile Seth Powell Way opened on 25 January 1985 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. It linked A57 to the M57 J3 Huyton Spur, north of Stocksbridge Lane roundabout, which also opened.
1985	A579	Pennington to Atherton	Lancashire	A579 Atherleigh Way opened, bypassing Leigh to the west of the town.
1985	A5026	Holywell Inner Relief Road	Flintshire	Described as having not long opened in the 13 December 1985 Liverpool Daily Post Welsh Edition. It was reported as due for completion in the 4 October 1985 edition. Forecast cost was £1.1 million.
1985	A5189	Burton upon Trent Second river crossing	Staffordshire	St Peter’s Bridge was opened on 14 November 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Minister of State for Transport. The single carriageway bridge and 0.6 mile causeway provided the second vehicular crossing of River Trent and better access to the town centre for Stapenhill and A444. Contractor was Galliford and Sons Ltd.
1985	A61	Chesterfield Inner Relief Road	Derbyshire	The 2.7 mile dual carriageway from the previous temporary roundabout north of the old Dunston Road / Racecourse Road to the A617 Hasland Bypass roundabout was to be opened on 25 July 1985 by Lynda Chalker, Transport Minister per the Derby Daily Telegraph of 20 July 1985. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £21 million. It completed the dual carriageway link from Sheffield (Meadowhead) to M1 J29 Heath Interchange.
1985	A63	North Ferriby - Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire	Clive Sullivan Way, known during development as the South Docks Road; it formed the Hessle Bypass. The 5.4 mile dual carriageway from Ferriby Interchange to Hessle Road Interchange and to Ropery Street was opened on 1 November 1985 by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Secretary. Priory Way also opened on that day, the northern 176m having opened on 22 June 1984. Contractor was A. Monk & Company Ltd of Warrington, cost £24 million. Named after the former Rugby League Captain.
1985	A66	Darlington Southern Bypass	Durham	Blands Corner, Blackwell to Little Burdon. Was to open on 25 November 1985 by Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Transport. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd., cost £5.6 million.
1985	A605	Oundle Bypass	Northamptonshire	Opened on 12 December 1985 by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
1985	A607	Melton Mowbray Inner Relief Road	Leicestershire	Melton Mowbray Times and Vale reported on Friday 9 August 1985 that it had been officially opened on Friday by Delia Brock, Chairman of the County Council's Transportation and Highways sub-committee (from the photo it is expected that it was the previous week). Contractor was Charles Gregory (Civil Engineering) Ltd., cost £1.75 million. They had taken over the contract in May 1984 after the original contractors D. and H. went into receivership. A section was previously opened in December 1984 per a Land Compensation Act Notice.
1985	A6002	Nottingham Western Outer Loop Road	Nottinghamshire	Section 4: 1.7 miles from B600 Strelley Road to A610 Roundabout at Nuthall was opened on 28 July 1985. Cost £2.4 million. Section 5 : 0.6 miles from Sellers Wood Drive to Squires Avenue, Bulwell opened on 5 October 1985. Cost £1 million. There is a further Land Compensation Act notice of opening on 5 October 1986 for the latter but listing Sellers Wood Drive to Hucknall Lane, Bulwell. This may be for the completion of the upgrading of Sandhurst Road.
1985	A71	Hermiston Link Road	Midlothian	1 mile diversion of A71 to access Calder Junction on the new A720 Edinburgh City Bypass, of which the Sighthill section was opened in December 1986. The Link Road would have opened earlier since the old road would have been severed by the Bypass construction works. Site work on the Bypass began in September 1984. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd..
1985	A75	Collin Bypass	Dumfriesshire	Opened on 15 May 1985 by Michael Ancram, Scottish Office Minister. Cost £3 million.
1985	A721 A775	Bellshill	Lanarkshire	Bellshill Town Centre Bypass
1985	A835	Maryburgh Roundabout - Moy Bridge	Ross-shire	The 4.2 mile road was opened on 7 November 1985 with no ceremony. Online and offline. It allowed Inverness to Wester Ross traffic to bypass Dingwall and Strathpeffer. Consulting Engineers were Crouch and Hogg, Glasgow. Contractor was Shanks and McEwan of Glasgow, cost £4 million.
1985	A92	East Fife Regional Road	Fife	Phase 1 - The dual carriageway from the original M90 Halbeath Junction to Cowdenbeath Junction was opened in 1985 per the Dundee Courier of 25 April 1986 (the Halbeath Spur opened in 1998). Contractor was Tractor Shovels Ltd.
1985	A94	Laurencekirk Bypass	Kincardineshire	The dual carriageway was opened on 30 May 1985, although there were stretches of two way working until works were completed. Contractor was Shanks and McEwen (Contractors) Ltd., cost £6.8 million. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994
1985	A9	Perth Western Bypass	Perthshire	Broxden to Inveralmond. Opened 17th September 1985. St. Johnstone Interchange on A85 Crief Road was built later and it is expected that this is the road opened on 8 April 1987 per a FOI request online of 29 May 2019. There were later closures on the slip roads in April 1987 for the final surfacing.
1985	A94	Laurencekirk - Fiddes	Kincardineshire	Dualling - opened on 10 July 1985. Later renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1985	A929	Tealing - Tarbrax	Angus	Dualling, later renumbered to A90 in 1994
1985	B4066	Berkeley Bypass	Gloucestershire	Stage 1 - the 0.75 mile road from Station Road to Canonbury Street was opened on 18 April 1985 by Arthur Williams, vice-Chairman of the County Council's Planning and Transportation committee. Cost £800,000. The 1.25 mile link to Sharpness Docks was opened in 1986.
1985	-	Walderslade Bypass	Kent	The road was due to be opened on 15 April 1985 by Tony Hart, County Council leader (per the Maidstone Telegraph of 12 April 1985).
1986	M25	M20 Swanley - A21 Chipstead	Kent	The 8.5 miles from J3 to Chipstead Interchange, on a spur south from J5 Chevening Interchange, was opened on 19 February 1986 by Nicholas Ridley, Transport Secretary. It utilised the northern section of the Sevenoaks Bypass between just north of Morants Court Road and Chipstead. Contractor was Laing, cost £38.5 million. The M25 was then complete apart from the north-west section, either side of M1.
1986	M25	Chandlers Cross - A405 Bricket Wood	Hertfordshire	The 5 miles from J19 to J21A was opened in October 1986. Reading Evening Post reported on 18 October 1986 that it was opening that day. The Gazette had an opening date of 7 October 1986 but it is possible there was a delay in opening. J21 Chiswell Interchange with M1 was partially opened for the slip roads connecting M25Eastbound to M1N and M1Southbound to M25W.
1986	M25	A405 Bricket Wood - A1 South Mimms (Bignells Corner)	Hertfordshire • Middlesex	The 8 miles from J21A to J23 was opened on 29 October 1986 by Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister. It included the slip roads connecting M25Westbound to M1N and M1Southbound to M25E at J21 Chiswell Interchange. This completed the 117 mile M25, at the time was the world’s longest city bypass, with a cost put at £980 million. It then had 25 junctions, 284 bridges, 455 emergency telephones and had 2 million trees planted along its route. Work had begun in 1972.
1986	M42	Lickey End - Portway	Worcestershire • Warwickshire	The 7.1 mile westwards extension between J1 to J3 was opened on 5 June 1986 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. After stalling the double decker bus twice, he then leant out of the driver's door with scissors to cut the tape after the regular driver had taken over. Cost £21 million.
1986	M42	Tamworth - Appleby Magna	Warwickshire • Leicestershire	The 7.5 mile northwards extension from J10 to J11 was opened on 7 August 1986 by the Earl Of Caithness, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State at Department of Transport. J11 is the northernmost junction on M42. Cost £19 million.
1986	M74	Canderwater - Poniel	Lanarkshire	7 miles of motorway, partly online upgrade of existing dual carriageway A74, from the original terminus J1 Canderwater Interchange (at the Draffan Lane, north of Blackwood) (which permanently closed) to J11. Opened in 1986 per Scottish Roads Archive. New Civil Engineer says opened on 27 Oct by Scottish Office environment minister Michael Ancram. Two contracts, one by Monk and one (the first continuosly reinforced concrete pavement in Scotland) by Norwest Holst. No Gazette notice of opening has been seen (part was under an Appropriation Order).
1986	A1(M)	Hatfield Bypass	Hertfordshire	3.3 mile Motorway extension from J2 to Stanborough temporary junction (0.8 mile south of J5, about 148 yards north of the new A1 bridge crossing the then A6129 Stanborough Road (later B197), see 1973 entry). Opened on 10 December 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Included the Hatfield Tunnel. The northern 0.5 mile at Stanborough utilsed the existing A1.
1986	A601(M)	Carnforth Link	Lancashire	The 0.35 mile single carriageway road from M6 J35 Carnforth Interchange southwards to B6254 Kellet Road was to open on 25 April 1986 per the Gazette (The Gazette also included the section to A6 Keer Level Roundabout which had opened in 1960). Renumbered as B6601 in 2020.
1986	A1	Musselburgh Bypass	East Lothian • Midlothian	The 5.7 mile dual carriageway from Milton Link Junction, Brunstane to Dolphingstone Junction, west of Tranent was opened on 19 December 1986 (by Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State). The section from Milton Road to the Asda store was due to open on 10 January 1986. The Newcraighall Junction southern slip roads were to open on 28 October 1988. Contractors were Tractor Shovels Ltd. (Old Craighall Junction - Asda South) and Balfour Beatty (Asda - Dolphingstone Junction).
1986	A1	Tranent Bypass	East Lothian	The 4.2 mile road from Dolphingstone Junction to a temporary connection to Main Road, adjacent to Macmerry Industrial Estate was opened on 27 March 1986 by Michael Ancram, Scottish Environment Minister. The western section was dual carriageway, the section east of Bankton Junction was single carriageway. Contractor was Fairclough Scotland, cost £8 million.
1986	A10	Ely and Littleport Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 7.7 mile road was opened on 24 June 1986 by Peter Bottomley, Under-Secretary of State for Transport. Cost £5.4 million.
1986	A11	Barton Mills Bypass	Suffolk	The 2.2 mile dual carriageway was opened on 2 May 1986 by Peter Bottomley, Under-secretary of State for Transport. It was from the short length of dual carriageway south of Chalk Hill to a remodelled Fiveways Roundabout. Cost £2.6 million.
1986	A12	Chelmsford Bypass	Essex	The 9.25 mile dual carriageway from Webbs Farm Interchange (Margaretting) to Boreham Interchange was opened on 24 November 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Contract value was £26 million, total cost £37 million. This was the second bypass of the town.
1986	A134	Sudbury Eastern Bypass	Suffolk	The 2 mile road was opened on 15 January 1986 by Richard Wooden, Chairman of Suffolk Highways Committee. It incorporated an improved Northern Road and an extension of Springlands Way to Melford Road. Contractor was Roadworks (1952) Ltd. (a division of Jackson Group), expected cost £1.75 million.
1986	A143 A1088	Ixworth Bypass	Suffolk	The 3 mile Eastern and Northern bypasses were officially opened on 19 August 1986. Sections had been completed earlier. Cost £3.3 million. A section of the old A143 Stanton Road, north of High Street, was stopped up.
1986	A148	Fakenham Northern Bypass	Norfolk	Cheake Road to Holt Road. Opened on 21 August 1986 by Ralph Howell, MP for North Norfolk. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £1.9 million.
1986	A164	Beverley: Queensgate Diversion	Yorkshire	The 0.35 mile road from the Post Office in the north, via the Woodmansey Mile roundabout, to rejoin the original Victoria Road by the Cemetery was opened on 1 June 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice (with one lane initially). The official opening was on 11 June 1986 by Donald Duke, Chairman of Humberside County Council. Cost £428,000. It was the first stage of the Figham Link. Later became unclassified.
1986	A165	Hull: North Orbital Road	Yorkshire	Freetown Way: the section from Blundell's Corner to Worship Street was opened on 7 April 1986. The section eastwards to George Street, for North Bridge was to be opened on 17 June 1986 by Victor Summer, High Commissioner of Sierra Leone (per Hull Daily Mail of 5 June 1986). Dual carriageway. Contractor was Clugston Construction of Scunthorpe, contract cost £1.8 million.
1986	A165	Ganstead Bypass	Yorkshire	The 1.2 mile road road from north-east of Swine Lane to just north of Kingston-upon-Hull boundary was due to be officially opened on 6 November 1986 by Donald Duke, County Council Chairman (per Bridlington Free Press on the same day). Cost £1.8 million.
1986	A165	Long Riston Bypass	Yorkshire	The opening by Donald Duke, Chairman of Humberside County Council, was reported by the Hull Daily Mail of 18 December 1986. Cost £900,000.
1986	A199	Portobello Bypass	Midlothian	Sir Harry Lauder Road. The 1.5 mile road from Kings Road roundabout to Milton Link Junction was officially opened on 1 December 1986 by Covener James Cook. Phase 2 from Kings Road to Baileyfield Crescent had opened earlier. Single carriageway apart from a short dual section by the Freightliner terminal. Contractors were Mowlem (Scotland) Ltd. (phase 1 £4.4 million) and Miller Construction (Northern) (phase 2 £2.2 million).
1986	A1122	Downham Market Southern Bypass	Norfolk	The 1.8 mile single carriageway was opened on 23 January 1986 by John Mack, Chairman of Norfolk County Council. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £1.75 million. Special signs to advertise the town’s amenities were put up on the town’s approaches, reported as the first in the country.
1986	A21	Pratt's Bottom - Hewitts Roundabout (M25 J4 spur)	Kent	The dual carriageway was opened on 16 January 1986 per the Land compensation Act Notice (in advance of the M25 section opening). The remaining A21 from Badger's Mount to Morants Court was downgraded to the A224.
1986	A23	Redhill Southern Relief Road	Surrey	Marketfield Way was opened on 20 August 1986.
1986	A30	Long Rock Bypass	Cornwall	Chy-An-Mor to Newtown Roundabout. First Opened on 4 November 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice, fully opened on 10 November 1986 per The Noise Insulation Regulations notice. 1.1 mile concrete dual carriageway. Contractor was A. Monk and Co. Ltd., tender price £2.27 million.
1986	A31	Ferndown Bypass	Dorset	The 3.4 miles from Canford Bottom to Palmersford was opened on 4 December 1986 by Peter Bottomley, Transport Minister. Contractor was A.E. Farr of Westbury, cost £5.8 million.
1986	A34	Gore Hill Dualling	Berkshire	The 2.6 mile online improvement between Chilton and East Ilsley opened in December 1986 per TRL334 although a Reading Evening Post report on 22 January 1987 said that it was completed but still awaited opening. It included the Bury Lane interchange.
1986	A36	Heytesbury Bypass	Wiltshire	Opened on 19 December 1986 per the Land compensation Act notice.
1986	A329	Reading Inner Distribution Road	Berkshire	Stage 3: Southampton Street flyover and dualling of Mill Lane and Queens Road to Sidmouth Street. Was due to be opened to traffic on 12 September 1986. The official opening by Gareth Gimblett, County Council Chairman, was delayed by the completion of landscaping and took place on 20 August 1987. Cost £2.5 million.
1986	A379	Kingsbridge Relief Road	Devon	Section 2 from Ilbert Street to Union Road was opened in May 1986 (per Torbay Express of 22 October 1986) to complete the road. Forecast cost £2 million.
1986	A380	Ideford Bends Bypass	Devon	Stage 1 of the A380 improvement programme north of Kingsteignton. The dual carriageway was opened on 1 August 1986 and removed the southern split dual carriageway section. Cost £2.39 million. Stage 2 was the dualling northwards to Fiddler's Elbow. Work was due to start in April 1987 (per the Torbay Express of 27 November 1986), cost £1.68 million. Stage 3 was the dualling southwards to Kingsteignton Bypass. Work was due to start on 23 May 1988 for the 12 month contract, contractor Balfour Beatty, cost £2.6 million.
1986	A43	Bulwick Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.7 mile road was opened on 16 April 1986 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Contractor was Budge, cost £2.5 million. Improvements, just to the north, from the Blatherwycke turn to Fineshade opened at the same time.
1986	A43	Northampton: Southern Approach Road	Northamptonshire	The 0.7 mile road from St Peter's Way Roundabout to Far Cotton (Towcester Road) was opened on 1 July 1986 by George Pollard, County Council Chairman. Cost £3.5 million. Later renumbered A5123.
1986	A45	Rushden and Higham Ferrers Northern Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.5 mile road from Skew Bridge Roundabout, Northampton Road to Chowns Mill Roundabout (A6) was opened on 1 September 1986 by Peter Fry, MP for Wellingborough. Single carriageway but with space for future dualling. Contract was A.F. Budge Ltd. of Retford, cost £3.35 million.
1986	A45	Small Heath Bypass	Warwickshire • Worcestershire	3rd and final section – Heybarne's Circus (Hay Mills Roundabout) to Swan Island. The 1 mile online dual carriageway upgrade of Coventry Road was officially opened on 14 December 1986 by Bill Turner, Chairman of Birmingham’s technical services committee. Cost £6 million. It gave a dual carriageway from Middle Ring Road, Digbeth to M42, Birmingham International Airport and beyond.
1986	A47	Great Yarmouth Bypass	Norfolk • Suffolk	Vauxhall Roundabout to Harfreys Roundabout. Fully opened on 24 March 1986 (May 1985 for the section south of Gapton Hall Roundabout) per the 17 September 2013 Eastern Daily Press. Total cost £19 million. It included the 247m Breydon Bridge over River Yare with 8 approach spans and a 31m span bascule bridge, constructed by The Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd..
1986	A47	Billesdon Bypass	Leicestershire	Opened on 15 October 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice. 7.3m single carriageway. Contractor was Galliford and Sons Ltd., contract price £2.1 million.
1986	A49 A51	Tarporley Bypass	Cheshire	The 2.3 mile road was opened on 10 September 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Cost £3 million.
1986	A421	Marston Moretaine Bypass	Bedfordshire	Opened on 16 December 1986 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. Became unclassified upon opening of the A421 Bedford to M1 J13 Ridgmont dual carriageway in 2010.
1986	A428	Bromham Bypass	Bedfordshire	The 3.3 mile road from Bromham Hospital West Lodge entrance to Gold Lane was opened on 8 September 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1986	A441 spur	Hopwood Park Interchange Link Road	Worcestershire	The 0.7 mile single carriageway road from M42 J2 Hopwood Park Interchange northwards to Redditch Road, Hopwood was opened to link with the M42 section between J1 and J3 which opened on 5 June 1986.
1986	A4150	Wolverhampton Inner Ring Road	Staffordshire	Final section, Ring Road St. David's
1986	A5 A483	Oswestry and Gobowen Bypass	Shropshire	The 11 mile of roads were opened on 22 December 1986 by John Biffen, MP for North Shropshire, 6 months ahead of schedule. The A5 section from Gledrid Roundabout (Rhoswiel) to Queens Head was also a bypass of Whittington. The A483 section was from Mile End Roundabout to Sweeney Hall. Contractor was Tarmac Construction, cost £14.5 million.
1986	A50 A5008	Hanley Eastern Bypass	Staffordshire	Potteries Way. The 1.25 mile dual carriageway from Waterloo Road to Broad Street was opened on 14 October 1986 by Harry Oakes, Lord Mayor, and Arthur Cholerton, Staffordshire County Council Chairman. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £14 million.
1986	A52	Bingham Bypass	Nottinghamshire	The 2.5 mile road from Saxondale Roundabout eastwards to near Derry Lane was opened on 8 December 1986 by Kenneth Clarke, MP for Rushcliffe. Contractors A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd. completed the work 10 months early, cost £2.2 million.
1986	A54	Kelsall Bypass	Cheshire	The 2.2 mile dual carriageway was opened on 7 October 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice (6 October per the Matlock Mercury of 10 October 1986). Contractor was Shand Ltd., cost £3.7 million.
1986	A55	Holywell Bypass	Flintshire	The 5.9 mile dual carriageway from J32A Pentre Halkyn to west of Crossways, Lloc (i.e. J31) was opened on 31 October 1986 by Wyn Roberts, Under-Secretary of State for Wales per Hansard. Often confusingly known at the time as stage 2 (stage 1 had been the GSJ at J32A, opened 1980, the NW end of which was modified as part of the works on the actual bypass). Contractor was a Cementation - Costain joint venture, cost £22 million.
1986	A55	Bodelwyddan Bypass	Flintshire • Denbighshire	The 3 mile dual carriageway from Ffordd Terfyn (just east of St Georges Interchange) to the St Asaph Bypass, just west of Cwttir Lane, was fully opened on 8 December 1986. It had been built in stages. A 2 mile section around the village had opened with contraflow on 1 October 1986. It was online east of Bodelwyddan. Forecast cost was £5.4 million.
1986	A57	Worksop Bypass	Nottinghamshire	The 5.5 mile road was opened on 1 May 1986 by Michael Spicer, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Transport. Cost £11.4 million.
1986	A533 A534	Sandbach Inner Relief Road	Cheshire	The inauguration ceremony was on 27 November 1986 by Margaret Melrose, County Council chairman. It had opened to traffic earlier in the month. Cost £2.3 million.
1986	A534	Farndon and Holt Bypass	Cheshire • Denbighshire	The 1.6 mile road was opened on 1 October 1986 by Margaret Melrose, Cheshire County Council Chairman, and Elwyn Conway, Clwyd County Council Chairman. It included a new bridge over River Dee with a central span of nearly 100 feet. Cost £3.5 million.
1986	A577	Wigan Inner Ring Road	Lancashire	Phase 1: Wigan Pier to King Street / Chapel Lane junction. Opened on 27 February 1986 by George Lockett, Mayor. Contractor was Budge, cost £1.2 million. Phase 2 to Coppull Lane and Wigan Lane new junction was due to be completed in May 1987.
1986	A60	Worksop Link Road	Nottinghamshire	Opened on 29 September 1986. Linking Carlton Road, Blyth Road and Gateford Road to Sandy Lane, and allowing A60 to be diverted around the town centre via the new A57 bypass. Contractor was A.F. Budge of Retford.
1986	A64	Scagglethorpe Bypass	Yorkshire	In a Hansard debate of 24 March 1987 it was mentioned that the village was provided with a bypass in the last six months. It may have opened in 1987.
1986	A66	Middlesborough Bypass	Yorkshire	Stage 2 - The dual carriageway extension from Hartington Interchange to Marton Road Interchange was opened on 29 June 1986. Cost £3.7 million.
1986	A602	Tonwell Bypass	Hertfordshire	The 1 mile road from Stoney Hills junction (700m north of Tonwell) to Paynes Hall Roundabout (B158) was opened on 25 September 1986. Single carriageway with a climbing lane northbound on the uphill from the B158. Contractor was Biggs Wall of Arlesey, contract price £785,000, total cost £1.5 million.
1986	A6116	Brigstock Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 2.8 mile road was opened on 7 November 1986 by William Powell, MP for Corby. Contract was Mowlem Northern Ltd., cost £3.3 million.
1986	A75	Gatehouse Of Fleet Bypass	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 4 mile road was opened on 17 January 1986 by Ian Lang, MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale. Contractor was Whatlings (Civil Engineering), cost £8.3 million.
1986	A75	Creetown Bypass	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 2 mile road was opened on 3 October 1986 by Michael Ancram, Minister for Local Government and Environment at the Scottish Office. It included a 96 metre bridge over Moneypool Burn and a causeway that stretched for one mile over the saltings. Contractor was Eden Construction Ltd. (part of the Lilley Group), cost £4.9 million.
1986	A720	Edinburgh City Bypass	Midlothian	Stage 2 Sighthill Bypass: The 2.9 mile westwards extension from Baberton Junction (for A70) to Gogar Roundabout (A8) was to be opened on 18 December 1986 by Councillor John Mulvey. Dual carriageway and 1.8 mile of associated roads. It included the 90m long Union Canal Aquaduct. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd., contract price £12.6 million, total cost £21.6 million. The bridges were constructed in advance by French-Keir Ltd..
1986	A82	Inverness: Friars' Bridge	Inverness-shire	The bridge over River Ness was opened on 23rd December 1986 by Flora Jenner and Ruth Gow, residents by the bridge who became firm friends with many of the construction workers. John Young, Chairman of Highland Region road and transport committee, unveiled the plaque on the bridge. Telford Street Roundabout to Shore Street Roundabout was Stage 1 of the Relief Road. Contractor was Edmund Nuttall Ltd., cost £6 million.
1986	A89	Airdrie Relief Road	Lanarkshire	Weavers Road opened on 10 August 1986. 0.5 mile of 10m wide carriageway and reconstruction of 150m of Gartlea Road. Cost was £2 million.
1986	A9	Pass of Killiecrankie	Perthshire	Calvine to Killiecrankie Stage 2: The 1.6 mile road from just south-east of Killiecrankie village to 1.6 mile south of Killiecrankie was officially opened on 19 August 1986 by Michael Ancram, Scottish Home Affairs Minister. 7.3m carriageway including dual carriageway. Contractor was Tarmac Construction Ltd., cost £17 million. It was the last link of the £240 million, 14 year construction programme from Perth to Cromarty Firth.
1986	A9	Cairnie Braes Bypass	Perthshire	The southbound carriageway was opened for contra-flow operation on 18 September 1986. One lane of the northbound carriageway was expected to be open by the following weekend, with full opening early in October 1986. 4.3 miles linking the Auchterarder and Aberuthven Bypass to the Burnside to Broxden improvement. Cost £8.5 million.
1986	A9	Alness Bypass	Ross-shire	Opened on 17 November 1986 by Lord Glenarthur, Minister of State with special responsibilities to the Highlands. Contractor was Morrison, cost £3.6 million.
1986	A929	Invergowrie - Myrekirk Road, Dundee	Angus	Dundee Bypass Dualling Phase 3, later renumbered to A90 in 1994
1986	B660	Brington Bypass	Huntingdonshire	Fox Road. The 1.5 mile road to the east of the village was opened on 4 October 1986 (per the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph of 21 October 1986). Cost £1.1 million. It was built in conjunction with the development of RAF Molesworth into a Cruise Missile base.
1986	B4066	Sharpness Docks Link	Gloucestershire	Berkeley Bypass Stage 2 (Newtown Bypass) - the 1.25 mile link from Station Road, Berkeley to Saninger Lane, Sharpness (for Sharpness Docks) was opened on 20 November 1986 by John Cordwell, Chairman of the County Council's Planning and Transportation. Contractor was John Laing Construction Ltd., cost £1.1 million.
1986	B4121	Quinton: West Boulevard Extension	Worcestershire • Staffordshire	Opened on 18 August 1986 per the Land Compensation Act notice. 0.5 mile from Quinton Road West to Stonehouse Lane. Also improvement on the existing West Boulevard.
1986	Unclassified	Blackpool Central Railway Route	Lancashire	Link from M55 to Blackpool town centre car parks, built on line of former railway. Road named after Harry L. Yeadon, the former County Surveyor.
1986	-	Inverness Relief Road	Inverness-shire	Stage 1 - Telford Street to Shore Street via the new Friars Bridge was opened on 23 December 1986 by John Young, Chairman of Highland Region road and transport committee. The concrete three span bridge cost £6 million. Main contractor was Edmund Nuttall Ltd. Renumbered as A82 after stage 2 opened in 1989.
1987	M42	M5 Southern Link - Lickey End	Worcestershire	The 1.6 mile southern link from M5 J4a Catshill Interchange to M42 J1 was opened on 18 March 1987 by John Moore, Transport Secretary. Cost £4.3 million. It completed the M42 apart from the M5 Northern link road.
1987	M74	Poniel to Millbank	Lanarkshire	Motorway generally alongside A74 from J11 to J12. Opened in 1987 per Scottish Roads Archive; in November, according to a forgotten source. No Gazette notice of opening has been seen. Completion of second phase of M74. The bypassed road remains dual, now B7078, giving access to Happendon services.]
1987	A1	Stannington Bypass	Northumberland	The 2.7 mile dual carriageway from Stannington Bridge to Clifton was fully opened in October 1987. This completed the dual carriageway between north Newcastle upon Tyne and Morpeth.
1987	A10	Buntingford Bypass	Hertfordshire	2.6 mile single carriageway road. Opened in June 1987 per Hansard written answer. Opened by Jonathan Ling, Chairman of Buntingford Town Council. Works cost £4 million.
1987	A11	Hethersett Bypass	Norfolk	Wymondham to Cringleford. Opened on 23 November 1987 per the Land Compensation Act Notice. 0.5 mile single carriageway Hart's Farm Road, Wymondham then 4.5 mile dual carriageway to a new roundabout with two spurs to Cringleford Bypass eastwards and Norwich Road westwards. Forecast cost was £7 million. Hart's Farm Road was later renumbered B1172.
1987	A12	Martlesham Bypass	Suffolk	The 1.8 mile dual carriageway from the Kesgrave roundabout to Woodbridge bypass opened on 19 November 1987 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Estimated works cost £9.1 million.
1987	A19 A63	Riccall and Barlby Bypass	Yorkshire	Opened in November 1987 per Hansard written answer. Contractor was Shand. Estimated works cost £5.2 million.
1987	A143	Wortwell and Redenhall Bypass	Norfolk	The 1.9 mile road was opened on 24 September 1987 by John MacGregor, MP for South Norfolk. Cost was £2.2 million. A link road to the village via Windmill Road had been proposed but was dropped following parish and district objections.
1987	A194	South Shields Western Approach Road	Durham	Opened on 7 September 1987 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Cost £5.4 million.
1987	A1033	Kingston upon Hull: Drypool Link Road	Yorkshire	The section of Mount Pleasant between Holderness Road and Hedon Road (Mount Pleasant Interchange) was opened in 1987 per the Hull Daily Mail of 31 August 1988. Cost £2 million. It was stage 1 of the link between Beverley Bypass and Hedon Road.
1987	A1068	Ellington Bypass	Northumberland	The 1 mile road opened on 18 December 1987. Contractor was the County Council Direct Labour Organisation, cost £1.6 million.
1987	A1068	Broomhill and Hadston Bypass	Northumberland	Main Street, Red Row to south of Togston East Farm, Radcliffe. Then online through Radcliffe to Amble. Mentioned in a December 1987 Newcastle Journal report. Not shown on 1986 Philips Road Atlas. It may have opened in 1986.
1987	A1139	Peterborough: Frank Perkins Parkway	Northamptonshire	North section. The 2 mile dual carriageway from Eye Road Roundabout to Boongate was reported as opened by the Lynn Advertiser of 23 October 1987. Cost £6.3 million. It completed the City's Parkway network.
1987	A1237	York Ring Road	Yorkshire	Phase 3, the final section from Boroughbridge Road (A59) to Askham Bryan (A64) was opened on 11 December 1987 (per TRID article "Running Rings round York" of 1989). Phase 2 from Shipton Road (A19) to Boroughbridge Road (A59) had opened in September. The 10.2 mile single carriageway road had cost £18 million.
1987	A20	Ruxley Bypass	Kent	HQDC from Crittalls Corner to Birchwood Corner bypassing the old route at Ruxley (now the B2173 and A223). Part of the Sidcup Bypass Improvement Scheme. Opened in November 1987 per a Hansard written answer.
1987	A30	Whiddon Down to Tongue End (Okehampton)	Devon	Exeter - Okehampton Stage 3: The South Zeal and Sticklepath Bypass was completed in July 1987 per Hansard. Dual carriageway. Contractor was Wimpey Construction.
1987	A39	Bideford Bypass	Devon	The 5 mile single carriageway road was opened on 20 May 1987. It included the 650m long Torridge Bridge over River Torridge. The 8 span box girder bridge had 3 main spans of 90m with 24m clearance. Deck width was 13.3m. Consulting Engineer was MRM Partnership, Contractor Edmund Nuttall Ltd.
1987	A354 B3155	Weymouth Way	Dorset	The 2 mile road from Manor Roundabout, Radipole to Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth was opened on 2 July 1987 by Air Commodore K J Mclntyre, Chairman of Dorset County Council. It also included Swannery Bridge, crossing Radipole Lake, on B3155 to connect Weymouth Way to King Street.
1987	A382	Bovey Tracey Bypass	Devon	Monks Way. The 1.9 mile road was opened on 16 October 1987 by Ena Stacey, County Council Chairman. 7.3m wide carriageway. Cost £2.25 million.
1987	A40	Pengawse Hill (Whitland) Diversion	Pembrokeshire	The 1.2 mile road from Gwyndy Farm to the Llanmorlais junction was opened on 20 February 1987. Parts of the new road were incomplete but expected to be finished in 8 weeks. Also widening a further 0.4 mile at the west end. 7.3m S2 with 10m S2+1 at Fron Hill. Cost £3.9 million.
1987	A40	Treffgarne Quarries Improvement	Pembrokeshire	Opened in 1987 per Hansard. Cost £1.2 million.
1987	A43	Brackley Bypass	Northamptonshire • Buckinghamshire	Oxford Road to Northampton Road. The 2 mile D2 dual carriageway was opened on 20 August 1987 by Lord Brabazon, Transport Minister. The "Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's" Report stated that it was a 4.5 mile scheme so there would have been a section of adjacent online dualling. The 1988 OS Road Atlas shows sections both north and south of the bypass. Outturn works cost £8.5 million.
1987	A43	Towcester Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 3.4 mile D2 dual carriageway was reported as opened by Peter Bottomley by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo of 23 December 1987. Contractor was May Gurney, outturn works cost £5.4 million.
1987	A46	Stratford-on-Avon Northern Bypass	Warwickshire	The 5.3 mile single carriageway road from the then A422 Alcester Road to A46 Warwick Road at Marraway Roundabout was officially opened on 10 June 1987 by Charles Smith-Ryland, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine, cost £8.7 million.
1987	A46	Dunholme Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 1.5 mile road was opened on either 12 or 13 November 1987 by Zena Scoley, County Council Chairman. Contractor was A.F. Budge Ltd., of Retford, cost £1 million.
1987	A47	Wardley Hill Improvement	Rutland	The 1.4 mile offline and 0.6 mile online road, including climbing lane, from east of Alexton to east of Wardley was opened on 13 October 1987 per the Noise Insulation Regulations Act notice. Contractor was Galliford and sons of Wolvey, outturn works cost £1.9 million.
1987	A47	Postwick - Blofield Dualling	Norfolk	The 1.1 mile D2 online dualling was completed in November 1987 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £1.2 million.
1987	A48	Llanddarog and Cross Hands Bypass	Carmarthenshire	Also bypass of Porthyrhyd and Drefach. The 7.5 mile dual carriageway was opened on 22 July 1987 by Wyn Roberts, Minister of State for Wales. Contractor was a Thyssen-Taywood joint venture, cost £20 million.
1987	A406	South Woodford to Barking Relief Road	Essex	Dual carriageway relief road connecting the M11 in the north with the A13 to the south. Croydon Advertiser of 25 December 1987 reported that it had been opened last week by Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Transport. The original route from Charlie Brown's to Gants Hill was renumbered as A1400 but remained a primary route.
1987	A413	Amersham Bypass	Buckinghamshire	2.3 mile road from Shardeloes Roundabout to Stanley Roundabout. Reported by Buckinghamshire Examiner of 11 September 1987 as opened last week by Wilfred Rooke, County Council Chairman. Contractor was ARC Construction Ltd., cost £6 million.
1987	A414	Stanstead Abbotts Bypass	Hertfordshire	Opened in October 1987 by Fred Peacock, County Council Chairman. 2.25 mile dual carriageway from Amwell Roundabout to the junction at Terbets Hill, Roydon Road, to join the existing eastwards A414 single carriageway road. The pre commencement Press conference stated that Terbets Hill was to have temporary westward facing sliproads during construction but note that there are gated sliproads slightly to the west, off Netherfield Lane. Work included filling water filled gravel pits with tons of stone, and a 400 yard, 21 foot high, viaduct over the Lea Valley. Forecast cost was £15 million.
1987	A419	Stroud East-West Bypass	Gloucestershire	Dr Newton's Way. The 0.6 mile road from Bath Road to London Road was opened on 17 December 1987 by John Cordwell, County Councillor. Cost £2.2 million.
1987	A423 A4074	Crowmarsh Bypass	Oxfordshire	Wallingford Bypass: Eastern section. The 2 mile road from Benson Lane to Mongewell Roundabout was officially opened on 3 March 1987 by Michael Heseltine, MP for Henley. It was due to open to traffic later in the week. Contractor was Associated Asphalt from Henley, contract price £1.3 million. The A423 section north of Crowmarsh Roundabout was later renumbered A4074.
1987	A435	Evesham Eastern Bypass	Worcestershire	The opening of the 4 mile single carriageway by Michael Spicer, MP for South Worcestershire, was reported by the Gloucestershire Echo of 22 July 1987. Works cost £7 million. Later renumbered A46 apart from the A46 to Evesham Road, Twyford connection at the north end which is A44.
1987	A452	Leamington Southern Relief Road	Warwickshire	Europa Way. Stage 2 was opened on 28 October 1987 by Harold De’Ath, County Council Chairman to complete the road. Contractor was Galliford and Sons of Hinckley, cost £3.5 million. The first stage, opened in 1983, had cost £1 million.
1987	A456	Bewdley Bypass	Worcestershire	Officially opened on 12 June 1987 by Sir James Scott-Hopkins, MEP for North Worcestershire. Contractor was A. Monk and Co. Plc, forecast cost £5 million. The 3 mile single carriageway road from Long Bank to Kidderminster Road included a bridge over River Severn.
1987	A483 A539	Ruabon and Johnstown Bypass	Denbighshire	The 3.2 mile dual Carriageway was officially opened on 14 August 1987 by Wyn Roberts, Welsh Office Minister. It included the A539 Wynnstay Link. Cost £14.4 million.
1987	A494	Llanferes Improvement	Denbighshire	0.75 mile of re-alignment and improvement in the village was opened on 1 August 1987 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1987	A4067	Clydach Bypass	Glamorgan	Southern section from M4 J45 Ynysforgan Interchange to B4291 at Glais. A letter in the South Wales Daily Post of 13 July 1987 described it as a white elephant since traffic was still using the old road. Construction had been reported in the 2 January 1987 edition. Contractor was Wimpey Construction U.K. Ltd., cost £7 million.
1987	A4100	Blackheath Ring Road: Henderson Way	Staffordshire	The northern section of ring road was reported as opened by the 3 August 1987 Sandwell Evening Mail. Cost £1 million.
1987	A51	Barbridge Bypass	Cheshire	Opened in August 1987 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. Cost was £650,000. The Hurleston Diversion to eliminate a number of bends, just to the south, was opened in March 1988. Cost £580,000.
1987	A52	Bicker Bypass	Lincolnshire	Reported as almost complete by the Spalding Guardian of 21 August 1987. Cost £1.47 million.
1987	A52	Friskney: Ivy House to Home Farm Improvement	Lincolnshire	Removal of bends south of Wainfleet. Roadworks reports ran to August 1987. Cost £1.4 million.
1987	A55	Llandudno Junction : Ferndale Road Diversion	Caernarfonshire	The road was opened on 1 August 1987 per the Land Compensation Act notice. It was built to allow the construction of the Llandudno Junction Link Road. Later renumbered as A547.
1987	A500	Barthomley M6 Link Road	Cheshire	The 3.5 mile single carriageway road linking South Cheshire to M6, from Weston Hall to M6 J16, was opened on 21 July 1987 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine, cost £9 million. The section west of Meremoor Moss Roundabout was later renumbered A531. In addition Cheshire County Council constructed the A5020 (now B5472) link from Meremoor Moss Roundabout to Crewe Hall and the 0.5 mile B5078 diversion to connect to M6 J16.
1987	A508	Yardley Gobian Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 0.7 mile road from Grafton Road to 300m south of Yardley Road was reported as opened by Tim Boswell, MP for Daventry by the Northampton Chronicle and Echo of 26 November 1987. Contractor was Kottler and Heron (part of Galliford Group), cost £1.9 million.
1987	A509	Wellingborough: Redhill Improvement	Northamptonshire	The Redhill Way to Great Harrowden improvement was opened on 11 December 1987 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1987	A550	Penyffordd Bypass	Flintshire	The 1.8 mile road from Penymynydd Roundabout (A5104) to Platt Lane was opened on 21 May 1987 by Elizabeth Jones, Clwyd County Council Chairman. Cost £1.8 million.
1987	A595	Thursby Bypass	Cumberland	1 mile single carriageway bypass, opened on 28 August 1987.
1987	A5002	Buxton: Spring Gardens Relief Road	Derbyshire	Station Road and Bridge Street. Opened on 10 September 1987 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Contractor was Buckton Contractors Ltd. of Oldham. The original plan before the public inquiry in 1972 was for a dual carriageway. Later renumbered A53.
1987	A6	Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge Bypass	Derbyshire • Cheshire	The 4.5 mile dual carriageway was opened on 11 August 1987 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads. Contractor was Tarmac Construction Ltd. The increase in costs was brought up in Parliament on 29 July 1988. The tender cost after the inflation clause increase was £20 million but the certified payment to the contractor was £33.66 million. Unexpected ground conditions was given as the reason.
1987	A605	Stanwick and Raunds Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 2 mile road was opened on 12 November 1987 by George Pollard, County Council Chairman. Contractor was A. Monk, cost £3.2 million. Later renumbered as A45.
1987	A638	Dewsbury Ring Road	Yorkshire	The 0.6 mile final section from the Wellington Road Railway Station to Wakefield Road then Vicarage Road was opened on 10 August 1987 by George and Joan Speight, Mayor and Mayoress of Kirklees. Total cost of the Ring Road was £6.5 million.
1987	A71	Kilmarnock Southern Bypass	Ayrshire	3.2 mile dual carriageway between Moorfield Roundabout and Bellfield Interchange (A77 Kilmarnock Eastern Bypass). The 11 March 1988 Ayrshire Post reported that it had been completed at the end of the previous year. The official opening planned for 20 November 1987 was cancelled since the amended planning application by Strathclyde Regional Council for the re-designed flyover at Riccarton had not been submitted in time to the Kilmarnock and Louden District Council, despite 3 reminders. It was the third and final phase of the Irvine to Kilmarnock dual carriageway scheme. Contractor was Fairclough Ltd., forecast cost £15 million.
1987	A75	Barluka Improvement	Kirkcudbrightshire	Opened on 18 August 1987. It is west of Twynholm. Contractor was W.J. Barr and Son (Scotland) Ltd..
1987	A75	Bridge of Dee Diversion	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 1.2 miles from the west end of Bridge of Dee village to the newly started Castle Douglas Bypass was opened on 2 September 1987 by Ian Lang, Scottish Office Minister of State. It included the reconstruction of Threave Bridge, a 3 arch stone bridge built in 1825. Cost £3.5 million.
1987	A75	Ringford Bypass	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 2.6 mile road was expected to be completed in November 1987 per the Galloway News of 24 September 1987. An end of year review stated that it had been completed late in the year. Contractor was W.J. Barr and Son (Scotland) Ltd.. Forecast cost was £3.3 million.
1987	A85	Dundee: Riverside Drive Extension	Angus	Riverside Avenue from Riverside Drive westwards to Perth Road. The 0.75 mile road opened on 23 February 1987 with official opening on 6 March 1987 by Donald Dewar, Shadow Scottish Secretary. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd, cost £2.2 million.
1987	A92	East Fife Regional Road	Fife	Phase 2 - The 2.2 mile dual carriageway from Cowdenbeath Junction to Lochgelly Junction was opened on 20 August 1987 by James Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish Environment Minister. Contractor was Tractor Shovels Ltd, cost £6.3 million.
1987	A96	Auldearn bypass	Nairnshire	The 1.7 mile single carriageway road was opened on 3 July 1987 by Lord Sanderson. Contractor was Morrison Construction and cost £1.7 million. The alignment was slightly altered to protect badgers and a badger tunnel inserted.
1987	A94 A929	Forfar Bypass	Angus	The 5.8 mile dual carriageway from Lochlands to Quilkoe was officially opened by James Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish Environment Minister on 10 July 1987. Contractor was Shanks and McEwen (Contractors) Ltd., cost £11 million. Renumbered to A90 in 1994.
1987	B2015	Pembury Northern Bypass	Kent	Opened on 22 July 1987 by Michael Odling, County Council Transportation Committee Chairman. 1.6 mile direct link to A264 junction on A21 Pembury Bypass (opened 1988). Scheme designed by Kent County Council. Contractor was M.J. Gleeson, cost £2.8 million. Later renumbered A228 (this number was used in planning).
1987	-	Glen Fruin Haul Road	Dunbartonshire	The 9 mile road from Whistlefield Roundabout to Loch Lomondside, south of Luss, was built as a temporary road for construction traffic for the duration of works at Clyde Submarine Base. It may have opened earlier than 1987. Carriageway width was 7m. Part of a 28km road network to support Clyde Submarine Base. Consultants were SWK (Scotland). Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd., cost £5.5 million. Funded by Ministry of Defence. It was later upgraded and became A817.
1988	M65	Nelson - Colne	Lancashire	The 1.6 mile eastward extension from J13 Reedyford to J14 Colne: Whitewalls Drive opened on 16 September 1988 per The Gazette.
1988	A10	Melbourn Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 2.8 mile single carriageway road was opened on 15 July 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Contractor was A.S. Budge, cost £5 million.
1988	A17	Washway Road Bypass (Holbeach)	Lincolnshire	The 3 mile New Washway Road from Saracens Head to Hurn Road, east of Holbeach was opened on 17 August 1988 by Richard Body, MP for Holland with Boston. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £4.5 million. The A151 Holbeach Link Road opened on the same day.
1988	A141 A1123	Huntingdon Northern Bypass	Huntingdonshire	The 3 mile bypass was officially opened on 8 June 1988 by Barbara Wrout, County Council Chairman. Parts may have opened earlier. Contractor was Roadworks of Ipswich, cost £3 million.
1988	A151	Holbeach Link Road	Lincolnshire	The 0.7 mile road from Spalding Road to the A17 Washway Road Bypass (which opened on the same day) was opened on 17 August 1988 by David Mawby, Chairman of the County Council's Transportation and Planning Committee. Contractor was May Gurney, cost £600,000. It provided a bypass via A17.
1988	A1010	Waltham Cross Relief Road	Hertfordshire	Stage 2: Abbey Road Bypass. Monarch’s Way from High Street to Eleanor Cross Road roundabout. The dual carriageway was opened on 17 June 1988 by Fred Peacock, County Council Chairman. Contractor was Fitzpatrick and Son (Contractors) Ltd. of Hoddesden, contract price was £590,000. Total scheme cost was £2.5 million. Stage 1 opened in 1982.
1988	A1033	Kingston upon Hull: Wilmington Link Road	Yorkshire	The section of Mount Pleasant from Stoneferry Road to Holderness Road was opened on 13 October 1988 by Jeremy Scrimshaw, finance and planning director at Reckitt and Colman's pharmaceutical division which had donated part of the land. Cost £2.24 million. It followed the route of the old Wilmington goods railway line and was stage 2 of the link between Beverley Bypass and Hedon Road.
1988	A1077	Scunthorpe Northwest Orbital Road	Lincolnshire	Stage 2b: Luneburg Way to Normanby Road (B1430). Opened on 26 January 1988 by Bill Watkins, Chairman of Humberside County Council. Contractor was the County Council's direct labour organisation, cost £1.2 million.
1988	A1136	Grimsby : Frederick Ward Way	Lincolnshire	The road from Deansgate to Victoria Street was opened to traffic on 20 June 1988. The official opening had been on 14 June 1988 by Joyce Ward, widow of the former Town Clerk after whom the road is named. Phase 1 of the Peaks Parkway scheme. Cost £2 million.
1988	A2	Rochester Way Relief Road	Kent	HQDC from Kidbrooke Interchange to Falconwood, closely following the railway. Completed in March 1988 per Hansard. Old Rochester Way was downgraded to an unclassified route as well as the A209 Welling Way following suit.
1988	A21	Pembury Bypass	Kent	The 2.8 mile dual carriageway from North Farm Roundabout to Kippings Cross Roundabout was opened on 6 May 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. A dual 2 lane road with 7.3m wide carriageways, 1m marginal strips and a 2.5m central reservation. Contractor was M.J. Gleeson Group, tender value £7.5 million.
1988	A27	Havant - Chichester	Hampshire • Sussex	Emsworth, Southbourne and Broadbridge Bypass. The 9 mile dual carriageway between Warblington Interchange and Fishbourne Roundabout was reported by the Sevenoaks focus of 31 August 1988 that it had opened "last week". Cost £20 million.
1988	A27	Fontwell Bypass	Sussex	The 2.1 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in August 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £4.9 million.
1988	A226	Northfleet Southern Bypass	Kent	Thames Way. Was due to open on 29 November 1988 per the Kentish Gazette of 25 November 1988. Cost £12.5 million.
1988	A228	West Malling Bypass	Kent	Ashton Way. The 1.9 mile road from M20 J4 Leybourne Interchange to King's Hill was opened on 28 November 1988. Contractor was Roadworks of Ipswich, cost £3.5 million.
1988	A264	Horsham Northern Bypass	Sussex	Great Daux Roundabout (A24) to Roffey Roundabout. Reported as having been opened a few days after 3 November 1988 by the Annual Report of the Warnham Society.
1988	A30	Blackwater Bypass	Cornwall	The 2 .2 mile dual carriageway from Scorrier to Chiverton Cross was opened on 14 July 1988 by Jim Philip, Chairman of the County Council's transportation Committee, 11 months ahead of schedule. Contractor was A.E. Farr Ltd. of Wiltshire, cost £4.5 million. There was then a 14 mile section of continuous dual carriageway.
1988	A30	Okehampton Bypass	Devon	5.3 mile dual carriageway. Openings were: Eastbound carriageway on 19 July 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic; Westbound carriageway on 22 December 1988 by Emma Nicholson, MP for Torridge and West Devon. Contractor was Mowlem (Civil Engineers), cost £16.6 million. It included 2.2 miles of split carriageways in a steep cutting.
1988	A35	Bridport Link Road	Dorset	The road from Miles Cross to Crown Roundabout was opened on 19 July 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Sea Road South was upgraded for the eastern side of the bypass.
1988	A35 A37	Dorchester Bypass	Dorset	The 3.9 mile S2 road was to be opened on 17 October 1988. The Western Daily Press report on the same day mentioned that there would be no formal ceremony until December, by which stage the western extension (assumed A37 section) should have been completed. The Contractor was Mowlem, outturn works cost £9.2 million.
1988	A36 A350	Warminster Bypass	Wiltshire	The west section from A36 Bath Road to A350 Deverill Road was opened on 31 October 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Nick Swan joined in the Halloween spirit, being dressed as a witch complete with broomstick with cat on it, and was the first cyclist to use the road. The south-east section from Deverill Road to A36 Heytesbury Cotley Hill Roundabout was to open 6 – 8 weeks later. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine Construction, cost £12 million. It is unclear if the A350 north-west section, constructed at the same time by Wiltshire County Council for £1.3 million, was opened on the same date.
1988	A38	Saltash Bypass and Saltash Tunnel	Cornwall	Opened on 16 September 1988 (per a South West Film and Television Archive entry) by Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Transport (Hansard). The 410 m single bore tunnel had 3 traffic lanes and continued the tidal flow system of the Tamar Bridge, the centre lane having a speed limit of 30mph. Contractor was Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd. Estimated cost of the tunnel was £4.2 million.
1988	A303	Ilminster Bypass	Somerset	Horton to South Petherton, also bypass of Horton, Seavington and Watergore. Officially opened on 19 July 1988 by Peter Bottomley, Minister for Roads and Traffic. A final section was opened on 25 August 1988 by Councillor Mrs Clarke, Chairperson of South Somerset District Council. Contractor was A. F. Budge.
1988	A303	Amesbury - Thruxton	Wiltshire • Hampshire	The 6 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in October 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £11.2 million.
1988	A361	North Devon Link Road	Devon	Stage 2 - 15.8 miles from Bolham Roundabout, Tiverton, to Bishmill Gate Roundabout, 2 miles east of South Molton. Completed in November 1988 per Hansard. Works cost £27.6 million.
1988	A390	Callington Bypass	Cornwall	The bypass to the south of the town opened on 21 July 1988. Cost £1 million.
1988	A3064	St Budeaux Bypass	Devon	Weston Mill Drive. The road linking the A38 Plymouth Parkway (Weston Mill Interchange) to Devonport was opened on 19 August 1988 by Arnold Sayers, County Council Chairman. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £7 million.
1988	A40	Haverfordwest Inner Relief Road	Pembrokeshire	Phase 1: Opened on 26 May 1988 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. Cost £9.3 million.
1988	A48	Chepstow Inner Relief Road	Monmouthshire • Gloucestershire	Stage 2: The 1 mile S2 road from Station Road to Gloucester Road was completed in January 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report), to complete the relief road. Outturn works cost £8 million. The viaduct section, Chepstow New Bridge, was reported as opened by Wyn Roberts, Minister of State for Wales in the Gloucester News of 4 February 1988.
1988	A49	Leominster Bypass	Herefordshire	The 4 mile road was completed in November 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £9 million.
1988	A49	Prees Bypass	Shropshire	Opened on 18 November 1988. 1 mile. Contractor was C. J. Pearce Ltd., contract price £1,193,125.
1988	A414	Norton Heath Diversion	Essex	Rookery Road to Bassetts Lane opened on 6 September 1988 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice.
1988	A417 B4070	Birdlip Bypass	Gloucestershire	The 1.7 mile road from Air Balloon Roundabout, Crickley Hill, to Ermin Way, east of the Golden Heart pub, was completed in December 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). It included a short spur into Birdlip village. Contractor was Biwater Construction Ltd., contract cost £1.93 million, outturn works cost £2.4 million.
1988	A419	Cricklade - Blunsdon	Wiltshire	The 2.4 mile D2 dual carriageway was completed in June 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £2.7 million.
1988	A454	Aldridge Bypass	Staffordshire	Reported as recently opened by the Walsall Observer of 20 January 1989. Also a reference in the Sandwell Evening Mail of 25 July 1988.
1988	A467	Brynmawr Eastern Bypass	Brecknockshire • Glamorgan	Brynmawr Junction to Blaina Road. Opened in 1988 per Brynmawr Historical Society
1988	A474 B4434	Neath Inner Urban Bypass	Glamorgan	The northern section from Bridge Street to a widened Prince of Wales Drive and the Fairfield Viaduct link across River Neath to Cadoxton Road was opened on 26 September 1988 (was to be by John Allison, County Council leader). Contractors were Christiani and Neilson Ltd,, Shanks and McEwen and the County Councils Highways contracting organisation, cost £5.4 million. The A474 section from Cadoxton Road to Bridge Street was later renumbered B4434.
1988	A4119	Mid Rhondda Access Road	Glamorgan	Tonypandy to Coed Ely, south of Tonyrefail. Opened on 5 October 1988 per the Noise Insulation Regulations notice. Cost £6.7 million.
1988	A4600	Coventry: Far Gosford Street Relief Road	Warwickshire	Sky Blue Way: the dual carriageway from the Ringway Whitefriars link roundabout to Binley Road (by Gulson Road) was officially opened on 4 July 1988. It threaded through a narrow corridor at the back of premises on the north side of the Street such that only a few properties needed to be demolished (the 1960's scheme to the south would have demolished 350 properties including 5 listed building). Contractor was Galliford and Sons of Wolvey, contract price £1.5 million, cost £4.9 million.
1988	A54	Winsford: Station Road Bypass	Cheshire	Opened on 10 August 1988 by Ron Carey, Councillor on the County Council Highway's Committee. Contractor was Galliford and Son Ltd. of Warrington who provided their shire horse drawn 1894 omnibus to be the first vehicle on the road. Cost £2.64 million. Later reports mention a third lane.
1988	A509	Wellingborough North West Bypass	Northamptonshire	Opened on 22 November 1988 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1988	A550	Ledsham Station Diversion	Cheshire	Opened on 18 December 1988 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Contractor was A. McFadden & Co. Ltd., contract price £880,938.
1988	A591	Staveley Bypass	Westmorland	Opened December 1988 per Staveley & District History Society. Contractor was Cumbrian Industrials, Ltd. of Penrith, contract price £386,000.
1988	A594	Leicester Central Relief Road	Leicestershire	Stage 2: Southampton Street to London Road / Charles Street. Was due to open on 25 March 1988. Contract cost £4 million.
1988	A64	Seamer and Crossgates Bypass	Yorkshire	The 2.4 mile road was opened on 5 February 1988 by Sir Michael Shaw, MP. Contractor was Dowsett, cost £5 million.
1988	A65	Settle and Giggleswick Bypass	Yorkshire	The 3.9 mile road was opened on 2 December 1988 (per an Institute of Highways & Transportation report of May 1989). 7.3m wide with 1m hardstrips, plus climbing lane on the steepest section. Outturn works cost £8.5 million.
1988	A69	Styford Roundabout, Corbridge - Nafferton	Northumberland	The two mile online dual carriageway was opened on 2 December 1988 by Alan Amos, MP for Hexham. Cost £3.9 million. It completed the dual carriageway from the west end of the Hexham Bypass to Newcastle.
1988	A605	Thrapston Eastern Bypass	Northamptonshire	Reported as opened last month by the 8 December 1988 Peterborough Standard. Contractor was Wrekin Construction. It is assumed to be the section from Oundle Road to Huntingdon Road since the Ringstead and Denford Bypass section southwards did not open until November 1989. Thrapston Southern Bypass opened in November 1990.
1988	A616	Stocksbridge Bypass and M1 Link	Yorkshire	The 7.5 mile single carriageway road from Underbank, west of Stocksbridge, to M1 J35A Tankersley Interchange was opened on 13 May 1988 by Paul Channon, Transport Secretary. Cost £18 million.
1988	A617	Kelham Link Road	Nottinghamshire	0.4 mile single carriageway road from Kelham Road to Cattle Market Roundabout, part of the Newark Relief Road Scheme (see A46 in 1990). Opened in December 1988. Contractor was A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd.
1988	A629	Steeton and Utley Bypass	Yorkshire	Airedale Improvement Scheme - section 1. The 4.6 mile D2 dual carriageway between Kildwick and Hard Ings Road, Beechcliffe, Keighley was opened on 2 August 1988 per Hansard. Outturn works cost £17.2 million.
1988	A650	Riddlesden Bypass	Yorkshire	Airedale Improvement Scheme - section 2. The 2 mile D2 dual carriageway and 0.2 mile S2 spur between Victoria Park, Keighley and Crossflatts was completed in October 1988 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Outturn works cost £14 million.. The Crossflatts spur became the B6265 spur when the A650 Bingley relief road opened in 2003.
1988	A688	Bishop Auckland Bypass	Durham	The 2 mile single carriageway was to be opened on 20 January 1988 by Councillor Bob Pendlebury, Chairman of Durham County Council. It included diverting the River Gaunless and assembling the biggest corrugated steel culvert in Europe. Cost £4.2 million.
1988	A75	Castle Douglas Bypass	Kirkcudbrightshire	The 3.5 mile road opened on 4 November 1988 per the 26 January 1989 Galloway News. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, cost £4.7 million.
1988	A720	Edinburgh City Bypass	Midlothian	Stage 3 Birdiehouse Section: The 2 mile eastwards extension of the dual carriageway from A702 Lothianburn Junction (Biggar Road) to A701 Straiton Junction was opened on 13 June 1988 by James Cooke, Convenor of Lothian Regional Council. Contractor was Tractor Shovels Tawse Ltd., cost £8.6 million.
1988	A720	Edinburgh City Bypass	Midlothian	Stage 4 Millerhill Section: The 2.2 mile dual carriageway from A7 (then A68) Sheriffhall Roundabout (Dalkeith) to Old Craighall Junction on A1 Musselburgh Bypass was opened on 29 November 1988 by James Cooke, Convenor of Lothian Regional Council. Contractor was Tractor Shovels Tawse Ltd., cost £11.2 million.
1988	A89	Parkhead, Glasgow	Lanarkshire	Parkhead Bypass
1988	A814	Gairlochhead Bypass	Dunbartonshire	The 2.2 mile road from Faslane Roundabout to Whistlefield Roundabout was completed in January 1988. Together with the Northern Access Road (NAR) it provided a 11km route from CSB Faslane on Gareloch to RNAD Coulport on Loch Long. Part of a 28km road network to support Clyde Submarine Base. Carriageway width was 7.3m and S2 north of Glen Fruin Roundabout, and 10m wide and S2+1 to the south. Consultants were SWK (Scotland). Contractor was Miller Construction, cost £6.3 million. Funded by Ministry of Defence.
1988	A96	Forres bypass	Moray	The 1.9 mile single carriageway road was opened on 21 September 1988 by Lord J. Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish Office Minister. Contractor was Morrison Construction and cost £3.5 million.
1988	A929	Forfar Road, Dundee - Powrie Brae	Angus	Dualling, later renumbered to A90 in 1994
1988	B375	Shepperton Bypass	Middlesex	A mystery person opened the Church Road bypass (Renfree Way) on Saturday, 20 February 1988 in advance of the planned opening on the following Monday. Cones and closure signs had been removed and new signs unveiled. Cost £1 million.
1988	B766	Carmunnock Bypass	Lanarkshire	The 2 mile road from Carmunnock Road to A727 East Kilbride Road was to open on 21 September 1988 by Malcolm Waugh, Chairman of Strathclyde Regional Council Highways and Transportation Committee. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, tender price £2.5 million, total cost £4 million.
1988	-	Burton-upon-Trent	Staffordshire	Wellington Road extension officially opened in January 1988. It connected Burton to A38 Branston Interchange avoiding Branston. Later renumbered A5121.
1988	-	Coulport Northern Access Road	Dunbartonshire	The 4.8 mile road from Whistlefield Roundabout to Coulport was to be fully opened in February 1988. The section from Whistlefield to Peaton Hill had been completed in September 1987 and opened by Sir Gordon Manzie, Chief Executive of Property Services Ltd.. Carriageway width was 7.3m. Part of a 28km road network to support Clyde Submarine Base. Consultants were SWK (Scotland). Contractor was Miller Construction, cost £8 million. Funded by Ministry of Defence. A private road that is open to the public.
1989	M40	Longbridge, Warwick - M42 Umberslade	Warwickshire	The 11 mile northernmost section of M40 from J15 to M42 J3a was opened on 19 December 1989 by Robert Atkins, Minister for Roads and Traffic. Cost £50 million. The initial Layout at Umberslade Interchange had a single 50 m.p.h. M40 lane becoming the third lane of the northbound M42, with 2 lanes of 70 m.p.h. M42 traffic on the inside. It was quite nerve-wracking for some drivers and the local MP and the A.A. condemned the design.
1989	M63 M66	Portwood (Stockport) - Denton	Cheshire • Lancashire	The 2.8 mile north-eastwards extension from J13 M63 Portwood Roundabout (now J27 M60) to J11 M66 Denton Interchange (now J24 M60) opened on 21 July 1989 per The Gazette. The change from M63 to M66 occurred at Bredbury Interchange (now J25 M60). Later renumbered as M60.
1989	A15 B1524	Northborough and Glinton Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 4.5 mile road from Old Lincoln Road, Northborough to Glinton Roundabout (Werrington Parkway) was opened on 9 February 1989 by Barbara Wrout, County Council Chairman. Contractor was May Gurney, contract price £5.9 million.
1989	A15	Brigg and Redbourne Bypass	Lincolnshire	The 5 mile S2 road from M180 J4 Broughton Interchange to 0.6 mile south of the B1206 crossroads (south-west of Redbourne) was opened on 20 December 1989. It was an online upgrade of the existing unclassified Ermine Street apart from the offline northern 1.3 mile. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine construction, cost £5.52 million.
1989	A16	Boston: London Road Diversion	Lincolnshire	0.85 mile from High Street (by Haven Bridge) to Marsh Lane (Marsh Lane Link Road). Opened on 20 August 1989 per the Land Compensation Act notice. It included 200m dual carriageway stretches at either end.
1989	A17	Coddington Bypass	Nottinghamshire	2 mile single carriageway road from Winthorpe Interchange to Sleaford Road, part of the Newark Relief Road Scheme (see A46 in 1990). Opened on 20 December 1989 per the Land Compensation Act notice, although the Newark Advertiser of 22 December 1989 reported that it had opened yesterday. Contractor was A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd.
1989	A17	Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge Bypass	Lincolnshire • Norfolk	The 7.5 mile road from Main Road, Gedney to King John Bank, Walpole was opened on 30 September 1989 per the Land Compensation Notice. Included dual carriageway section between Tydd Gate Road and Cross Keys Bridge roundabouts. Contractor was A. Monk, cost £11.7 million. The existing Cross Keys Bridge was used for the River Nene crossing.
1989	A120 A131	Braintree and Rayne Bypass	Essex	Due to be opened on 17 July 1989 by Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Transport. It had a dual carriageway section between Panners Interchange and Galleys Corner Roundabout. Also included the Pods Brook Road spur from Panners Interchange to Rayne Road (became B1256). Contractor was John Laing, cost £20 million.
1989	A142	Chatteris Eastern Bypass	Cambridgeshire	The 1.9 miles from Slade End Roundabout (Doddington Road / Bypass) to Ireton’s Way was opened between April and 2 May 1989. Contractor was Kier Anglia Ltd. of Wisbech, forecast cost £2.4 million.
1989	A142	Witchford Bypass	Cambridgeshire	Constructed in 1989 per the village Neighbourhood Plan. Ordnance Survey Road Atlas 1990 showed projected opening as late 1989.
1989	A1020	London Docklands: Royal Docks Road	Essex • Kent	Docklands Spine Road. 1.2 mile dual carriageway from A13 Beckton Roundabout to Gallions Roundabout. Opened in October 1989 per the London Docklands Development Corporation's website history page. Contractors were John Laing plc and Percy Bilton plc.
1989	A1033	Hedon Bypass	Yorkshire	The 1.7 mile bypass from east of Salt End Roundabout to Thorn Road was opened on 2 November 1989 by David Spooner, Humberside County Council Chairman. Cost £3.3 million.
1989	A21	Robertsbridge Bypass	Kent	The 1.3 mile single carriageway road was opened on 13 November 1989 per a summary transcription of the Hastings Observer. Contractor was M.J. Gleeson Group plc., tender price £3.6 million.
1989	A22	Maresfield Bypass	Sussex	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office has an online summary record for 17 November 1989. It mentions opening by Joan Mont, Council Chairman. 1.7 miles.
1989	A24	Dial Post Bypass	Sussex	Work on the 17 months contract was due to start on 10 August 1987 per the West Sussex County Times of 7 August 1987. It was expected to open in early 1989. Contractor was Edmund Nuttall Ltd., contract price £1.9 million.
1989	A24	Merton High Street Relief Road	Surrey	Merantun Way. Opened in February 1989 per a Wandle Industrial Museum annotated photograph. It was described as new in a 3 August 1989 advert in the Leatherhead Advertiser. Built on the course of the former railway line from Merton to Tooting.
1989	A272	Cuckfield Bypass	Sussex	The 1.05 mile road was opened on 3 March 1989 by Martyn Long, Chairman of West Sussex County Council’s Policy and Resources Committee. Estimated cost £3 million.
1989	A3	Compton - Shackleford Improvement	Surrey	A bypass of Puttenham Heath Lane on the Guildford - Godalming Bypass. The 2.7 mile D2 road was completed in December 1989 per DoT's Trunk Roads, England: Into the 1990s. Works cost £9.7 million.
1989	A30	Penzance Distributor Road	Cornwall	The bypass was opened on 27 January 1989 by Julian Williams, County Council Chairman. Cost £7.5 million.
1989	A30	Plusha - Launceston	Cornwall	Opened on 7 December 1989 by Gerry Neale, MP for North Cornwall. It was a bungled official opening. The Press were informed that the opening would be by Roads Minister, Robert Atkins at the western end. He was ill so Gerry Neale stepped in, but the official opening was somehow changed to another location without informing the Press and public. The Press had no opening to see, only a lone demonstrator. Chris Kinder was campaigning for Carland Cross to Chiverton to be made dual carriageway so he got the media attention. Contractor was Tarmac Construction Ltd., tender cost £8 million.
1989	A34	Whitway Bypass	Hampshire	The 4 mile dual carriageway from Tot Hill (just south of interchange) to 0.85 mile north of Litchfield church was opened on 8 February 1989 by Lord Carnarvon of nearby Highclere Castle. Cost £6.5 million.
1989	A36	Steeple Langford Bypass	Wiltshire	The 1.4 mile S2 road was completed in January 1989 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Contractor was Rush & Tomkins Ltd., contract price £1,324,827, outturn works cost £1.5 million.
1989	A36	Beckington Bypass	Somerset	2.1 mile D2 / S2 road. The D2 section between Trowbridge Road and Warminster Road was opened on 20 November 1989 by Robert Boscawen, MP for Somerton and Frome. The north-western section from Straight Lane to Trowbridge Road was expected to be opened by the year end. It also included the diversion south-eastwards to Standerwick which was expected to be completed in Spring 1990. Contractor was A. E. Farr Ltd., contract price £2,983,063, outturn works cost £4.6 million. The A361 eastern part of the bypass was built as part of Frome Bypass.
1989	A38	Sutton in Ashfield Bypass	Nottinghamshire	5.9 miles from B6027 Common Road to 220m north of B6014 Skegby Lane. Mentioned as completed by the Newark Advertiser of 13 October 1989. A road race and fun run had been held on 30 April 1989. Parts may have opened earlier. Contractor was A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd., cost £12 million.
1989	A39	Barnstaple Bypass	Devon	The 8 miles from Westleigh Junction (east end of Bideford Bypass) to Portmore Roundabout, Barnstaple was noted as open in the 27 July 1989 Construction News. Works cost £20.5 million.
1989	A303	Sparkford Bypass	Somerset	The 3 mile dual carriageway was opened on 25 October 1989 by Robert Atkins, Transport Minister. Contractor was Davies Middleton & Davies Ltd., contract price £7,654,577.
1989	A307 A308	Kingston upon Thames Relief Road	Surrey	The 2.2 mile system which encircled the town apart from the western River Thames side was opened on 30 July 1989. It included some new build as well as utilising existing roads and included a "tunnel" on Horsefair under the John Lewis building. Cost £20 million.
1989	A350 A349	Poole - Broadstone	Dorset	Holes Bay Relief Road / Broadstone Way. Opened thirty years ago per the Bournemouth Echo of 13 February 2019. Judy Butt, landlady of the Fleetsbridge pub, opened the section from Holes Bay to Cabot Lane in February 1989. There was a civic ceremony when the unclassified section to B3074 Broadstone Roundabout opened on 1 March 1989 to complete the road. The Holes Bay section was built upon land reclaimed from the town's huge harbour. Contractor was Costain, cost £9 million.
1989	A361 A3125	Barnstaple Urban Relief Road	Devon	Officially opened on 26 April 1989 by A.L. Sayers, Chairman of County Council, per plaque. It had been built in stages, part of which was in place before 1986. Stage 4 plans between Braunton Road and The Strand were abandoned in 2006. The eastern A361 section was later renumbered A39.
1989	A361	North Devon Link Road	Devon	Stage 3 - the 8.5 miles from Bishmill Gate Roundabout, 2 miles east of South Molton, to Portmore Roundabout, Barnstaple was due to open on 18 July 1989 to complete the road. Works cost £25.3 million.
1989	A361 B3090	Frome Bypass	Somerset	The Oldford Link between Oldford and Beckington Services Roundabout (the eastern Beckington Bypass) was opened on 20 November 1989 by Robert Boscawen, MP for Somerton and Frome. It linked to the A36 section of Beckington Bypass opened at the same time. The remainder of Frome Bypass was opened on 20 December 1989. Total distance 6 miles. Contractor was Balfour Beatty, contract price £11.4 million, forecast total cost £15 million.
1989	A42	Ashby and Measham Bypass	Leicestershire	The 6 mile dual 2 lane road from M42 J11 to A511 Flagstaff Interchange, east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was opened on 11 August 1989 by Patrick McLoughlin, Under Secretary of State for Shipping and Civil Aviation. Consultants were Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and the contractor A.F. Budge (Contractors) Ltd.. Construction on the Castle Donington section was inaugurated on the same day.
1989	A46	Coventry Eastern Bypass	Warwickshire	The 5 mile dual carriageway from A45 Tollbar End to M6/M69 Ansty Interchange, plus the B4082 Binley Spur, was opened on 19 May 1989 by Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Transport. Contractor was A.F. Budge, contract price £16.9 million.
1989	A47	Acle Bypass	Norfolk	The 2.3 mile dual carriageway was opened on 14 March 1989 by Peter Bottomley, Roads Minister per the 19 March 2009 Great Yarmouth Mercury. Cost £7.6 million.
1989	A435	Sedgeberrow Bypass	Worcestershire • Gloucestershire	The 1.4 mile road was completed in May 1989 (per the Trunk Roads, England, into the 1990's Report). Contractor was Mowlem Regional Construction Ltd. of Merseyside, outturn works cost £1.3 million. Later renumbered as A46.
1989	A483	Pulford, Rossett and Gresford Bypass	Denbighshire • Cheshire	The 6 mile concrete dual carriageway from Post House Roundabout (Chester Southern Bypass) to Gresford Interchange (Wrexham Bypass) was opened on 16 January 1989 by Wyn Roberts, Welsh Office Minister. Contractor was McAlpine's, cost £25 million.
1989	A4169	Ironbridge Bypass	Shropshire	The western section of the 3.5 mile single carriageway road was opened on 23 March 1989. The carriageway was 7.3m wide and had one metre wide hard strips. A climbing lane was provided on the steep gradients. The eastern section (west of Castlefields Roundabout) had opened in March 1988. Contractor was A. Monk and Co., cost £8 million.
1989	A4234	Cardiff: Central Link	Glamorgan	The 1 mile dual carriageway from Adam Street (A4160) to Galleon Way was opened on 16 February 1989 by Paddy Kitson, Chairman of South Glamorgan Council. Galleon Way may not have been in its current format since the South Wales Echo report mentions a temporary access to the Council Hall. Contractor was A. Monk and Company, cost £12 million.
1989	A50	Ashby-de-la-Zouch - Sinope (Coalville)	Leicestershire	Nottingham Road, Ashby to Sinope. Opened in 1989 per a Burton Daily Mail article of 25 February 1998. It coincided with the opening of A42 Ashby Bypass and Flagstaff Interchange. Later renumbered as A511.
1989	A52	Bottesford Bypass	Leicestershire • Nottinghamshire	The 2.8 mile road from 300m west of Orton Grange to 330m west of the junction with Church Lane, Muston was opened on 6 February 1989 per Land Compensation Act Notice. The official opening was on 13 February 1989 by Peter Hewitt, Regional Environment and Transport Director. Contractor was Galliford and Sons Ltd., cost £2.76 million.
1989	A52	Donington Bypass	Lincolnshire	Opened in May 1989, ahead of the Spring Bank holiday Monday (15th May), 3 months ahead of schedule. Contractor was the County Council's direct labour organisation, cost £1.5 million.
1989	A55	Northop Bypass	Flintshire	The 3.3 mile dual carriageway from 392m west of Coed-y-Cra crossroads to 868m east of the junction with the village road (Northop Hall) was opened on 26 June 1989 by Wyn Roberts, Welsh Office Minister of State. Cost £14 million.
1989	A55	Penmaenbach South Tunnel	Caernarfonshire	The 658m tunnel and the approach road from Puffin Roundabout, Dwgyfylchi to Conwy Morfa was opened on 20 June 1989 by Peter Walker, Secretary of State for Wales. It was designed by consultant Travers Morgan and built using the drill and blast method by Balfour Beatty. The contract had been let at £10.9 million but the final cost increased to around £25 million due to difficult ground conditions. Work had begun in 1986. It became the westbound carriageway, with the 1932 North Tunnel becoming the eastbound carriageway.
1989	A55	Llanfairfechan Bypass	Caernarfonshire	The 1.9 mile dual carriageway from Madryn Farm to just west of Pen-y-Clip Northern Tunnel was opened on 23 October 1989 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1989	A55	Penmaenmawr Bypass	Caernarfonshire	The 1.6 mile dual carriageway from west of Goat Inn Viaduct to east of the village at East Overline Bridge (both over the railway) was opened on 23 October 1989 per the Land Compensation Act notice.
1989	A508	Brixworth Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 1.9 mile road was opened on 27 October 1989 by Roger Freeman, MP for Kettering. Contractor was Galliford and Sons Ltd., cost £4.4 million.
1989	A509	Bozeat Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 2 mile road was opened on 1 February 1989 per the Land Compensation Act notice. Opened by Bill Morton, County Council leader. Contractor was A. Monk Building and Civil Engineering Ltd., cost £3.3 million.
1989	A558	Runcorn: Daresbury Expressway	Cheshire	The section from Sandymoor to A56 Daresbury Junction opened on 4 July 1989 per a Noise Insulation Regulations report. Then known as Runcorn Eastern Expressway.
1989	A5065	Luton - Dunstable Relief Road	Bedfordshire	Hatters Way from Skimpot Road to Telford Way Roundabout was expected to be completed by Spring 1989 per the County Council Bulletin of December 1988. It included a 1.2 mile railway diversion at the eastern end. Contractor was Henry Boot (Southern) Ltd..
1989	A5480	Chester Western Bypass	Cheshire	Phase 1: Countess Way from Liverpool Road (A5116) to Parkgate Road (A540) was opened on 2 October 1989 by Jim Humphries, County Council Chairman. Constructed by Redrow Construction.
1989	A605	Ringstead and Denford Bypass	Northamptonshire	The 2.6 mile single carriageway road was opened on 30 October 1989 by George Pollard, County Council Chairman. Contractor was Midland Oak, cost £4.3 million. Later renumbered as A45. It was the final link of the A45 east-west M1 - future A14 link.
1989	A629	Moldgreen Relief Road (Huddersfield)	Yorkshire	The Wakefield Road dual carriageway from Almondbury Bank to Green Mount was to open on 3 April 1989. Further eastbound lanes opened later and a section of the road had opened in January 1989. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine Construction, cost £3 million.
1989	A6006	Asfordby Bypass	Leicestershire	The 1.25 mile road was opened on 22 May 1989 by Neville Hanger, County Council Chairman. Cost £6.75 million.
1989	A6072	Shildon Bypass	Durham	The 1.9 mile road was opened on 26 May 1989 by Mick Terrans, County Council Vice-chairman. The first 2 stages had been built previously by the County Council Direct Labour Organisation. The third and final stage was built by Eden Construction of Carlisle, cost £1.8 million. The work had been phased to allow coal to be extracted on the route to a depth of 100 feet.
1989	A75	Annan Bypass	Dumfriesshire	Opened on 11 August 1989. 9 miles. Cost £17 million. Also bypassed Rigg, Eastriggs and Dornoch.
1989	A75	Glenluce Bypass	Wigtownshire	The 3 mile road from Mains of Park to Dervaid Loch was officially opened on 4 August 1989 by Ian Lang, Ministry of State for Industry and Education. Traffic had been using the road for 10 weeks previous. Designed and supervised by Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners. Contractor was W. and J. Barr and Sons (Scotland) Ltd. of Ayr. Cost £6.8 million. 12,000 trees were planted to improve the visual impact of the road.
1989	A720	Edinburgh City Bypass	Midlothian	Stage 5 Gilmerton Section: The 2.8 mile dual carriageway from A701 Straiton Junction to A7 (then A68) Sheriffhall Roundabout (Dalkeith) was opened on 14 December 1989. This completed the 15 mile City Bypass. Contractor was Miller Construction, cost £17 million. The official opening was on 19 March 1990 by Bruce Millan, European Commissioner. Total cost of the City Bypass was an estimated £72 million.
1989	A82	Inverness Relief Road	Inverness-shire	Stage 2 - Shore Street to Longman Roundabout was completed in June 1989. 0.8 mile dual carriageway. Contractor was Morrison Construction Ltd.
1989	A82	Auchentulloch to Arden	Dunbartonshire	Realignment
1989	A830	Glasmacardoch Bay to Mallaig	Inverness-shire	Mallaig Bypass
1989	A92	Balmedie Bypass	Aberdeenshire	The 4.3 mile dual carriageway from 0.1 mile north of B999 Mundurno Roundabout to just north of Balvenie was fully opened on 13 February 1989 (a 1.5 mile section had opened on 15 December 1988). South of Balvinie it was a mixture of new sections and online upgrade. Contractor was Tractor Shovels Tawse Ltd,. cost £6 million. Renumbered A90 in 1994.
1989	A92	Ellon Bypass and Tipperty Diversion	Aberdeenshire	The 3.7 mile road was opened on 30 June 1989 by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish Office Environment Minister. Dual carriageway section between Ellon South Road roundabout and Tipperty. It included a 3 span bridge over River Ythan. Contractor was Balfour Beattie Construction (Scotland) Ltd., cost £5 million. Later renumbered A90.
1989	A94	Near Drumlithie - Stonehaven	Kincardineshire	Dualling, later renumbered to A90 in 1994
1989	B1206	New Holland Bypass	Lincolnshire	Lincoln Castle Way. A Prohibition of Driving Order from 6th November 1989 listed a diversion using the Bypass. In the previous year the Grimsby Daily Telegraph of 18 August 1988 reported that work on the bypass was to start in 5 weeks.
1989	B1244	Sigglethorpe Bend Diversion	Yorkshire	Reported as completed by the Hull Daily Mail of 27 November 1989. Contractor was C.R. Reynolds Construction, cost £260,000. Later renumbered as A1035.
1989	B2045	Faversham: Western Link	Kent	The 29 June 1989 Faversham Gazette and Times reported that it was due to open in October 1989. 1.25 miles from A2 London Road to Oare Road, it was designed to remove heavy lorries from the town centre. 25 foot carriageway. Contractor was May Gurney of Colchester, cost £3 million.
1989	B2231	Eastchurch Bypass, Sheppey	Kent	The 0.6 mile road was opened on 19 December 1989 by Jean Newman, Mayor of Swale. Contractor was Mowlem (Southern) Civil Engineering, cost £2.8 million. It was financed by the Property Services Department for the Home Office in conjunction with a second prison being built nearby.
1989	B3199	Torquay: St Marychurch Relief Road	Devon	Stage 2: Petitor Road to Teignmouth Road. The 0.3 mile road was opened on 2 May 1989 by Denis Reid, Mayor of Torbay, and Arnold Sayers, Devon County Council Chairman. Cost £0.75 million. This completed the road. Later renumbered as A379.
1989	B5030	Uttoxeter - Combridge	Staffordshire	Was due to be officially opened on 18 August 1989. Forecast cost was £2.8 million.
1989	-	Mabe Burnthouse Bypass	Cornwall	Treliever Roundabout to Kernick Roundabout. Opened on 9 October 1989. Originally built to improve access to Kernick Industrial Estate. Became part of A39 Penryn Bypass in 1994. Contractor was Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd., cost £2.1 million.