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The UK Trunk Road Network

A50 Trunk Road in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Photo by Phil Eptlett, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons licence The United Kingdom has a vast and complex network, consisting of various grades of roads, from quiet country tracks to full blown motorways. A large proportion of the road network are Trunk Roads, providing a strategic network of major routes linking centres of national importance.

This enhanced section will take an in-depth look at the Trunk Road network, explaining what these roads are, who manages them and why they were introduced. There are also a number of maps that put it all into perspective too.

How it all began
A look at why the trunk road system was introduced by the government, including a guide to the 1936 Trunk Road network

The Network Expands
Increased traffic, people travelling further. More trunk roads were needed. So 1946 saw a mass expansion of the network

Trunk Decline
All good things must come to an end - the mass, comprehensive trunk network is slimmed down.

The Trunk Network Today
Statistics, facts and figures relating to the trunk road network of today.

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