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Archway takes its name from the Highgate Archway, a John Nash-designed viaduct to carry Hornsey Lane over a cutting through a hill linking Holloway Road with the Great North Road, and bypassing Highgate Hill. Archway Road, a toll road, and the viaduct opened in 1813.
Nov 5, 2023 · The Archway Improvement Association, its name a tongue-in-cheek play on what the government called the Archway Road Improvement scheme, was set up. It helped organise Residents’ Committees to ensure consistently high levels of turnout and a daily news sheet was produced to update the protestors.
Archway is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Islington 3.8 miles (6 km) north of Charing Cross. It straddles the A1 and is named after a local landmark, the high, single-arched Highgate Archway Bridge which crossed the road in a cutting to the north.
A brief history of Archway Road, which skirts the eastern side of Highgate Hill, and the Archway locality, which is located at its southern end, in the London Borough of Islington. Plus a photo and a map.
Archway is an area of north London, England, in the London Borough of Islington 3.8miles north of Charing Cross. It straddles the A1 and is named after a local landmark, the high, single-arched Archway Bridge which crossed the road in a cutting to the north.
The street is publicly maintained which means that the road is adopted and Transport for London is responsible for the repair and upkeep of the highway. Archway Road is located within the Islington London Boro and Haringey London Boro Council's jurisdiction.
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In 1973 when the first Archway Inquiry opened (officially known as the A1 Trunk Road (Falloden Way Barnet, Prescribed Route Order No 198) it was, in comparison with what was to come later, a relatively subdued affair.
