{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a17-kings-lynn-sleaford-newark-trunk-road-long-sutton-sutton-bridge-bypass-detrunking-order-1987/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a17-kings-lynn-sleaford-newark-trunk-road-long-sutton-sutton-bridge-bypass-detrunking-order-1987/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/328",
  "legislation_title": "The (A17) King’s Lynn-Sleaford-Newark Trunk Road (Long Sutton-Sutton Bridge Bypass Detrunking) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a17-kings-lynn-sleaford-newark-trunk-road-long-sutton-sutton-bridge-bypass-detrunking-order-1987",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;\n(2) (i) “classified road” as a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;\n(ii) “the deposited plan” means the plan numbered HA10/EM 28 marked “The (A17) King’s Lynn-Sleaford-Newark Trunk Road (Long Sutton-Sutton Bridge Bypass Detrunking) Order 1987” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;\n(iii) “the new trunk road” means the trunk road to be constructed by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the (A17) King’s Lynn-Sleaford-Newark Trunk Road (Long Sutton-Sutton Bridge Bypass) Order 1987; and\n(iv) “the Trunk Road” means the (A17) King’s Lynn-Sleaford-Newark Trunk Road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/328/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:31:37.065681+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}