Queen Victoria Road, Burnley

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241988

Reference identifier

EBU20140721022

Title

Queen Victoria Road, Burnley

Place

Burnley

General notes

In the 1920's, it was decided by Burnley Corporation, that a major new road was required which would link Colne Road with Todmorden Road and the area around Turf Moor. This development was known as the Northern Arterial Road and it involved building new roads from scratch, like Eastern Avenue and redeveloping existing roads, like the one seen here. These roads all linked together, creating a major traffic route around the town centre.

An unfortunate consequence of this road building exercise can be seen here. Due to the new layout, the bottom corner of Queen's Park had to be cut off from the main body, so that the new road could connect with Belvedere Road.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

24.5 x 19

Year of image

1928

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Locator

N15: Northern Arterial Road

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