The estimated cost of the loops was £800,000 (approximately £ today), most of which was for the eastern loop with its costly wayleaves.
For the eastern loop the alternatives were a loop under Liverpool Street station or a larger loop running under Threadneedle Street, Old Broad Street, Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate and returning to Threadneedle Street.
Spurring the market on its way, this part of the east end, which spreads for 840 hectares around the eastern Cuningar Loop of the river Clyde, has been under the remit of Clyde Gateway since 2009, a government-funded urban regeneration company set up when the Games was won, to deal with the bounty that is supposed to follow such sporting mega-events.
Having traveled to stunning beaches around the world, it was difficult to believe that the Lamu archipelago of eastern Kenya, a loop of islands in the Indian Sea -- would be the "magic paradise" that outdoes them all, as many guidebooks intimate.
Gripentog turned his boat around, and we headed north, along the eastern shore, then looped to the left, back toward the marina.
The lake also boasts some killer mountain bike trails along its eastern shore and a loop trail that circumnavigates the entire lake.
It continues through eastern Utah, with a loop into northwestern Colorado, on through the Canyon of Lodore in Dinosaur National Monument and back into Utah.
"It's the first time that you can drive a loop from eastern Canada through the province of Newfoundland and Labrador without retracing your steps," said Keith Small, business development manager at Destination Labrador, a marketing group.
Largest down-gradient heat fluxes are found along the eastern side of the Loop Current.
Also located in the state are the shorter interstates 190, a spur into central Rapid City, and 229, a loop around eastern and southern Sioux Falls.
The limits were raised from 25-30 mph on the eastern half of the loop and 35 mph on the western half as a result of the MDOT and MSP speed studies.
