A205 road
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The A205 or South Circular Road is a roughly semi-circular trunk road that joins west London to east London via south London. Its counterpart in north London is the North Circular Road (A406).
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[edit] History
The South Circular Road was first proposed in Sir Patrick Abercrombie's County of London Plan of 1943, as the southern half of one of a number of ring roads around the capital. Abercrombie designated it as the "C Ring" (the third ring out from the city centre); however, the plan for a high-quality road was not realised and the semi-circular route was assigned to existing roads through the southern suburbs.
[edit] Ringway 2
In the 1960s, Abercrombie's plans were revived by the Greater London Council (GLC) as the London Ringways Plan which proposed the construction of a series of motorways in and around London to control traffice congestion. The existing A205 route was recognised as being unsuitable for upgrading and a new motorway, Ringway 2, was planned for construction further south. Due to the destruction required and cost involved in the proposed plans the majority of the Ringway Plans were cancelled in the early 1970s including Ringway 2. The route remains mainly single carriageway and the chances of any upgrades to the road are considered small at best.
[edit] Bus Lanes
The majority of the South Circular Road is single carriageway, one lane each way, aside from a small section of dual carriageway near the Woolwich ferry. Some of the wider sections of the road as it travels through Brixton, Clapham and Bermondsey which formerly were single carriageway, albeit with two lanes each way have had the outside lanes turned into bus lanes. This has an adverse effect on the traffic flow, and has increased congestion and journey times in many areas. However it is the policy of Transport for London (TFL) to encourage the use of public transport, and reduce car journeys within the capital.
[edit] Route
The South Circular Road uses sections of pre-existing roads, all of which retain their historic names. The following table lists the main road names and exits from west to east.
| Exits towards London | Junction & street names | Exits away from London | |
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| Continued from North Circular Road (A406) | |||
| A4 Great West Road | Chiswick Roundabout | A4 Great West Road | |
| Chiswick High Road | |||
| A315 Kew Bridge Road | |||
| Kew Road | |||
| Kew Bridge (crosses the Thames over Kew Bridge | |||
| A307 Kew Road | |||
| Mortlake Road | |||
| A316 Lower Richmond Road | Chalkers Corner | A316 Lower Richmond Road | |
| Clifford Avenue | |||
| A305 Upper Richmond Road West | |||
| Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen | |||
| Upper Richmond Road | |||
| A306 Rocks Lane | A306 Roehampton Lane | ||
| A219 Putney High Street | A219 Putney Hill | ||
| Upper Richmond Road | |||
| A3 West Hill | |||
| A3 West Hill, Wandsworth | |||
| A3 East Hill, Wandsworth | |||
| A214 | Wandsworth Bridge Road | ||
| A3 North Side Wandsworth Common | |||
| A3 Battersea Rise | |||
| Clapham Common West Side | |||
| The Avenue | |||
| Cavendish Road | |||
| A24 | Clapham South Station | A24 | |
| Cavendish Road | |||
| Poynders Road | |||
| Atkins Road | |||
| Streatham Place | |||
| A23 Brixton Hill | A23 Streatham Hill | ||
| Christchurch Road | |||
| A215 Norwood Road | Norwood Road (westbound) Hardel Rise, Tulse Hill (eastbound) |
A215 Norwood Road | |
| Thurlow Park Road | |||
| Lancaster Avenue | |||
| Rosendale Road up Tulse Hill | Thurlow Park Road, West Dulwich, Lambeth |
Rosendale Road | |
| A2199 Croxted Road | the Lambeth - Southwark boundry | A2199 Croxted Road | |
| Thurlow Park Road, Dulwich, Southwark | |||
| The bridge built over the River Effra | |||
| College Road to the village | Dulwich Common past Dulwich College |
College Road up to Crystal Palace | |
| Dulwich Common past Dulwich College |
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| A2216 Lordship Lane | Lordship Lane (Dulwich) past Sydenham Hill | Sydenham Hill | |
| London Road | |||
| Forest Hill | A2216 Dartmouth Road | ||
| Dartmouth Road | |||
| Waldram Crescent | |||
| Waldram Park Road | |||
| Sunderland Road | |||
| Stanstead Road | |||
| A212 Catford Hill | |||
| Catford Road | |||
| A21 Rushey Green | Catford gyratory system | A21 Bromley Road | |
| Brownhill Road | |||
| Saint Mildreds Road, Lee | |||
| A2212 Baring Road | |||
| Westhorne Avenue, Eltham | |||
| A2212 Burnt Ash Road | |||
| Westhorne Avenue, Eltham | |||
| A20 Sidcup Road | Clifton's roundabout | A20 Sidcup Road | |
| Westhorne Avenue | |||
| A210 Eltham Road | Yorkshire Grey roundabout | A210 Eltham Hill | |
| Westhorne Avenue | |||
| A2 | A2 | ||
| Westhorne Avenue | |||
| Rochester Way | Well Hall roundabout | A208 Well Hall Road | |
| Well Hall Road, Shooter's Hill | |||
| A207 Shooter's Hill Road | A207 Shooter's Hill | ||
| Academy Road, Woolwich Common (past the former Royal Military Academy) |
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| Woolwich Common | |||
| Woolwich New Road | |||
| Grand Depot Road | |||
| John Wilson Street | |||
| Woolwich Church Street | Woolwich High Street | ||
| Ferry Approach | |||
| Woolwich Ferry |
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UK Primary status A roads in Zone 2 | |
| A2 - A20 - A21 - A22 - A23 - A24 - A25 - A26 - A27 - A28 - A29 | ||
| A201 - A202 - A205 - A214 - A217 - A228 - A229 - A232 - A240 - A249 | ||
| A253 - A256 - A259 - A264 - A272 - A280 - A282 - A283 - A286 - A299 | ||
| A2070 - A2290 | ||
| Great Britain road numbering scheme | ||
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