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The A23 road, in its original form, was a major road running between London to Brighton , England . Much of the route follows that of the Roman road laid between Londinium and Chichester ; from 1717 , when the Turnpike Trust was set up, this was one of the major routes out of London for the Stagecoaches . Today the original A23 has been Bypassed round Croydon ; and by the M23 Motorway for the section of its route between Coulsdon and Crawley . The route Main roads running from the centre of London are always deemed to start from Charing Cross , although the A23 itself begins as ''Westminster Bridge Road'' near Waterloo Station . Almost immediately it turns south; the straightness of much of the heading south belies its Roman origins. The road becomes
: {Link without Title} The Coulsdon relief road, planned for completion in 2006 , will bypass the town centre of Coulsdon. Major roads intersected by the route
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