| Road
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Name
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First Planned
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Date Cancelled
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Notes
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| M4
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Chippenham Spur
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Pathetic Motorways
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| M42
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Lydiate Ash link
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More information on Pathetic Motorways
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| M42
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Northern extension
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A watered down version was later built as the A42. More information on Pathetic Motorways
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| M53
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M53 Southern Extension
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By 1966
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After 1976
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M531 route used instead. Further information on Pathetic Motorways
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| M64
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Stoke - Derby motorway
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An upgraded A50 now serves this purpose
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| M6 Toll
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Extension to Knutsford
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Planned to run parallel to the M6 as far as Knutsford
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| A2(M)
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Dover Radial
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A4
A36
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Bath Tunnel
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| A5
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Corwen Bypass
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| A5
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Dunstable Eastern Bypass
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| A6
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Disley and High Lane Bypass
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1970s
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26th November 1996
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| A6
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Bakewell Bypass
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Very little information is known
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| A6
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Kegworth Bypass
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| A6(M)
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Stockport North-South Bypass (eastern route)
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Pathetic Motorways
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| A6(M)
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Stockport North-South Bypass (western route)
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Pathetic Motorways
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| A27
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Arundel Bypass
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| A48(M)
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Llantrisant Radial
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More information on Pathetic Motorways
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| A49
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Hereford Bypass
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| A38
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Tewkesbury Northern Bypass
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Would complete the existing southern half of the bypass.
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| A38
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Bodmin - Liskeard Improvement
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Would have followed the line of the A390 for much of its length
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| A30
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St Erth - Newtown
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| A30
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Monkton Bypass
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| A30
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Coker Bypass
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| A30
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Sherborne Causeway Improvement
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A30
A36
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Sailsbury Bypass
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| A35
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Bridport Bypass
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| A35
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Chideock and Morcombelake Bypass
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| A35
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Honiton Eastern Bypass
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| A40
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Gloucester - Ross Improvement
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Would have followed the B4215 and B4221 corridor to connect with the M50 at junction 3
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| A40
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Llandovery Bypass
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| A40
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Gilwen - Glanrwyney Link Road
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Would have enabled A40 traffic to bypass Abergavenny via the A465
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| A45
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Weedon, Flore & Upper Heyford Bypass
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| A45
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Kislingbury Valley Way
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| A49
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Wooferton Bypass
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| A59(M)
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Omskirk Bypass
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| A61(M)
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Sheffield Urban Motorway Link
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Pathetic Motorways
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| A82
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Caol Link Road
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| A303
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Stonehenge and Winterborne Stoke Bypass
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| A303
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Wylye to Stockton Wood Improvement
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| A303
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Chicklade Bottom to Mere Improvement
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| A435
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Kings Heath Bypass
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| A435
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Studley Bypass
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| A441
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Bordsley Bypass
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| A451
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Stourport Road Bypass
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A bypass of the Folley Park area of Kidderminster connecting with the Kidderminster and Bewdley Bypass
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| A451
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Kidderminster Western Ring Road
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The unbuilt western side of the ring road
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| A452
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Balsall Common Bypass
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A456
A449
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Kidderminster and Bewdley Bypass
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| A456
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Hagley and Blakedown Bypass
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| A465
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Pontrilas Diversion
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A483
A489
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Newtown Bypass
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| A483
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Pant and Llanymynech Bypass
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1972
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On Hold
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| A483
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Welshpool Inner Bypass
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An outer bypass was later constructed instead
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| A483
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Brynsadwrn realignment
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| A483
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Cynghordy Bypass
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| A505
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Dunstable Northern Bypass
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| A556(M)
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M6 to M56 link
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Now being constructed as an all purpose bypass. More information on Pathetic Motorways
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| A610
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Codnor Bypass
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| A628
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Mottram and Tintwistle Bypass
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A3400
(ex A34)
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Hockley Heath Bypass
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A4141
(ex A41)
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Knowle Bypass
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2011
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A Ring
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Blackpole - Whittington Motorway
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Part of the motorway plans for Worcester
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Central Area Distributor Road
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Loop in Northampton
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Central Motorway East Bypass
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Pathetic Motorways
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Central Motorway West
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Pathetic Motorways
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Central Spine Motorway
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Part of the motorway plans for Worcester
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City Centre Road
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Loop in Manchester
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Derby Urban Motorway
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Droitwich - Leicester Motorway
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Suggested numbers were M4 or M46.
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East-West Underground Motorway
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Pathetic Motorways
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Eastern Link Road
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Link road in Aylesbury
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Eastern Motorway (Portsmouth)
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Esher Link Road
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Euroroute
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Alternative channel crossing.
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Flockton Link
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M1 to M62 link road. Pathetic Motorways
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Friars Goose Crossing
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Pathetic Motorways
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Glen Feshie Road
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Wades Roads
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Glen Lednock Road
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Wades Roads
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Greater Manchester Western Relief Road
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1989
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1993
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M56 to M62 link. Pathetic Motorways
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Hamilton - Cumbernauld Motorway
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Heeley Bypass
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1960s
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1980s
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Sheffield
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Hook Road
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1960s
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1972
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Cardiff
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Leeds North East Urban Motorway
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Liverpool Inner Motorway
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CBRD
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Western Orbital
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