EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOTORWAY SYSTEM IN THE NORTH WEST

The author traces the development of motorways in the North West from the Institution of Highways Engineers 1936 motorway proposals, through the construction of Stretford-Eccles motorway and the Preston bypass in the late fifties and early sixties. He discusses some of the lessons to be learned about motorway construction, with regard to design features such as carriageway layout, pavement design, hard shoulder design, drainage systems, and bridge design. He commends the steel box girder construction of the Samlesbury Bridge over the River Ribble and the A59, the country's first bridge to carry motorway traffic, where silica gel was used to control humidity within the boxes and give a longer life to the protective treatment, and where the expansion joint at the Southern end has proved satisfactory over 30 plus years.

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  INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

  6 ENDSLEIGH STREET
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  WC1H 0DZ
• Authors:
  • Yeadon, H L
• Publication Date: 1990-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 19-21
• Serial:
  • HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: INSTITUTION OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION
  • ISSN: 0265-6868

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Box girders; Bridges; Design; Freeways; Pavements; Steel; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 3474: Box girder; 3455: Bridge; 9011: Design (overall design); 2752: Motorway; 2955: Pavement; 4542: Steel; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00606358
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM