North Circular Road

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The North Circular Road (officially the A406), is a 25.7-mile-long (41.4 km) ring road around the northern half of inner London. Although it is now a single continuous road, it was formed from component sections, some of which are named North Circular Road while others retain their separate names, e.g. Gunnersbury Avenue, Hanger Lane. The term "North Circular" is used as a more accurate synonym for A406, including for route planning purposes. The road runs from Chiswick in the west to North Woolwich in the east via suburban north London, connecting various suburbs and other trunk roads in the region. Together with its counterpart, the South Circular Road, it mostly forms a ring road around inner London, except for crossing of the River Thames to the east, which is done by the Woolwich Ferry. The road's route was established in 1911 and it was constructed in the Interwar period, connecting local industrial communities and bypassing London. It was upgraded after World War II, and was at...

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