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The A4053 Coventry ring road is a 2.25-mile (3.62 km) ring road in Coventry, England, which forms a dual-carriageway loop around the city centre. The road encloses the Coventry Cathedrals, the shopping areas and much of Coventry University. Except at junction 1, the other nine junctions are entirely grade separated and closely spaced, with weaving sections between them. The road connects with three other A roads: the A4114, A4600 and A429. From the 1930s, Coventry City Council began replacing its medieval streets with modern roads, and City architect Donald Gibson began work in 1939 on a plan that was expanded after the destruction by German bombs in World War II. The ring road was constructed in six stages from 1959, initially with at-grade junctions, cycle tracks and footpaths, but in the early 1960s the council amended the design to include grade separation and the weaving sections. The road was completed in 1974, with an overall cost of £14.5 million (equivalent to £190,900,000 in 2023). (Full article...)