Editing Brighton (section)

===Roads===
Brighton is connected to the trunk road network by the [[A23 road|A23]] (London Road) northwards, and by two east–west routes: the [[A259 road|A259]] along the coast and the [[A27 road|A27]] [[South Coast Trunk Road|trunk route]] inland which joins the [[M27 motorway]] near [[Portsmouth, Hampshire|Portsmouth]]. The A23 joins the [[M23 motorway]] at [[Pease Pottage]] near [[Gatwick Airport]].<ref name="BBRH49">{{Harvnb|Brighton Borough Council|1985|p=49.}}</ref> The A27 originally ran through the urban area along Old Shoreham Road and [[Lewes Road, Brighton|Lewes Road]], but it now follows the route of the Brighton Bypass (final section opened in 1992) and the old alignment has become the A270. A bypass was first proposed in 1932, six routes were submitted for approval in 1973, and the [[Secretary of State for the Environment|Department of the Environment]] published its recommended route in 1980. Public inquiries took place in 1983 and 1987, construction started in 1989 and the first section—between London Road at [[Patcham]] and the road to [[Devil's Dyke, Sussex|Devil's Dyke]]—opened in summer 1991.<ref name="NEB48">{{Harvnb|Collis|2010|p=48.}}</ref>

By 1985, there were about 5,000 parking spaces in central Brighton. The largest car parks are at London Road, King Street and the Churchill Square/Regency Road/Russell Road complex.<ref name="BBRH10">{{Harvnb|Brighton Borough Council|1985|p=10.}}</ref> In 1969, a 520-space [[multi-storey car park]] was built beneath the central gardens of [[Regency Square, Brighton|Regency Square]].<ref name="BBRH10" /><ref name="NEB273">{{Harvnb|Collis|2010|p=273.}}</ref>