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Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment: Road Research Laboratory,...
Catalogue reference: AY 26
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AY 26
This series consists of reports and supplementary reports of the Road Research Laboratory and from 1972 its successor, the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. They relate to the planning, construction and maintenance of roads and associated...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AY 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and Department of the Environment: Road Research Laboratory, and Transport and Road Research Laboratory: Reports (LR and SR Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of reports and supplementary reports of the Road Research Laboratory and from 1972 its successor, the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. They relate to the planning, construction and maintenance of roads and associated structures such as bridges, the study of traffic flow, road layout, road safety and road accident and research into general transport planning and the environmental effects of road vehicles.
AY 26/1-114 are Laboratory Reports (LR Series), and each piece consists of a batch of such reports. Reports from former reference 55 onwards are prefixed by the letters LR. Pieces from 115 onwards are Supplementary Reports (SR Series), and each piece consists of an individual report.
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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)
- LR and SR file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Road Research Laboratory, 1933-1972
- Transport and Road Research Laboratory, 1972-1993
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 943 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2740/
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