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The A23 road is a major road in the United Kingdom between London and Brighton, East Sussex, England. It is managed by Transport for London for the section inside the Greater London boundary, Surrey County Council and West Sussex County Council for the section shadowed by the M23 motorway, the Highways Agency (as a trunk road) between the M23 and Patcham, and by Brighton and Hove Council from the A27 to the centre of Brighton. The road has been a major route for centuries, and seen numerous upgrades, bypasses and diversions. == Route == The A23 begins as ''Westminster Bridge Road'' near Waterloo station. Almost immediately it turns south; the straightness of much of the heading south shows its Roman origins. The road becomes: * Kennington Road: long; near Kennington Park it joins the A3 (''Kennington Park Road''), but soon bears south again, becoming in turn over the next : * Brixton Road * Brixton Hill * Streatham Hill * Streatham High Road * at Norbury the road becomes ''London Road''; after , at * Thornton Heath the Croydon bypass, ''Thornton Road'' and then Purley Way (known for its superstores, particularly Ikea, and for the site of Croydon Airport) takes the place of the original road through Croydon, now the A235, rejoining the A23 at Purley near the Purley War Memorial Hospital, now named Brighton Road. * continuing south through Coulsdon on the Farthing Way (the relief road for Coulsdon town centre, opened in 2006〔http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/3752.html〕), over the North Downs to Hooley, the start of the M23 motorway. * * ''here is now Surrey'' * through the built-up areas of Merstham, Redhill and Salfords, skirting Horley * * ''here is now West Sussex'' * making an end-on connection with the M23 spur to Gatwick Airport the A23 becomes a dual carriageway as it is diverted round the airport; it rejoins the original route at Lowfield Heath and continues south into Crawley as ''London Road'' * Crawley ByPass: the original road was through the town * Pease Pottage, southern junction with the M23 * through the relatively rural countryside of West Sussex, the road runs into Brighton over the South Downs * the road ends at Old Steine, Brighton, at a roundabout intersecting with the coastal A259 road, and opposite the entrance to the Palace Pier. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A23 road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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