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unusual facts about A1 road



Effects of Hurricane Ivan in Jamaica

Roads suffered flooding, and part of the A1 Road, the primary northern coastal highway, was washed away.

Ewarton

Ewarton is on the A1 road (Kingston - Lucea), which climbs up from Spanish Town and Bog Walk in the south, enters the town from the south east, passes through the town's central square and continues north towards Moneague and Saint Ann's Bay.

Lower Caldecote

Most of Lower Caldecote is situated directly to the west of the A1 road, though one farm and a sand and gravel extraction site lie on the eastern side of the A1 extending to the River Ivel.


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Boroughbridge

In 1945 the bridge carrying the A1 road over the River Ure collapsed under the weight of a heavy transport vehicle carrying an 80-ton steel mill roll housing from Sheffield to Falkirk.

Chinhoyi High School

The school is located 2 km north of Chinhoyi town centre on the A1 road to Karoi and Kariba.

RAF Woolfox Lodge

In 1960 a Bloodhound surface-to-air missile site under No. 62 Squadron was positioned in a secure area adjacent to the A1 road near the former technical site.

Sinderby

From December 2002 a number of British Railways Mark 2 coaches were stored behind the station for a period of time unused, and this evolved into the famous "Sinderby train graveyard" until they were removed in 2009 before the widening of the A1 road.