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Completed	Route	Name	Start	End	Original number	Downgraded
14 February 1974	A3290	Reading - Loddon Bridge	Sutton Seeds	Loddon Bridge	A329(M)	1 January 1997
26 March 1974	M60	Sharston Bypass Stage I	J2 Roscoe’s Roundabout	J3 Kingsway	M63
26 March 1974	M56	Sharston Bypass Stage I	J1 Kingsway	J2 Sharston
27 March 1974	M57	Liverpool Outer Ring Road Phase 2 (North)	J2 Forest House	J5 Knowsley Wood
28 March 1974	M40	Stokenchurch - Wheatley	J5 Stokenchurch	J8 Wheatley
11 April 1974	M5	Taunton Bypass	J25 Blackbrook	J26 Chelston
22 May 1974	M80	Denny Bypass	J7 Haggs	J9 Pirnhall
22 May 1974	M876	Dennyloanhead - North Broomage	M80 J8 Bankhead	J2 North Broomage
23 May 1974	M5	Avonmouth - Portbury	J18 Lawrence Weston	J19 Gordano
6 August 1974	M3	Sunbury Cross - Bagshot	J1 Sunbury Cross	J3 Bagshot
22 August 1974	M62	Croft - Eccles	J10 Croft	J12 Eccles
27 August 1974	M62	Lofthouse - Whitley Bridge	J29 Lofthouse	J34 Whitley Bridge
11 October 1974	M60	Sale Eastern and Northenden Bypass	J3 Kingsway	J7 Chester Road	M63
8 November 1974	M62	Whitley Bridge - Pollington	J34 Whitley Bridge	Pollington
14 November 1974	A329(M)	Twyford Road - Coppid Beech	Twyford Road	Coppid Beech
16 December 1974	M56	Bowdon - Lymm	J7 Bowdon	J9 Lymm
19 December 1974	M23	Hooley - Pease Pottage	J7 Hooley	J11 Pease Pottage

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