A500 road

[11] Construction involved the destruction of streets and businesses within Stoke's town centre, as well as the excavation of a mass grave of the victims of a 17th-century cholera epidemic.[12] In 1993 a proposal was made to add the missing flyover and underpass close to Stoke-on-Trent railway station, after an alternative plan had been rejected because of its cost.[17] Several months of additional work was needed to finalise traffic light operations, gardens, and other miscellaneous tasks.In February 2009, it was announced that the single carriageway Nantwich bypass would be re-numbered as the A51 in a bid to relieve the town centre of traffic.Continuing through open countryside it passes under the A34 at Talke Pits, turns south before meeting the Tunstall Western Bypass and enters the north of Stoke-on-Trent.Passing through the newest section in a cutting it emerges south of Stoke alongside the site of the Victoria Ground.Turning west it passes the Bet365 Stadium before leaving the urban area at Hanford, south of Trent Vale.
Cover of the information leaflet about the proposed building of the "D road" through Stoke-on-Trent, showing the use of the 'D' shape overlaid on the map for promotion. [ 6 ]
Part of the original A500 near Audley
The city road junction as originally built
Looking towards the M6 at junction 15 on the original A5006 section
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