Mercian Way, Final section of Derby's inner ring road will be opened Wednesday 16th March 2011.

THE final link in Derby's inner ring road will be opened tomorrow 16th March, marking the completion of major work on the city's £36.2m Connecting Derby scheme.

Mercian Way will be opened at 1.30pm and will connect the new Stafford Street roundabout with the Burton Road roundabout and Lara Croft Way, which was opened in July 2010.

Once the inner ring road has been open for a bit and settled down I will create a new driving video of it in the same manner as the one I did in 2009 - Video of Derby inner ring road by car.
If you missed my driving video of Lara Croft Way then view that to see where this final section will connect at the top of Babbington Lane.

Photograph of Mercian Way the day before it opens.
View looking up from Abbey Street toward Lara Croft Way.


View looking up from Abbey Street toward Lara Croft Way.


Photograph of Mercian Way the day before it opens.
View looking towards Stafford Street from Abbey Street.


Map showing the final section that opens on Wednesday 16th March :

View Derby inner ring road - Lara Croft Way and Mercian Way. in a larger map

You may remember that Lara Croft Way opened up way back in July 2010, at last we will be able to drive from Friar Gate all the way to it using this new road.


Thanks
Andy