The Highway, London

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The Highway

The Highway near the junction of Garnet Street
Former name(s)	Ratcliffe Highway
Length	1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Location	London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom
Postal code	E1, E1W
West end	East Smithfield
East end	Limehouse Link Tunnel
Other
Known for	Ratcliff Highway murders

The Highway, part of which was formerly known as the Ratcliffe Highway, is a road in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. The route dates back to Roman times. In the 19th century it had a reputation for vice and crime and was the location of the Ratcliff Highway murders. Prior to a renaming programme of 1937, different parts of the route had different names depending on what district they were in.

The name "Ratcliffe" literally means "red cliff", referring to the red sandstone cliffs which descended from the plateau on which the road was situated down to the Wapping Marshes to the south.