Although the terminus of the road is in Lincoln, most of the A57 follows the former Liverpool-Skegness trunk road, created by the 1946 Trunk Roads Act.

By the 1950s an established system of road classification and numbering with Trunk Roads and Link Roads had long been developed.

In the United Kingdom, Trunk Roads were first defined for Great Britain in the Trunk Roads Act 1936.

Thirty major roads were classed as Trunk Roads and the Minister of Transport took direct control of them and the bridges across them.

At that time, of British road were classified as Trunk Roads.

Additional roads have been ' trunked ', notably in the Trunk Roads Act 1946.

As of 2004, Great Britain has 7, 845 miles ( 12, 625 km ) of Trunk Roads, of which 2, 161 miles ( 3, 478 km ) are motorways.

In Ireland major roads were previously classified under an old system as Trunk Roads, and had route numbers prefixed by " T ".

Some former Trunk Roads, or sections of former Trunk Roads, became non-trunk Regional roads under the new road numbering system introduced in the 1970s and 1980s.

The County Council says that " The driving force of the scheme is to enable essential economic regeneration for Bexhill and Hastings, which is currently compromised by the poor accessibility within and between the two towns ... the Bexhill Hastings Link Road would make a major contribution to meeting the need to improve access between the towns and linking Trunk Roads which serve the area ".

With this in mind, can my noble friend assure us, first, that the advice of the Advisory Committee the Landscape Treatment of Trunk Roads to which he referred will in all cases in future be sought at a very early stage in the planning of these new roads ; and, secondly, that permanent professional advice will be enlisted from the outset at the planning, the reconnaissance stage, in order to ensure that these great new roads blend as harmoniously as possible with the land-scape through which they pass?

* Trunk Roads in Ireland

* Trunk Roads in Ireland

* Trunk Roads in Ireland

Grand Trunk Roads of northern India 1857.

Until 1977, roads in Ireland were designated with one of two prefixes: " T " for Trunk Roads and " L " for Link Roads.

The Act gave the Minister for Local Government the power to classify roads: Trunk Road Funds were used to enable local councils to improve major roads and road surfacing was gradually undertaken throughout the 1920s, 1930s and beyond.

Thus the British North America Act, 1867 included the provision for an Intercolonial Railway to link with the Grand Trunk at Rivière-du-Loup.

On May 13, 1913, the Michigan Legislature passed the State Reward Trunk Line Highway Act, which included Gratiot Avenue as part of Division 1 of the initial highway system.

On May 13, 1913, the Michigan Legislature passed the State Reward Trunk Line Highway Act ( Public Act 334 of 1913 ) that created the original state highway system.

The bridge was built in 1914 in response to the 1913 State Trunk Line Act passed by the Michigan Legislature.

On November 10, Axl gave his first TV interview in as many years to Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine of That Metal Show discussing his whole career and the band's future.

Grand Trunk Railway was built fully a century before major property and highway development took place in the various jurisdictions it crossed and as such had the choice of geography in selecting the most direct routes.

Subscriber Trunk Dialling ( STD ) was introduced in Jersey in 1966 which meant that most UK calls could now be dialled direct instead of having to go through an operator.

The population of the village has expanded considerably in recent years and many of the older landmarks have been swept away to make room for new housing and commercial development, attracted by direct access along the B5425 to Wrexham Town Centre, and easy connection to the A483 ( Trunk ) at Pandy, for Chester and the north West of England beyond.

The Michigan Central was one of the few Michigan railroads with a direct line into Chicago, meaning it did not have to operate cross-lake ferries, as did virtually all other railroads operating in Michigan, such as the Pere Marquette, Pennsylvania, Grand Trunk, and Ann Arbor Railroads.

As a direct result of this book, Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint's Trunk, people interested in forming a society dedicated to Arthur Ransome had been leaving their contact details at Abbot Hall, where, following his death in 1967, his widow Evgenia had donated various articles, including his writing desk.

Similarly, until 1995, calls to Malaysia from Singapore were direct, with only the area code and number being required, hence 03 for Kuala Lumpur instead of + 60 3, but in that year the Subscriber Trunk Dialling prefix 020 was adopted, owing to the divergence of the two countries ' numbering plans.

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Trunk rotation therapies aimed at improving postural disorders and balance deficits in patients with unilateral neglect, have demonstrated optimistic results in regaining voluntary trunk control when using specific postural rehabilitative devices.

Grand Trunk would establish its own route to Chicago across Michigan when the New York Central Railroad ’ s William Vanderbilt took over control of the Michigan Central in 1878.

The Grand Trunk Corporation was created to shift full control of GTW operations to Detroit and begin a strategy to make the railroad profitable.

On July 12, 1920, the entire Grand Trunk system was placed under the control of a " Board of Management " by the federal Department of Railways and Canals in Canada after several years of financial difficulties.

* August 15 – The Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Atlantic Railway sign an agreement that will place the Canadian Atlantic under Grand Trunk's control.

CNR also assumed control of Grand Trunk Western as a subsidiary and the tunnel company and continued operations much as before.

In Canada, the government took control of several railways that fell into bankruptcy following World War I, including the Canadian Northern Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and the Grand Trunk Railway.

It acquired control of CN's U. S. properties ; Grand Trunk Western, Central Vermont Railway and the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway in December 1971, and has since acquired other companies, mostly through acquisitions of other holding companies: Illinois Central Corporation ( IC ) in 1999, Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation ( WC ) in 2001, Great Lakes Transportation in 2004, and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway in 2008.

* The Grand Trunk Road ( commonly abbreviated to GT Road ) is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads.

Surface projections of the major organs of the Trunk ( anatomy ) | trunk, using the vertebral column and Human rib cage | rib cage as main reference points of superficial anatomy.

The extension of the Grand Trunk Railway from Sarnia to Toronto ( and hence through Berlin ) in July 1856 was a major boon to the community, helping to improve industrialization in the area.

This was formerly the junction of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad -- a major point of access for the northern White Mountains.

Basket-making became a major industry in the town, and the Grand Trunk Railway was built through it.

The A40 is a major trunk road connecting London to Fishguard, Wales and officially called The London to Fishguard Trunk Road ( A40 ) in all legal documents and Acts.

* Trunk highway, a major road recommended for freight traffic

The A483 is a major road in the United Kingdom, running from Swansea in Wales to Chester in England, although the official title is the Swansea to Manchester Trunk Road.

The loss of the SNER's strongest proponent, Grand Trunk Railway president Charles Melville Hays, on the Titanic in 1912 may have been the major reason that this new route to the sea was never completed.

The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads.

Renamed the " Grand Trunk Road " ( sometimes referred to as the " Long Walk "), it was extended to run from Calcutta to Peshawar and thus to span a major portion of India.

The Grand Trunk Road continues to be one of the major arteries of India and Pakistan.

* Grand Trunk Road, one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads, linking India to Pakistan

* Grand Trunk Western Railway has a major rail yard in Port Huron Township.

The Vyrnwy Large Diameter Trunk Main ( LDTM ) is currently undergoing a major refurbishment project by United Utilities.

It runs adjacent to the North Island Main Trunk Railway freight and passenger railway line, but is earmarked for major transport intensification to improve links from central Auckland to eastern suburbs such as Pakuranga and Howick.

The two major geographical features of this town are the Wuxi ( Wu stream ), which forms the town's southern border, and Xiangbi Shan ( Elephant Trunk Mountain ), which lies in the eastern part of the township.

Durand would become a major junction point for Grand Trunk when it continued to increase its mileage.

During the construction of the central section of the North Island Main Trunk railway between Wellington and Auckland, a major obstacle was faced-how to cross the steep slopes between the North Island Volcanic Plateau to the east and the valleys and gorges of the Whanganui River to the west.