Introduction ::
After recently getting my hands on an old plan of a motorway proposal for Sheffield
City Centre, I felt compelled to pull together some history of
Sheffield's road network. I hope to search out a few old plans,
maybe the odd picture and hopefully a few comments from the people
that built the roads...
Scope ::
Sheffield covers a very large area geographically and this site aims
to cover all the major road schemes in the Sheffield area, along
with a few more significant schemes in nearby towns. I will be
dipping into old plan chests and searching the local achieves,
slowly building this site into a comprehensive reference of road
building in the area.
History Features ::
:: Heeley Bypass - Started, but never finished
:: Mosborough Expressway - Sheffield's Original M1 link
:: Mosborough Townships - An historical journey from 1974
:: The Sheffield Urban Motorway - A 1960's dream or nightmare ?
:: A61 Inner Relief Road - From the beginning
:: The Missing Mosborough Townships Roads - Ghostly roads
:: Chapeltown Bypass - Yes it really was proposed !
Planned Development ::
:: M1 Widening - Highways Agency
:: FARRRS - Doncaster MBC - £103M
:: Alignment Options ::
:: Barnsley Town Centre to M1 Link - Barnsley MBC - £40-50M
:: Waverley Link Road - Rotherham MBC - £8.13M
:: A57 M1 to Todwick Crossroads - Rotherham MBC
:: A631 West Bawtry Road - Rotherham MBC
:: Moss Way Extension - Sheffield City Council
:: Clay Wheels Lane to Middlewood Road Link - Sheffield City Council
:: Supertram Extensions - Sheffield City Council - £104M
:: The full South Yorkshire LPT2 is here
:: Link ::
What if ::
:: Expressways for Sheffield - Perhaps a solution to peak hour chaos
:: M18 Extension into Sheffield - Stranger things might happen
:: M67 Manchester to Sheffield Motorway
:: External Link ::
On the Ground ::
:: 1960's
- A61 Penistone Road - Built in time for the World Cup matches in
1966
:: 1970's
- A61 Penistone Road - Extended North to Wadsley Bridge
- A61 Upper Hanover Way - Part of a bigger plan
- A61 Netherthorpe Road - Part of a bigger plan
- Park Square - The end of the Sheffield Parkway
- A57/A630 Sheffield Parkway - Linking Sheffield to the Motorway
- Mosborough Townships - A vision of suburban ideals
- A629 Fenton Road Diversion (PPG 11th Nov 1971)
- A630 Rotherway (PPG 25th June 1973)
:: 1980's
- A57 Aston Way - Bypassing Aston and Swallownest, Fence to the M1
- A6102 Bochum Parkway - Bypassing Norton
- A61 Penistone Road - Extended south past Hillsborough Park
- A61 Penistone Road (Stage 1) - B&Q and Owlerton Green
- A57 Mosborough Parkway (Stage 1) - The road to nowhere ?
- A61 Dronfield Bypass - Bowshaw to New Whittington
- A6109 Meadowbank Road (PPG 14th Mar 1980)
- A630 Centenary Way - Canklow to Bow Bridge (PPG 4th July 1988)
- Europa Link (PPG 28th Sep 1989)
:: 1990's
- SYLRT
- Don Valley Link Stages 1 to 7
- Sheffield Airport Spine Road (Europa Link to Shepcote Lane)
- A57 Mosborough Parkway (Stage 2)
- A57 Mosborough Parkway (Stage 3)
- A61 Penistone Road (Stage 2) - Barracks to Neepsend Lane
- A61 Penistone Road (Stage 3) - Neepsend to Shalesmoor
- A61 Inner Ring Road (Stage 1) - Sheffield Parkway to Wicker
:: 2000 & beyond
- A61 Inner Relief Road (Stage 2) - Wicker to Shalesmoor
- Sheffield Sheaf Square - A new gateway to the City
Notes;
PPG = Planning Permission Granted
Links ::
:: Sabre
:: Pathetic Motorways
:: CBRD
Coming Soon ::
:: More on Expressways
:: Missing Mosborough Roads