Bow Interchange is a busy
grade-separated road junction in
London, England, on the
East Cross Route
East Cross Route (ECR) is a dual-carriageway road constructed in east London as part of the uncompleted Ringway 1 as part of the London Ringways plan drawn up the 1960s to create a series of high speed roads circling and radiating out from cen ...
(part of the
A12 road) between
Bow,
Stratford, and
Bromley-by-Bow at a point where the London Boroughs of
Tower Hamlets and
Newham meet. It is a triple-level junction where the East Cross Route (the A12), Bow Road (the
A11 road), and Stratford High Street (the A118 road) meet. The
River Lea
The River Lea ( ) is in South East England. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek. It is one of t ...
runs underneath the junction.
The East Cross Route is a major road in East London which runs north to the
North Circular Road and south to the
Blackwall Tunnel.
Cycling
Cycle Superhighway 2 CS2 runs from
Stratford to
Aldgate via the roundabout east to west. Following the deaths of two cyclists at the roundabout in late 2013 and pressure from the
London Cycling Campaign, Transport for London began introducing measures to improve safety for cyclists and other road users at the junction.
Public transport
The nearest stations are
Bow Church DLR station and
Bromley-by-Bow tube station.
References
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External links
TfL - Improvements & projects - Bow RoundaboutSABRE - Bow Interchange
Road junctions in London
Transport in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Transport in the London Borough of Newham
Bow, London
Bromley-by-Bow
Stratford, London