Editing London Borough of Barnet (section)

===Road===
The [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] is a major road in that forms much of the borough's western border. It is also the first Roman built road in England. It later took the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] name [[Watling Street]]. The Great North Road passes through the borough starting at East Finchley and crossing into Hertfordshire at [[Monken Hadley]]. It was a coaching route used by [[mail coaches]] between London, [[York]] and Edinburgh. The many inns on the road provided accommodation, stabling for the horses and replacement mounts.<ref>Norman W. Webster (1974)'' The Great North Road''</ref> A section of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1 road]] was built to bypass this route through Mill Hill, eventually joining the Great North Road at [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]].

The [[Finchley Road]] was built as a turnpike in the 1830s linking the [[West End of London|West End]] to [[Finchley]]. The [[A41 road (Great Britain)|A41]] splits off from the Finchley Road just before it crosses the borough boundary, briefly merges with the A1 through Mill Hill, leaving the borough at Edgware.

The [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] (or A406) is part of a north orbital route for London; it crosses the borough east–west linking all the other major routes. Junctions one, two and four of the [[M1 motorway]] are in the borough. [[London Gateway services]] is at the site of the abandoned third junction. The [[List of bus routes in London|bus routes]] in the borough are managed by [[Transport for London]].