One of a series of select aerial photographs, captured during an ascent from Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN) on June 5, 2014. Featuring wide angle views, vistas, horizon shots; overlooking the suburban and urban development and landscapes below, looking closer and beyond the constraints of the viewfinder and eye, reveals patterns, grids, and intricate formations within the green and blue natural surroundings.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the dame format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The upper image shows the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen main road negotiating a sharp bend under the railway at Huntly with two trucks passing. Although the A96 now does bypass the town here the railway and bridge still survive as a public road at this point. The lower image shows one of the two bridges over the Cart rivers between Renfrew and Inchinnan, this being the lift bridge over the White Cart Water. The photographer stands with their back to the second crossing, the ancient stone bridge over the Black Cart Water that is, I think as I write, being replaced with a new structure. The main A8 is now bypassed here by the M8 to the south just the otherside of Glasgow Airport whose runways extent almost to this point.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the dame format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

This splendid image shows the intersection of what is described as the A907 and A994 in the centre of the ancient Fife city. That's thrown me a bit as I've always known New Row as historically being the A823 but it is a long time since I've been to Dunfermline!

The traditional backend of a bus can be seen, an Alexander's Fife vehicle with the common painted advert for Askit headache powders just visible. Amongst the streets, vehicles, cyclist and pedestrians can be seen many shops and facades.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

this marvellous view is of traffic in Sterling and shows a pedestrian 'Zebra Crossing' with its relatively new road markings along with the Belisha Beacons that had been introduced earlier in the 1930s. A removals van, or pantechnicon, belonging to Andrew Stewart & Sons, a local removals concern moves off and this will allow the Alexander's double deck bus that I think is registered AFG 687, R419, to turn right - and thanks to Andrew (below) it's reckoned to be one of the interesting single deck chassis latterly reconstructed to carry a double deck body having originally been a Leyland Tiger TS7 new in 1936 when it carried the fleet number P258.

The massive concrete lamp post columns with the then popular fluorescent lanterns are very obvious, the double bracket being a locally made Springbank column whilst the next few appear to be suspension hung from the adjacent tenement blocks - less so, tucked away to the right, is a milk float!

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

This is a scene I vaguely recall from an Edinburgh childhood of the early 1960s, just before the Forth Road Bridge opened. The ferry crossing at Queensferry and here traffic is seen queuing to join the Mary Queen of Scots, registered at Granton in Edinburgh. Amongst the vehicles can be seen what looks like one of SMT's Burlngham bodied coaches. The crossing was of course very weather dependant and if closed a long deviation up to Kincardine to use the bridge was required.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

Two fine views here, the first of the centre of Glasgow showing the junction between the Broomielaw and Oswald St at Geroge V Bridge. An SBG bus awaits its turn at the junction as an articulated lorry crosses on to the bridge upon which sit a group of vehicles that includes one of GCT's famous tramcars. In front of it are two single deck buses, one I'm sure a GCT vehicle. In the background the railway bridge over the River Clyde shows the approaches to Central Station.

The second image shows the situation at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire where the main A77 Monkton Road did indeed cross the western end of the runway - a situation that on occasion did require, as seen here, a policeman to halt road traffic whilst air traffic took precedence. Amongst the vehicles can be seen some ones pride and joy, PYS 512, and a van for what appears to be Drysdale McLerie, manufacturing confectioners of Hillington in Glasgow. Oddly I only know of Drysdale and Davidson.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

In the far north of Scotland the old A9 and A96 are seen in a fine view that as well as a traffic policeman on points duty, white cuffs for visibility, road traffic mingles with pedestrians and a fine view of a row of shops. The Washington? Soda Fountain is a remarkable sight, along with the 'You may telephone from here' sign and other premises include a chemist, fruit shop and restaurant. The one van I can make out is for the Highland Glazing Company.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

Another Austin makes its way along the A9 here close to Ballinluig showing the 'county lane' nature of much of the old road through the Highlands at the time. The text discusses many of the old main roads around Glasgow and into Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

Alongside the text "Thrombosis" a photo of the old A74 at Birkwood Bridge in Lanarkshire is shown, this then forming part of the main Anglo-Scottish route. The Bridge was situated north of Lesmahagow near to Kirkmuirhill and was eventually, I think, obliterated by improvements to the A74 that now, as the M74, may have been moved further west again. A bus, possibly of the Central SMT company heads towards us whilst what I suspect is an Austin heads on to the bridge.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The upper image here shows the aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over Edinburgh Road in Linlithgow, a section of road I recall from my days as a conductor on Eastern Scottish although the Falkirk route was a rare outing for us at New St. A Briitsh Road Services lorry squeezes through causing a Castrol van to veer to the left whilst a Morris Minor Countryman waits on the side. This is still much the same, the bridge now controlled by traffic signals with the hospital entrance to the left.

Perth, before the Tay Road Bridge and other improvements, was indeed a major intersection of north - south and east-west routes through the city centre. This looks across Queens Bridge into South Street with the traffic signals controllingt he junction of Tay Street.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

These two images show an urban and a rural setting. The top photo shows the busy A646 road, then an important trans-Pennine route as it followed one of the few 'valley' routes and avoided the steep climbs of the more 'direct' roads such as the A58 and A62. Under what looks like old Wardel sodium street lighting we see a variety of commercial vehicles, inluding a Pickford's small tanker and an Ever Ready Battery delivery vehicle amidst the then darkened gritstone architecture.

The lower picture shows a steep bend on the A638 route at South Emsall that was an important connector road to the A1. AS an AEC lorry heels over a Morris Minor heads the other way keeping well clear!

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

These two photos show towns that are to east of the heavy Woollen District as was. The first is of Horbury and the A642 road. As well as a shiny new Austin car there are three buses, two carrying adverts for Bovril and for Ty-phoo Tea as they pass a pub selling Beverley's Beer. The lower shows Pontefract's Front Street, then the A639. All this was indeed swept away by the town's Inner Relief Road and not a building survives, certainly now the public house the dray is delivering to.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came o fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due tot he growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

These two images show the towns of Mexborough, in the south of the county, and Wetherby to the north of Leeds.

The view of Mexbrough's High Street does indeed show some congestion on what was the A6023 that traversed this heavy industrial area, known for mining and engineering. As well as the bus (fleet number 984L) can be seen under the overhead one of the rare examples in the UK of a single deck trolleybus, owned by the local Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company.

In Wetherby the main Great North Road, the A1, was the main street and here pedestrians dodge traffic on a 'Zebra' crossing.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

This picture shows what was the Toll Bridge on the A19 and A63 that 'duplexed' here in in the town of Selby and that was both a weight restriction and cause of traffic congestion as the tolls were taken. The bridge has been technically bypassed by two newer bridges, all three of which are still swing bridges. However it was only in 1991 that the local authorities bought out the private toll bridge company and abolished charges.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

"Known but not praised as the A1" is a reflection of the state of the Great North Road, the A1 trunk road, that at the time ran along the eastern side of the county and mostly followed its original line through numerous towns and village centres.

The "East Lancs Road", as the A580 is colloquially known, was in many respects Britain's major pre-WW2 road construction project and in many ways it stood alone prior to the construction of the UK's Motorway programme in the late 1950s; the latter, interestingly, was also to be found in Lancashire with the construction of the first section of the M6, the Preston By-Pass. The Liverpool - East Lancashire Road was the first of the 'modern' arterial roads to be mostly constructed on a new alignment, not an improvement of an existing route, and as such it was designed with 'roundabouts', or 'circuses', at many junctions and in places it included over and underbridges for existing roadways and railway lines.

The history of the scheme goes back to c.1912 when potential schemes to improve road communications between the two great ports and industrial cities of South Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, was first considered. Delayed by war, the scheme was restarted in the 1920s when, under the aegis of both Lancashire County Council and the new Ministry of Transport a plan for the 28 miles of new highway was drawn up and funding agreed; the MOT agreed to a 75% grant towards the estimated cost of £3,000,000. It was to run from 'a point' in Liverpool to 'a point' in Salford, basically the respective borough boundaries and indeed this was, in later years, to become an achilles heel as the highway began and ended on existing roads in crowded areas. Nevertheless The County Council and the Corporations of Liverpool, Bootle and St. Helens, along with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, found the balance and the decision was made, in depression years, to use unskilled workers in their repsective areas to help built the road. In April 1927 the project was formally started, largely under the direction of the County Council's Highways & Bridges Committee. The 'first sod' within the County was cut at a ceremony on 29 April 1929, the same day that the section constructed within the City of Liverpool, and constructed by them, opened.

The bulk of the road was constructed by Sir Lindsay Parkinson Co. Ltd. with various constractors used for the surfacing. It was built to then high standards, regarding width, gradients and 'preservation of natural features' and much of it, when opened, had a single three-lane carriageway 40 feet wide, and pavements and a cycle lane alongside. Over the years the majority of the road has been widened and improved but, at the eastern end within Salford, the road width is still much the same thanks to early housing development on either side. The brochure includes much detail as to construction, design and costs and includes a series of photographs showing major works, including over and underbridegs, as well as aerial shots of the road in early 1934 prior to the formal opening by HM The King who arrived by car from Lowton Station and was driven into Liverpool having unveiled a commemorative plaque at 1050am!

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The A65 is still a major route connecting the Leeds/Bradford area with North Yorkshire and on to the M6 near Kendal. Skipton is now bypassed and this image shows Otley Road in the town; until quite recently one lone example of this installation of Stanton concrete lamp columns and GEC mercury lantern survived in the town.

The "East Lancs Road", as the A580 is colloquially known, was in many respects Britain's major pre-WW2 road construction project and in many ways it stood alone prior to the construction of the UK's Motorway programme in the late 1950s; the latter, interestingly, was also to be found in Lancashire with the construction of the first section of the M6, the Preston By-Pass. The Liverpool - East Lancashire Road was the first of the 'modern' arterial roads to be mostly constructed on a new alignment, not an improvement of an existing route, and as such it was designed with 'roundabouts', or 'circuses', at many junctions and in places it included over and underbridges for existing roadways and railway lines.

The history of the scheme goes back to c.1912 when potential schemes to improve road communications between the two great ports and industrial cities of South Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, was first considered. Delayed by war, the scheme was restarted in the 1920s when, under the aegis of both Lancashire County Council and the new Ministry of Transport a plan for the 28 miles of new highway was drawn up and funding agreed; the MOT agreed to a 75% grant towards the estimated cost of £3,000,000. It was to run from 'a point' in Liverpool to 'a point' in Salford, basically the respective borough boundaries and indeed this was, in later years, to become an achilles heel as the highway began and ended on existing roads in crowded areas. Nevertheless The County Council and the Corporations of Liverpool, Bootle and St. Helens, along with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, found the balance and the decision was made, in depression years, to use unskilled workers in their repsective areas to help built the road. In April 1927 the project was formally started, largely under the direction of the County Council's Highways & Bridges Committee. The 'first sod' within the County was cut at a ceremony on 29 April 1929, the same day that the section constructed within the City of Liverpool, and constructed by them, opened.

The bulk of the road was constructed by Sir Lindsay Parkinson Co. Ltd. with various constractors used for the surfacing. It was built to then high standards, regarding width, gradients and 'preservation of natural features' and much of it, when opened, had a single three-lane carriageway 40 feet wide, and pavements and a cycle lane alongside. Over the years the majority of the road has been widened and improved but, at the eastern end within Salford, the road width is still much the same thanks to early housing development on either side. The brochure includes much detail as to construction, design and costs and includes a series of photographs showing major works, including over and underbridegs, as well as aerial shots of the road in early 1934 prior to the formal opening by HM The King who arrived by car from Lowton Station and was driven into Liverpool having unveiled a commemorative plaque at 1050am!

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came o fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

The image here shows a more 'rural' setting, the A630 at Hooton Roberts near Rotherham. This road does appear to have been heavily re-engineered and widened through the village.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

This page discusses the outline plans for what would become the M1 and A1(M) running north-south and the M62 Trans-Pennine Motorway that traverses West Yorkshire east-west, The picture is of the south oof the county and the steel town of Stocksbridge with several Sheffield Corporation Transport buses making their way amidst the traffic on what was the A616 Trunk Road. The town is now bypassed and the road carries a B designation.

The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.

The Campaign issued a series of publicity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - West Riding of Yorkshire" and is in the same format as other regional booklets issued in this series. The booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas such as Skipton, Pontefract and Hebden Bridge. Although many of the plans shown here came to fruition, such as the regional motorways, it is strange to think that many of the roads seen here as still traffic magnets due to the growth in motor vehicles and the dramatic increase in so many 'short distance' road journeys.

The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! The county referred to is the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, an authority that covered a vast geographical area and that in 1974 was divided into two new Metropolitan Counties (West and South Yorkshire) and one new County Council, that of North Yorkshire along with other smaller changes. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.

Here, a slow moving queue of traffic inches its way through Thorne on the A614 that was then still gas lit. The town is now bypassed by the M18.

The "East Lancs Road", as the A580 is colloquially known, was in many respects Britain's major pre-WW2 road construction project and in many ways it stood alone prior to the construction of the UK's Motorway programme in the late 1950s; the latter, interestingly, was also to be found in Lancashire with the construction of the first section of the M6, the Preston By-Pass. The Liverpool - East Lancashire Road was the first of the 'modern' arterial roads to be mostly constructed on a new alignment, not an improvement of an existing route, and as such it was designed with 'roundabouts', or 'circuses', at many junctions and in places it included over and underbridges for existing roadways and railway lines.

The history of the scheme goes back to c.1912 when potential schemes to improve road communications between the two great ports and industrial cities of South Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, was first considered. Delayed by war, the scheme was restarted in the 1920s when, under the aegis of both Lancashire County Council and the new Ministry of Transport a plan for the 28 miles of new highway was drawn up and funding agreed; the MOT agreed to a 75% grant towards the estimated cost of £3,000,000. It was to run from 'a point' in Liverpool to 'a point' in Salford, basically the respective borough boundaries and indeed this was, in later years, to become an achilles heel as the highway began and ended on existing roads in crowded areas. Nevertheless The County Council and the Corporations of Liverpool, Bootle and St. Helens, along with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, found the balance and the decision was made, in depression years, to use unskilled workers in their repsective areas to help built the road. In April 1927 the project was formally started, largely under the direction of the County Council's Highways & Bridges Committee. The 'first sod' within the County was cut at a ceremony on 29 April 1929, the same day that the section constructed within the City of Liverpool, and constructed by them, opened.

The bulk of the road was constructed by Sir Lindsay Parkinson Co. Ltd. with various constractors used for the surfacing. It was built to then high standards, regarding width, gradients and 'preservation of natural features' and much of it, when opened, had a single three-lane carriageway 40 feet wide, and pavements and a cycle lane alongside. Over the years the majority of the road has been widened and improved but, at the eastern end within Salford, the road width is still much the same thanks to early housing development on either side. The brochure includes much detail as to construction, design and costs and includes a series of photographs showing major works, including over and underbridegs, as well as aerial shots of the road in early 1934 prior to the formal opening by HM The King who arrived by car from Lowton Station and was driven into Liverpool having unveiled a commemorative plaque at 1050am!

The "East Lancs Road", as the A580 is colloquially known, was in many respects Britain's major pre-WW2 road construction project and in many ways it stood alone prior to the construction of the UK's Motorway programme in the late 1950s; the latter, interestingly, was also to be found in Lancashire with the construction of the first section of the M6, the Preston By-Pass. The Liverpool - East Lancashire Road was the first of the 'modern' arterial roads to be mostly constructed on a new alignment, not an improvement of an existing route, and as such it was designed with 'roundabouts', or 'circuses', at many junctions and in places it included over and underbridges for existing roadways and railway lines.

The history of the scheme goes back to c.1912 when potential schemes to improve road communications between the two great ports and industrial cities of South Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, was first considered. Delayed by war, the scheme was restarted in the 1920s when, under the aegis of both Lancashire County Council and the new Ministry of Transport a plan for the 28 miles of new highway was drawn up and funding agreed; the MOT agreed to a 75% grant towards the estimated cost of £3,000,000. It was to run from 'a point' in Liverpool to 'a point' in Salford, basically the respective borough boundaries and indeed this was, in later years, to become an achilles heel as the highway began and ended on existing roads in crowded areas. Nevertheless The County Council and the Corporations of Liverpool, Bootle and St. Helens, along with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, found the balance and the decision was made, in depression years, to use unskilled workers in their repsective areas to help built the road. In April 1927 the project was formally started, largely under the direction of the County Council's Highways & Bridges Committee. The 'first sod' within the County was cut at a ceremony on 29 April 1929, the same day that the section constructed within the City of Liverpool, and constructed by them, opened.

The bulk of the road was constructed by Sir Lindsay Parkinson Co. Ltd. with various constractors used for the surfacing. It was built to then high standards, regarding width, gradients and 'preservation of natural features' and much of it, when opened, had a single three-lane carriageway 40 feet wide, and pavements and a cycle lane alongside. Over the years the majority of the road has been widened and improved but, at the eastern end within Salford, the road width is still much the same thanks to early housing development on either side. The brochure includes much detail as to construction, design and costs and includes a series of photographs showing major works, including over and underbridegs, as well as aerial shots of the road in early 1934 prior to the formal opening by HM The King who arrived by car from Lowton Station and was driven into Liverpool having unveiled a commemorative plaque at 1050am!

The "East Lancs Road", as the A580 is colloquially known, was in many respects Britain's major pre-WW2 road construction project and in many ways it stood alone prior to the construction of the UK's Motorway programme in the late 1950s; the latter, interestingly, was also to be found in Lancashire with the construction of the first section of the M6, the Preston By-Pass. The Liverpool - East Lancashire Road was the first of the 'modern' arterial roads to be mostly constructed on a new alignment, not an improvement of an existing route, and as such it was designed with 'roundabouts', or 'circuses', at many junctions and in places it included over and underbridges for existing roadways and railway lines.

The history of the scheme goes back to c.1912 when potential schemes to improve road communications between the two great ports and industrial cities of South Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, was first considered. Delayed by war, the scheme was restarted in the 1920s when, under the aegis of both Lancashire County Council and the new Ministry of Transport a plan for the 28 miles of new highway was drawn up and funding agreed; the MOT agreed to a 75% grant towards the estimated cost of £3,000,000. It was to run from 'a point' in Liverpool to 'a point' in Salford, basically the respective borough boundaries and indeed this was, in later years, to become an achilles heel as the highway began and ended on existing roads in crowded areas. Nevertheless The County Council and the Corporations of Liverpool, Bootle and St. Helens, along with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, found the balance and the decision was made, in depression years, to use unskilled workers in their repsective areas to help built the road. In April 1927 the project was formally started, largely under the direction of the County Council's Highways & Bridges Committee. The 'first sod' within the County was cut at a ceremony on 29 April 1929, the same day that the section constructed within the City of Liverpool, and constructed by them, opened.

The bulk of the road was constructed by Sir Lindsay Parkinson Co. Ltd. with various constractors used for the surfacing. It was built to then high standards, regarding width, gradients and 'preservation of natural features' and much of it, when opened, had a single three-lane carriageway 40 feet wide, and pavements and a cycle lane alongside. Over the years the majority of the road has been widened and improved but, at the eastern end within Salford, the road width is still much the same thanks to early housing development on either side. The brochure includes much detail as to construction, design and costs and includes a series of photographs showing major works, including over and underbridegs, as well as aerial shots of the road in early 1934 prior to the formal opening by HM The King who arrived by car from Lowton Station and was driven into Liverpool having unveiled a commemorative plaque at 1050am!

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