The A63 Trunk Road (Selby Bypass) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 286

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The A63 Trunk Road (Selby Bypass) Order 1993

Made

11th February 1993

Coming into force

10th March 1993

The Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10, 41 and 106 of the Highways Act 1980(1), and now vested in him(2), and of all other enabling powers:–

1.  The new highways which the Secretary of State proposes to construct along the route described in Schedule 1 to this Order hereinafter referred to as “the new trunk road” shall become a trunk road as from the date when this Order comes into force.

2.  The centre line of the new trunk road is indicated by a heavy black line on the deposited plan.

3.  The Secretary of State directs as respects any part of a highway which crosses the route of the new trunk road that–

(a) where the highway is a highway maintainable at the public expense by a local highway authority, the part in question shall be maintained by that authority, and

(b) where the highway is not a highway so maintainable and is not maintainable under a special enactment or by reason or tenure, enclosure, or prescription, the Secretary of State shall be under no duty to maintain the part in question;

until, in either case, a date to be specified in a notice given by the Secretary of State to the highway authority for that highway. The date specified will not be later than the date on which the new trunk road is opened for the purposes of through traffic.

4.  The Secretary of State is authorised to construct the bridges specified in Schedules 2 and 3 to this Order as part of the new trunk road.

5.  In this Order–

(a) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway; and

(b) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA 10/YHRO 39 marked “The A63 Trunk Road (Selby By pass) Order 1993”, signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(c) “the A63” means the Liverpool–Leeds–Hull Trunk Road (A63); and

(d) “the A19” means the East of Snaith–Sunderland Trunk Road (A19).

6.  This Order shall come into force on 10th March 1993 and may be cited as the A63 Trunk Road (Selby Bypass) Order 1993.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport.

J P Henry

Regional Director Yorkshire and Humberside Region

Department of Transport

11th February 1993

SCHEDULE 1

The route of the new trunk road is about 9.5 kilometres in length and is in the District of Selby in the County of North Yorkshire. It starts at a point on the A63, 80 metres west of its junction with Whinny Hagg Lane (marked “A” on the deposited plan), then goes in a generally easterly and then northerly direction to a point on the A19, 500 metres north east of the BOCM roundabout (marked “B” on the deposited plan).

SCHEDULE 2

Specifications of the road bridge which crosses the northern end of the Selby Canal south east of Brayton in the County of North Yorkshire.

Points of Commencement and Termination

From a point on the north western bank of Selby Canal approximately 158 metres south west of the north east corner of OS Parcel 8119 (reference Point A on Plan B).

To a point on the south eastern bank of Selby Canal approximately 240 metres south west of the dwelling "Sal-Que-Sun', Brayton Lane (reference Point B on Plan B).

Length

Total length between abutments is not less than 61 metres measured along the centre line of the new road comprising:–

One fixed span of not less than 20 metres measured along the centre line of the new road.

One fixed span of not less than 41 metres measured along the centre line of the new road.

Headroom and Waterway

navigational airdraught of not less than 5.5 metres above water level over a navigational channel not less than 20 metres wide, measured at right angles to the centre line of the canal.

Plan A–Key Plan.

Plan B–Plan of Bridge.

Plan C–Elevation of Bridge.

SCHEDULE 3

Specifications of the road bridge over the River Ouse to the east of Selby in the County of North Yorkshire.

Points of Commencement and Termination

From a point on the south bank of the River Ouse approximately 66 metres north east of the south east corner of OS Parcel 4163 (reference Point A on Plan B).

To a point on the north bank of the River Ouse approximately 165 metres north east of the north west corner of OS Parcel 4163 (reference Point B on Plan B).

Length

Total length between abutments not less than 121 metres comprising:–

One fixed span of not less than 27 metres.

One opening span of not less than 55 metres (navigation span).

One opening span of not less than 39 metres.

Headroom and Waterway

With the opening span open to river traffic, unlimited airdraught over a channel width of 40 metres. With the opening span closed to river traffic a minimum navigational airdraught of 3.85 metres above High Water Ordinary Spring Tide (HWOST) Level over a channel width of 40 metres.

Plan A–Key Plan.

Plan B–Plan of Bridge.

Plan C–Elevation of Bridge.

(1)

1980 c. 66.

(2)

S.I. 1981/238.