the Colnbrook By-Pass on the A4
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By-pass
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The railway was in fact shifted in 1937 a little to the west, over a distance of a quarter-mile, to make room for the by-pass at this point, but complete abandonment was firmly vetoed because of the proved strategic value of the line.
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In The Bus We Loved (2005) Travis Elborough describes the New Road [now named Euston Road and Marylebone Road] as 'London's first by-pass ... a kind of perimeter fence, a here be yokels boundary line between the burgeoning town and the country'.
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