Unclassified dual carriageways
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Unclassified dual carriageways
This rather magnificent and now unclassified section of the former A47 near Terrington St John in Norfolk was recently mentioned in another thread.
We all know about the former A12 at Copdock in Suffolk, but that has now been 50'd.
Is there anything else around the country to rival it?
We all know about the former A12 at Copdock in Suffolk, but that has now been 50'd.
Is there anything else around the country to rival it?
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The old A19 through Billingham and past Wolviston. It's a shame they removed the flyover at the old A689 GSJ.
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I found this on the outskirts of Motherwell. I'm assuming it's part of a plan that was never completed though.
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There is of course this D1 in Kent, and I think there are a few others like that dotted around.
If we're talking about 'proper' dual carriageways, though, there's this one in Dunfermline. And, further north, would you count this one in Dounreay? I'm not sure if it's actually a private road or not, but Street View seems to have gone down there.
If we're talking about 'proper' dual carriageways, though, there's this one in Dunfermline. And, further north, would you count this one in Dounreay? I'm not sure if it's actually a private road or not, but Street View seems to have gone down there.
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Whitefoot Lane in Lewisham is one that springs to mind, and probably unique in that it has speed humps throughout, and the Eastern end stops abrupty at a residential street. I wonder if this was ever intended to be part of something bigger?
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Oh, and a unclassified (but urban) dual carriageway in Aberdeen. You've also got Provost Drive near there, which is also dualled.
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Pollok Roundabout in Glasgow has three of 'em, plus the two classified B762 arms.
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Actually I wouldn't have described it as "rather magnificent" - although it is a real bit of D2 it is very short. Back in the day when the A47 was a real country lane this short section was pretty much the one place to get past everything between Peterborough and Kings Lynn and as a result everything tried to do so, it was lethal.PeterA5145 wrote:This rather magnificent and now unclassified section of the former A47 near Terrington St John in Norfolk was recently mentioned in another thread.
I nearly met my maker on that stretch on several occasions.
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This former bit of A27 is the same quality as the rest of the Chichester bypass, what with being part of it. It was itself bypassed when the section of A27 to the east was built.
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IIRC, it was intended to become part of a new South Circular when built.MotorwayGuy wrote:Whitefoot Lane in Lewisham is one that springs to mind, and probably unique in that it has speed humps throughout, and the Eastern end stops abrupty at a residential street. I wonder if this was ever intended to be part of something bigger?
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Central Milton Keynes is full of the buggers
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It still serves a useful through purpose, as I use it getting from Blackwall Tunnel to Croydon, I find it the most effective route. Hence the speed bumps I suppose. I once got a black cab, at midnight, from Croydon back home, and he came this way even in very light traffic, so that seemed to show me I was doing the best way.MotorwayGuy wrote:Whitefoot Lane in Lewisham is one that springs to mind, and probably unique in that it has speed humps throughout, and the Eastern end stops abrupty at a residential street. I wonder if this was ever intended to be part of something bigger?
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It (and the A2217 Southend Lane that joins its western end) were part of a proposed new alignment for the South Circular, which I believe also includes Jevington Way. It dates back to the 1930s when it would have been the equivalent of the schemes that took the North Circular off the alignment of existing residential streets in the north. Unfortunately it was never joined up to anything, and it's very hard to see what was supposed to happen beyond Sydenham.MotorwayGuy wrote:Whitefoot Lane in Lewisham is one that springs to mind, and probably unique in that it has speed humps throughout, and the Eastern end stops abrupty at a residential street. I wonder if this was ever intended to be part of something bigger?
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What about Cribbs??
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There's a few round Dundee,
Balgowan Avenue: http://g.co/maps/mmq6z
and a few that will look like they are DV on the map but aren't...
Logie Avenue: http://g.co/maps/m8ycg
Balgowan Avenue: http://g.co/maps/mmq6z
and a few that will look like they are DV on the map but aren't...
Logie Avenue: http://g.co/maps/m8ycg
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I can't find it on streetview, but the Epynt range has a mapped and signed D1 access (with crossovers through the hedge).
Built for comfort, not speed.