Region: North West
M6 Preston By-pass
List of material held in the Lancashire CC Record Office
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | DATE | AUTHOR/ORIGINATOR |
| 1 | 'North and South Route' Concern at the proposal to widen the existing NS route (A6/A49). Need for a 'motorway' as the alternative. (10 pages incl. diagrams and photos.) | March 1937 | Report of the Highways & Bridges Committee. Lancashire County Council |
| 2 | 'Road Plan for Lancashire' (J Drake's Working Copy) Hard-back volume incl. maps, diagrams and photos. (141 pages) | 1949 | Lancashire County Council |
| 3 | 'North-South Motorway Proposed By-passing of Lancaster and Preston' (13 pages incl. maps, diagrams and photos.) | November 1952 | Report to the Highways & Bridges Committee. Lancashire County Council by James Drake |
| 4 | 'The Preparation, Design, Construction and Widening of Britain's First Motorway' (18 pages incl. location map and photos.) | February 2001 | H L Yeadon |
| 5 | 'Bamber Bridge-Broughton Special Road (Preston By-pass)' Contract for the Works, excluding Higher Walton Bridge, Samlesbury Bridge and Ribbleton Railway Bridge :- | January 1956 | Lancashire County Council County Surveyor's Department |
| 6 | 'Bamber Bridge-Broughton Special Road (Preston By-pass)' Contract for the Works, excluding Higher Walton Bridge, Samlesbury Bridge and Ribbleton Railway Bridge :- | January 1956 | Lancashire County Council County Surveyor's Department |
| 7 | 'Bamber Bridge- Broughton Special Road (Preston By-pass) Inauguration Ceremony' Brochure. (12 pages incl. photos.) | 12 June 1956 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation/Lancashire County Council |
| 8 | 'Preston and Lancaster By-passes' Paper describing the projects. (6 pages incl. photos.) | July 1957 | Institution of Municipal Engineers : Northern Summer School J. Drake |
| 9 | 'Preston By-pass General Description and Note of progress: Roadworks' (11 page leaflet) | 1957 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation/Lancashire County Council |
| 10 | 'Preston By-pass General Description and Note of progress: Bridgeworks (12 page leaflet incl. location map of bridges) | 1957 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation/Lancashire County Council |
| 11 | 'Highway Number One' Humorous record of the visit of BBC TV to the Site (7 pages) | 14 August 1957 | ? |
| 12 | 'Samlesbury Bridge' Photograph of the delivery of a section of main girder | 1958 | ? |
| 13 | 'North-South Motorway By-pass of Preston' Transcript of lecture and discussion (34 pages incl. photos.) | 26 February 1958 | Federation of Coated Macadam Industries J Drake |
| 14 | 'Hand-out on Preston By-pass Contract' (4 page leaflet) | October 1958 | Tarmac Ltd (now Carrilion Construction) |
| 15 | 'Interim Report of Advisory Committee on Traffic Signs for Motorways' (20 pages incl.diagrams) | 14 October 1958 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
| 16 | 'Notes on Motorway Traffic Signs' (20 pages including information on signing in Germany and California) | ? | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
| 17 | Press Notice: 'Motorway Traffic Signs. Experiments on Preston By-pass Motorway' (8 pages) | 1 December 1958 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
| 18 | Press Notice: 'Reflective Road Signs for First British Motorway' (2 pages) | 1 December 1958 | Scotchlite Reflective Products |
| 19 | Press 'Prime Minister Opens first Motorway' (8 pages) | 5 December 1958 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation |
| 20 | 'Official Opening Brochure' (20 pages incl. maps, diagrams and photos.) | 5 December 1958 | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation/Lancashire County Council |
| 21 | 'Britain's First Motorway' (6 pages incl. photos) | 10 December 1958 | Contractors Record and Municipal Engineering |
| 22 | 'M6 in Lancashire' Coloured Brochure (34 pages incl. maps, diagrams and photos.) | 1965 | Lancashire County Council |
| 23 | 'Preston By-pass : Personal Experiences' (13 pages) | May 1998 | C Young MBE Assistant Resident Engineer (Roadworks) |
| 24 | 'Preston By-pass : Personal Recollections' (11 pages) | May 1998 | A G Morris Soils & Materials Engineer |
| 25 | 'Preston By-pass: Personal Recollections' (14 pages) | 2002 | H L Yeadon Assistant Resident Engineer (Bridges) |
| 26 | 'Britain's First Motorway' Paper describing experiences. (16 pages) | June 1998 | L J Cox Agent for Tarmac Ltd (now Carrilion Construction) |
| 27 | 'Earthworks : Specification & Bill of Quantities Comment on the Paper by LJ Cox' (3 pages) | 1998 | H L Yeadon |
| 28 | 'Higher Walton Bridge: Personal Recollections' (1 page) | 1998 | F T R Austen Agent for Dorman Long Bridge & Engineering Ltd |
| 29 | 'Preston By-pass: Personal Recollections' (2 pages) | 1999 | P G Hewitt Vacation Student |
| 30 | 'M6 Junction 30 to 32 Widening 1987-1995 Summary of project' (13 pages plus aerial photo.) | 1999 | D G Elliott Rendel Palmer and Tritton |
| 31 | 'M6 Preston Motorway Improvements Junctions 30-32 Public Consultation' Coloured Brochure (10 pages incl. maps, diagrams and photos.) | February 1989 | Department of Transport |
| 32 | 'Preston Southern and Western By-pass Public Consultation'Coloured Brochure (6 pages incl. map) | October/ November 1991 | Department of Transport |
| 33 | 'M6 Widening & Improvements Between Junctions 30&32. Main Contract' Coloured information leaflet (4 pages) | March 1993 to December 1994 | Department of Transport/Rendel Palmer and Tritton/ Balfour Beatty |
| 34 | >'M6 Widening & Improvements Between Junctions 30&32. Main Contract' Extract in colour ( 3 pages) | 24 November 1994 | 'New Civil Engineer' |
| 35 | 'Commemoration: 40 years Anniversary of the Opening' Record of a reunion of personnel involved in the design and construction incl. documents, photo. and Press cuttings. | December 1998 | H L Yeadon |
| 36 | Folder of photos. illustrating difficult ground conditions in carrying out the roadworks etc. | - | - |
| 37 | Folder of photos. of bridges at various stages of construction including location map | - | - |
| 38 | Folder of aerial photos. at early stage of construction including location map. | - | - |
| 39 | Folder of photographs of Samlesbury Bridge at various stages of construction | - | - |
| 40 | Folder of photographs of Higher Walton Bridge at various stages of construction. | - | - |
| 41 | Folder of Press cuttings during construction and at completion. | - | - |
| 42 | Folder of Press cuttings following Frost Damage in January 1959. | - | - |
| ADDITIONAL ITEMS HELD ELSEWHERE | |||
| ITEM | DESCRIPTION | DATE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Set of Contract Drawings Coloured on linen. | - | Basement of Guild House Cross Street, Preston. |
| 2 | 1/5000 Drawings (7 Sheets) | - | -- ditto -- |
| 3 | Album of Inauguration | 1956 | County Library |
| 4 | Traffic Regulations | 1958 | -- ditto -- |
| 5 | LF News 'Landmarks' | 1958 | -- ditto -- |
| 6 | Belmont Link CRO CC/MBE1/15(53-58) | - | County Records Office |