Bow Interchange is a busy
grade-separated road junction in
London
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, England, on the
East Cross Route (part of the
A12 road This is a list of roads designated A12. Entries are sorted in alphabetical order by country.
* A012 road (Argentina), a road around the city of Rosario
* A12 motorway (Austria), a road connecting Kufstein and the German Autobahn A 93 to Landec ...
) between
Bow,
Stratford, and
Bromley-by-Bow
Bromley, commonly known as
Bromley-by- Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the Lower Lea Valley in East London.
The area is distinct from Bow, which l ...
at a point where the London Boroughs of
Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough covering much of the traditional East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former metropolitan boroughs of Stepney, Poplar, and Bethnal Green. 'Tower Hamlets' was originally ...
and
Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the ...
meet. It is a triple-level junction where the East Cross Route (the A12), Bow Road (the
A11 road This is a list of roads designated A11. Roads entries are sorted in the countries alphabetical order.
* A011 road (Argentina), a road connecting the junction of National Route 11 in Clorinda with Puerto Pilcomayo
* ''A11 road (Australia)'' may r ...
), and Stratford High Street (the A118 road) meet. The
River Lea runs underneath the junction.
The East Cross Route is a major road in East London which runs north to the
North Circular Road
The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...
and south to the
Blackwall Tunnel
The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road. The northern portal lies just south ...
.
Cycling
Cycle Superhighway 2 CS2 runs from
Stratford to
Aldgate
Aldgate () was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. It gives its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, which included the site of the former gate.
The area of Aldgate, the most common use of ...
via the roundabout east to west. Following the deaths of two cyclists at the roundabout in late 2013 and pressure from the
London Cycling Campaign
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is an independent membership charity lobbying for better conditions for cycling in London. Its vision is to make London "a world-class cycling city". It is one of the largest urban cycling organisations in th ...
, Transport for London began introducing measures to improve safety for cyclists and other road users at the junction.
Public transport
The nearest stations are
Bow Church DLR station
Bow Church is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Bow, London, England. It is between Devons Road and Pudding Mill Lane stations. It is interlinked by an out of station interchange (OSI) within walking distance via Bow Road with Bow ...
and
Bromley-by-Bow tube station
Bromley-by-Bow is a London Underground station located on the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road in the Bromley-by-Bow area of London, United Kingdom. The station is below the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach Road and lies between Bow ...
.
References
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External links
TfL - Improvements & projects - Bow RoundaboutSABRE - Bow Interchange
Road junctions in London
Transport in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Transport in the London Borough of Newham
Bow, London
Bromley-by-Bow
Stratford, London