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Transport Ministries: Highways Special Roads (HS Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 121
What's it about?
MT 121
This series consists of the registered files of the Highways Special Roads Division of the Ministry of Transport and its successors. The files concern policy on legislation, the conservation and operation of trunk roads and motorways. Many relate...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 121
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Highways Special Roads (HS Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the registered files of the Highways Special Roads Division of the Ministry of Transport and its successors. The files concern policy on legislation, the conservation and operation of trunk roads and motorways. Many relate to specific schemes such as the Severn Bridge.
The subjects covered include: motorway service areas and maintenance compounds, lighting, telephones, ferries, rates and charges on toll roads and bridges, and the highways programme. The series also includes the minutes and papers of the Advisory Committee on the Landscape Treatment of Trunk Roads.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from this series have been re-registered in the CU series in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HS Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, General Planning Highways Division, 1970-1975
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways Administration Division, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Special Roads Division, 1958-1959
- Ministry of Transport, General Planning Highways Division, 1965-1970
- Ministry of Transport, Special Roads A Division, 1965-1968
- Ministry of Transport, Special Roads Division, 1959-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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586 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1986 Department of Transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Highways Special Roads Division was set up in 1958 as part of the Highways Administration group. Some of its functions were previously the responsibility of the Highways Trunk Roads Division. It was created because of the increase in work caused by the construction of a new and expanding motorway system and resulting legislation programme arising from the Special Roads Act 1949. Its functions covered all aspects of policy on legislation, construction and operation of motorways and trunk roads including ancillary services and work instructions.
In 1965 the Division was renamed Special Roads A Division and in 1968 became part of the Highways General Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11170/
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