Euston Road is a road in Central London that runs from Marylebone Road to King's Cross.
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11 Facts About Euston Road
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Euston Road was originally the central section of New Euston Road from Paddington to Islington which opened in 1756 as London's first bypass.
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Euston Road was widened in the 1960s to cater for the increasing demands of motor traffic, and the Euston Tower was built around that time.
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Euston Road starts as a continuation of the A501, a major road through Central London, at its junction with Marylebone Euston Road and Great Portland Street.
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Euston Road was originally part of New Road, promoted by Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton and enabled by an Act of Parliament passed in 1756.
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Euston Road provided a new drovers' road for moving sheep and cattle to Smithfield Market avoiding Oxford Street and Holborn, and ended at St John's Street, Islington.
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The full length of Euston Road was dug up so that the Metropolitan Railway could be built beneath it using a cut-and-cover system and the road was then relaid to a much higher standard.
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The Euston Road premises closed in 1993, its services transferred to University College Hospital.
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In late 1898,189 Euston Road was the location of a Mosque run by Hajie Mohammad Dollie who opened London's first Mosque previously at 97 Albert Street, Camden Town in 1895.
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