Derby Inner ring road revisited, how it looked way back in 2009 before Lara Croft Way & Mercian Way

Do you remember 15 years ago before Derby inner ring road was completed?
I have got dashcam footage from way back in July 2009 and thought it would be worth revisiting it now, so much has changed on this route.

This video shows a trip around Derby's Inner ring Road in July 2009, a few months after this the route changed as the final section of the ring road was completed, connecting Stafford Street with the top of Bradshaw Way. Those two final sections were named Lara Croft Way and Mercian Way.

This was part of the £36.2m Connecting Derby scheme.

Points of Interest :
0:00 St Alkmund's Way
The Leonardo Hotel on the left, which was a Jury's Inn hotel back then when it opened in June 2009.
0:27 Joseph Wright Centre
0:51 Ford Street
0:54 On the right is the biggest different, there is no copper building !
1:00 The late bar on the left, demolished.
1:06 Notice we only had two lanes back then.
1:21 Stafford Street
1:34 This point is where the route was very different as we don't go straight on here, instead we go around the bend to Abbey Street.
1:55 Right up Abbey Street
2:12 On the left is where the new inner ring road was being built.
2:22 Abbey Street
3:07 Left onto Burton Road
3:57 right onto Normanton Road
4:18 Leopold Street
4:53 Bradshaw Way.
5:13 London Road Traffic Island
5:25 Traffic Street
5:58 The Cock Pitt island
6:14 St Alkmund's Way.

You may also like my Derby Outer Ring Road drive:
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Andy's HD Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.


Music Credits :
'Beautiful Oblivion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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Andy