Road congestion is severe, despite a tunnel under the centre linking the northern and eastern highways.
But not until 1875 was the colonial centre linked by a new street to what is today called Republic Square.
Craigavon new town was developed under the New Towns Act of 1965 as a commercial, light industrial, and residential centre linking the older towns of Lurgan and Portadown.
In 1988 Malta Freeport was established to develop the Marsaxlokk port into a regional transshipment centre, linking it with a network of Mediterranean and Black Sea ports.
It was the seat of ancient Dilmun (Telmun), a prosperous trading centre linking Sumer with the Indus valley about 2000 bce.
Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005, believed that an aggressive reconstruction strategy was necessary to revive Beirut as a financial and tourist centre linking east and west, a former minister said.
Eurotunnel said it expected even more migrants to attempt to reach the UK this summer, and has called for a joint control centre linking police, border guards and security staff to be implemented swiftly in preparation.
From its origins as a small woolen-milling town in 1851, the city has grown to become a large industrial and commercial centre linked to Montreal city, about 40 miles (64 km) to the west, by rail and toll roads.
A developing industrial centre linked to the rest of Finland by major rail, road, and lake routes, it produces most of the nation's furniture, as well as numerous other wood products, and has glassworks, breweries, and clothing and machine-tool factories.
