Only footways remain visible on Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate’s main road. However, period reports say there were cycle tracks along its whole length. “The widest road in England is now being constructed at Gateshead,” reported the Liverpool Echo in March 1937.
“From hedge to hedge it will be 174 feet wide, and will include two concrete carriage-ways each 24ft. wide, with footpaths and cycle tracks separated by grass verges which will be planted with trees and shrubs … Three-quarters of mile of the first carriage-way is finished and the other half of the road from the north entrance to the estate centre has been cut and concreting has started.”
According to a North Eastern archeological site, citing from a number of sources, Kingsway had “two 24’ carriageways, with a landscaped strip 24’ wide between, bordered by 4’ grass verges and 6’ cycle tracks, privet hedging and 8’ footpaths.”
