1. The length of the Trunk Road described in the Schedule to this Order and shown by broad striped hatching on the deposited plan shall cease to be a trunk road and shall be classified as a classified road as from the date on which the new trunk road is open for through traffic.

2. In this Order:-�

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

(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;

(ii)"the deposited plan" means the plan numbered H10/CNW 265 marked "The Shrewsbury-Whitchurch-Warrington Trunk Road A49 Trunk Road Weaverham (Detrunking) Order 1989" signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;

(iii)"the new trunk road" means the new trunk road to be provided by the Secretary of State in pursuance of the Shrewsbury-Whitchurch-Warrington Trunk Road (A49 Weaverham Diversion, Cheshire) Order 1989

(iv)"the Trunk Road" means the Shrewsbury-Whitchurch-Warrington Trunk Road (A49).

3. This Order shall come into force on 14th December 1989 and may be cited as the Shrewsbury-Whitchurch-Warrington Trunk Road A49 Trunk Road Weaverham (Detrunking) Order 1989.

SCHEDULELENGTH OF ROAD CEASING TO BE A TRUNK ROAD

The length of road ceasing to be a trunk road is about 3.29 kilometres of the Trunk Road between Acton Swing Bridge and Cuddington Lane, from a point 761 metres south east of its junction with Acton Lane to a point 134 metres north east of its junction with Cuddington Lane.

Note: Unit of Length: 1 kilometre = 0.621 of a mile approximately.