{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a3-trunk-road-kingston-upon-thames-merton-and-elmbridge-50-mph-speed-limit-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a3-trunk-road-kingston-upon-thames-merton-and-elmbridge-50-mph-speed-limit-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1273",
  "legislation_title": "The A3 Trunk Road (Kingston Upon Thames, Merton and Elmbridge) (50 m.p.h. Speed Limit) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a3-trunk-road-kingston-upon-thames-merton-and-elmbridge-50-mph-speed-limit-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the trunk road” means the London—Portsmouth Trunk Road (A3);\n“the main route” means that length of the main south-westbound carriageway of the trunk road between a point 118 metres south of the southern kerbline of the southern entrance to the service road to Vale Crescent and a point 210 metres west of the southern kerbline of its junction with Kingston By Pass Road (A309), and that length of the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road in the District of Elmbridge between a point 129 metres north of the southern boundary of Lovelace Primary School and a point 118 metres south of the southern kerbline of the southern entrance to the service road to Vale Crescent;\n“Bushey Road” means the road of that name in the London Borough of Merton;\n“Hook Road”, “Malden Road” and “Vale Crescent” mean the roads of those names in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames;\n“Kingston By Pass Road (A309)” means the road of that name in the District of Elmbridge;\n“Beverley Way slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the west of the main route, which links the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road with Bushey Road, between the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road and a point 5 metres north of the accessway leading to Blagdon House;\n“Malden Road north-eastbound access slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the east of Malden Road which links Malden Road with the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road;\n“Malden Road north-eastbound exit slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the west of Malden Road which links the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road with Malden Road;\n“Malden Road south-westbound access slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the west of Malden Road which links Malden Road with the main south-westbound carriageway of the trunk road;\n“Malden Road south-westbound exit slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the east of Malden Road which links the main south-westbound carriageway of the trunk road with Malden Road; and\n“Hook Road north-eastbound access slip road” means that length of the trunk road lying to the east of Hook Road which links Hook Road with the main north-eastbound carriageway of the trunk road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1273/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:30:37.652027+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."
}