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The Motorway Achievement: Volume 1: The British Motorway System: Visualisation, Policy andAdministration
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Peter Baldwin, KCB, MA, FKC, FCIT, Hon.FIHT, CIMgt, FRSA
Peter Baldwin, KCB, MA, FKC, FCIT, Hon.FIHT, CIMgt, FRSA
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Robert Baldwin, BA, MLitt, MRIN, FLS
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https://doi.org/10.1680/tmatbmsvaa.31968
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978-0-7277-4973-4
Publication date:
2004
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Chapter 9 - Topographical curveying and construction control for motorways 1946-1983

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R. M. Buchan, FRICS
R. M. Buchan, FRICS
Sir Owen Williams and Partners
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R. M. Buchan, FRICS
Sir Owen Williams and Partners
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  • Published:
    2004

  • Introduction to surveying practice, 1946-1983

  • The M4: Early motorway work in Wales (Newport By-pass and Port Talbot By-pass)

  • The M1, M45 and M18 motorways (Luton-Doncaster)

  • Luton to Crick: 58 Miles, 1955 to 1958

  • M1 and M18: Crick to Doncaster, 1958 to 1966

  • M1: Crick to the River Trent Crossing

  • M5 and M6: The Midland Links — 1959 to 1969

  • Metrication: September 1967

  • The M54 Motorway

  • Surveying Equipment

  • Anecdotes from the above surveys

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