MANCUNIAN WAY"YOU ARE HERE"
GREAT EXITEMENT SURROUNDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BYPASS AROUND THE SOUTH OF MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE. WHILE THE CRANES AND CONCRETE MIXERS WERE AT WORK, THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS COINED THE PHRASE "HIGHWAY IN THE SKY" TO DESCRIBE IT, AND A LOCAL SCHOOLBOY WON THEIR COMPETITION TO NAME THE ROAD. HE CHOSE THE NAME "MANCUNIAN WAY".
TODAY IT'S THE DEFINING PART OF THE CITY - BOTH PHYSICALLY, AS A VERY CLEAR BOUNDARY OF THE CITY CENTRE, AND ALSO CULTURALLY. MANCHESTER TOOK THE "MANKY WAY" TO IT'S HEART FROM THE BEGINNING, AND IT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE FEW ELEVATED ROADS IN THE UK THAT IS ACCEPTED AND TOLERATED BY THE MAJORITY OF LOCALS.
CBRD.CO.UK
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