A5058 road
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Liverpool City Council | |
| Length | 8.2 mi[1] (13.2 km) |
| History | Constructed 1903-1927[2] |
| Major junctions | |
| north end | Bootle 53°26′35″N 3°00′06″W / 53.44316°N 3.00161°W |
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| south end | Mossley Hill 53°22′50″N 2°55′53″W / 53.38043°N 2.93140°W |
| Road network | |
The A5058 road, known as Queens Drive for much of its length, is a major ring road in Liverpool. It is that part of the A5058 that connects Breeze Hill in Bootle, at the intersection with the A59, with Aigburth Vale in Aigburth.
History
The road was designed by civil engineer John Alexander Brodie and was the UK's first ring-road.[3] Initially conceived with tram tracks running along the centre of the road, it was ultimately decided that a dual-carriageway formation was necessary in order to handle to anticipated increased traffic volumes.[2] The first section of road to be constructed was just to the east of the junction with the A59 road.[4]
References
Route map:
- ↑ Google Maps, A5058 route (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
- ↑ Richard Pollard, Nikolaus Pevsner and Joseph Sharples (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the Southwest. Yale University Press. p. 404. ISBN 0-300-10910-5.
- ↑ "Side by Side, A5058 c1905". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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