NEW BRITISH MOTORWAY.—Part of the new £6,000,000 Ross Spur motorway (M.50) from Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye, a distance of 21 miles. The highway, which was opened recently, forms part of the new route from South Wales to the Midlands. It is a first-class, high-speed road with 24ft dual carriageways. The highway, which took 1200 men two years and a half to build, has been designed more for industrial use than for tourists.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29384, 10 December 1960, Page 7
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71NEW BRITISH MOTORWAY.—Part of the new £6,000,000 Ross Spur motorway (M.50) from Tewkesbury to Ross-on-Wye, a distance of 21 miles. The highway, which was opened recently, forms part of the new route from South Wales to the Midlands. It is a first-class, high-speed road with 24ft dual carriageways. The highway, which took 1200 men two years and a half to build, has been designed more for industrial use than for tourists. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29384, 10 December 1960, Page 7
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