New B road
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New B road
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the B1535 - and it runs between Honingham and Lenwade
I quite like the number actually Pity the road itself isn't much more than some C roads bodged together.
Anyway does someone knowledgeable need to add this to the wiki?
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The route on the OS map shown as the B1147 is definitely the one for the new B road, and it's as unappealing on the ground as it appears on the map!
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You could have a go yourself - there's a guide on how to do it at Help:Wiki Guides/Roadsskiddaw05 wrote:Anyway does someone knowledgeable need to add this to the wiki?
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Re: New B road
It wasn't the B1147, that's a different route further to the west. It looks like a mistake on the OS 1:25k when they've recently changed it from unclassified to B-road, because other scales still show it as unclassified.Big Nick wrote:So if it was the B1147, why go to the trouble of renumbering it as B1535?
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It seems, if the OS is correct, that the old B1147 has been downgraded and replaced with this new B-road. Mistake, quite possibly, but other B-roads - like the B1140 east of Norwich - have been completely rerouted whilst having their number kept in the same area. In fact the B1140 situation is altogether odd as there is a short section left at the Norwich end now completely unconnected with a radically re-routed bulk further east.Stevie D wrote:It wasn't the B1147, that's a different route further to the west. It looks like a mistake on the OS 1:25k when they've recently changed it from unclassified to B-road, because other scales still show it as unclassified.Big Nick wrote:So if it was the B1147, why go to the trouble of renumbering it as B1535?
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Government funding for local authorities maintenance is based on "A", "B" and "C" road length with more money given to roads higher up the categories and inspection regimes are greater for higher classified roads. In Reading the reason I brought in C roads in 2007 was a) for Development Control purposes and b) to obtain more funding.fras wrote:Why bother, was my first thinking. However if a lot of people are using the route it does seem to have some sense if it keeps people on the "right road" and not getting lost and clogging up other, narrower, roads. Does this sort of thing feed into satnavs ?
If it is a well used route making it a B road will increase its inspection routine and likely maintenance funding levels.
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The 'new' B road will still be numbered the B1535 (and not the B1147 because switching the number from one road to another could 'confuse the locals' - a bit like falling off a log, admittedly). This is a shame as the B1147 number fits in much better locally.
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Way ahead of you.skiddaw05 wrote:Anyway does someone knowledgeable need to add this to the wiki?
B1535
From the SABRE Wiki: B1535 :
The B1535 is a rural B-road in central Norfolk. The road was unclassified for many years, finally getting its number following an upgrade in 2015, as shown in this SABRE discussion.
The road starts on the A47 Honingham bypass and heads north along Wood Lane. At Fran's Green it bears left then right to pass to the west of the former RAF Attlebridge;