HC Deb 15 July 1957 vol 573 c94W
Sir F. Medlicott

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will issue a list of the under-passes and fly-overs either already approved by him or under active consideration throughout Great Britain.

Mr. Watkinson

The following individual under-passes or fly-overs are under construction or authorised, and fifty-eight more are being actively considered:

Trunk Roads Number
Cromwell Road Extension at Chiswick l
Preston By-pass (Junction with A.59) l
Lancaster By-pass 1
Kingston By-pass—Hook Road l
Western Avenue junction with North Circular Road l
Classified Roads
Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach l
Dartford—Purfleet Tunnel Southern Approach 1
Stretford—Eccles By-pass (Lancs.) 1st Section 3

In addition, nearly three hundred fly-over bridges will be built to carry new motorways, and in some cases by-passes, over or under existing highways, without connection to them.

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