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10-587: Western Avenue may refer to: United Kingdom [ edit ] Western Avenue (London) United States [ edit ] Western Avenue (Albany, New York) Western Avenue (Chicago) Western Avenue (Los Angeles) Western Avenue (Washington, D.C.) Western Avenue (Metra Milwaukee District) on the Milwaukee District/North Line, Milwaukee District/West Line, and North Central Service Western Avenue (Metra BNSF Railway) on
20-904: A roundabout, Western Circus became known as Savoy Circus, when the Savoy cinema opened at the junction in 1931. East of this point is the Westway , part of the A40 Central London link to Paddington . After Savoy Circus, the dual carriageway takes a bend towards North Acton , crossing the North London line and the Great Western Main Line . The first major junction is Gypsy Corner (with the A4000, 0.8 miles (1.3 km)), connecting northwards to Park Royal and Harlesden and southwards to Acton town centre. Starting with
30-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Western Avenue (London) Western Avenue is part of the A40 , a major road running in a north-westerly direction out of London. Western Avenue is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long from its junction with Old Oak Common Lane in East Acton . A notable landmark on Western Avenue at Perivale , near Greenford,
40-551: Is the Art Deco Hoover Building , now a Tesco supermarket and 66 homes. The road was first proposed in 1912 as a bypass of Uxbridge Road, part of the historic coaching road from London to Oxford. Construction began in 1921 and continued throughout the 1920s and 30s. It was completed to Denham in 1943. When first constructed, all intersections with other roads were flat junctions with roundabouts , resulting in significant congestion at busy periods . In
50-676: The A312 , 6.5 miles (10.5 km)), a junction for Heathrow Airport ; and the Polish War Memorial junction (with the A4180, 7.5 miles (12.1 km)) for RAF Northolt . In the final few miles of the road, there are minor junctions with the A437 (Hillingdon Circus) to Ruislip and Hillingdon , and with the B467 (Swakeleys Roundabout) to Uxbridge , before the road ends at the junction with
60-796: The Hanger Lane Gyratory System (with the A406 and A4005 , 2 miles (3.2 km)); this is followed by a junction with the ( B452 ) at Perivale (4 miles (6.4 km)), connecting southwards to West Ealing and the River Thames at Kew Bridge ; the Greenford Roundabout (with the A4127, 5 miles (8.0 km)), connecting northwards to Harrow and southwards to Southall ; the Target Roundabout (with
70-647: The M40 at the Denham Roundabout , northwest of Uxbridge. Western Avenue borders RAF Northolt in South Ruislip . On Tuesday 13 August 1996, in a very unusual accident, a Lear Jet landing at the airfield overshot the runway and ended up crashing into a van that just happened to be passing on the A40. The van driver was not seriously injured, despite being trapped for 40 minutes. It was later determined that
80-581: The BNSF Railway Line Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Western Avenue . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_Avenue&oldid=1238658827 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-611: The early 1960s, the Hanger Lane junction was improved, with an underpass built to take Western Avenue under the A406. Then, during the 1980s and early 1990s, the road was expanded, and all the junctions west of Hanger Lane were improved. A flyover was built at the Greenford Roundabout to take Western Avenue over the A4127; the other junctions take Western Avenue under the crossing road. The last junction to be improved
100-572: Was Hillingdon Circus. Here, the work diverted Western Avenue to the north of the old line of the road, taking it under both the A437 and the Uxbridge branch of the Metropolitan line ; Hillingdon London Underground Station was rebuilt as part of the work. Further expansion plans in the late 1990s resulted in the demolition of more than 100 houses along the eastern part of the road. However, these plans were ultimately never realised. Originally
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