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Class 1. - Roads, Bridges, Road Traffic and Rights of Way
CLASS 1.—ROADS , BRIDGES , ROAD TRAFFIC AND RIGHTS OF WAY
  • (1) Trunk roads and special roads.
  • (2) County roads.
  • (3) Bridges.
  • (4) Built up areas.
  • (5) Restriction of traffic.
  • (6) London traffic.
  • (7) Public service vehicles, tramcars and trolley vehicles.
  • (8) Rights of way (stopping up, diversion, re-opening, retention of pipes in highways, etc.).
(1) Trunk roads and special roads
(a) TRUNK ROADS

Restriction of traffic on trunk roads—see (5) below .

Trunk roads in built-up areas—see (4) (a) below .

(i) England and Wales

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation — Orders under Trunk Roads Act, 1946(a)[1], s. 1 (2), directing that roads shall become, or cease to be, trunk roads.

  • Basingstoke–Newbury Trunk Road (Greenham Common Diversion ); 18 July (1278) .
  • Bath–Cheltenham–Evesham–Coventry–Leicester–Lincoln Trunk Road (Thurmaston By-Pass Extension); 26 Mar. (545).
  • Birmingham–Great Yarmouth Trunk Road (East Dereham Market Place); 20 Sept. (1688).
  • East of Snaith–York–Thirsk–Stockton-on-Tees–Sunderland Trunk Road
    • (Sheraton Diversions); 16 Jan. (84).
    • (Shotton Diversion); 5 Feb. (198).
  • Exeter–Leeds Trunk Road (King John's Bridge, Tewkesbury, Diversion) (Revocation); 27 Aug. (1546 ).
  • Fishguard–Aberystwyth–Dolgelley–Caernarvon–Bangor (Menai Suspension Bridge) Trunk Road (Upper Smithfield Street and Other Roads, Dolgelley); 21 June (1108).
  • Folkestone–Brighton–Southampton–Dorchester–Honiton Trunk Road—
    • (The Strand, Rye Diversion); 6 Feb. (200).
    • (Titchfield Road, Fareham, Diversion); 22 Feb. (324).
  • Ipswich–Newmarket–Cambridge–St. Neots–Bedford–Northampton–Weedon Trunk Road (Stetchworth Toll Bar Diversion); 5 Nov. (1939).
  • King's Lynn–Sleaford–Newark Trunk Road (Beacon Hill Bridge, Newark, Diversions); 24 Sept. (1710).
  • Levens Bridge–Broughton-in-Furness–Workington–Aspatria -Carlisle Trunk Road (Market Street and Griffin Street,Broughton-in-Furness); 27 Sept. (1725).
  • Liverpool–Leeds–Hull Trunk Road (West of Gilberdyke Diversions); 21 Feb. (322).
  • London–Brighton Trunk Road (Purley Cross Diversion); 6 Nov. (1940).
  • London–Carlisle–Glasgow–Inverness Trunk Road
  • (Kettering, Alternative Route); 7 Aug. (1456).
  • (Owen Road By-Pass, Lancaster); 11 Apr. (682).
  • (Salford Road, Bolton, Diversion); 28 Feb. (355).
  • London–Edinburgh–Thurso Trunk Road—
    • (Doncaster By-Pass, Northern Extension); 13 June (1025).
    • (Tempsford Diversion); 1 May (779).
    • (Western Boundary at Melton Park); 30 Aug. (1568 ).
    • (Wyboston Diversion); 26 Apr. (769).
  • London-Fishguard Trunk Road
    • (Baglan Road, Port Talbot, Diversion); 3 May (797).
    • (St. Ann's Street and Other Roads, Chepstow) ; 7 May (828).

  1. (a) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 30.