Destination signed via multiple routes
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Destination signed via multiple routes
Not ideal for perhaps the many foreign visitors who arrive at an international airport, but it got me wondering where else on the network similar situations occur? Obviously there is the A1(M)/M1 at Hook Moor and also the A14/A1 split at Alconbury.
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Glasgow is signposted on the A8 and M8 from Baillieston Interchange
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Apart from the tree that is obscuring half the sign, the sign is not too confusing. London is a big place and there are two roads - one via Reigate and one via Redhill. I would expect any prudent motorist who has arrived from abroad to have identified his route into London before setting off.guvvaA303 wrote:Not sure if this has come up before. I noticed this sign today near Gatwick Airport, signposting London two ways (A217 and A23).
Not ideal for perhaps the many foreign visitors who arrive at an international airport, [... snip...]
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London is not in the South, and if anything they've got them the wrong way round.
Which way to York?, omitting to mention the 13'9" height restriction on the road to the left.
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It's not a completely intuitive system at times.
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Re: Destination signed via multiple routes
I would think that a foreign visitor might be more confused by the strange symbols on the sign. Orange rectangle with a black diamond? Red square with a white H? These were not in the visitor's list of UK road signs.guvvaA303 wrote:Not sure if this has come up before. I noticed this sign today near Gatwick Airport, signposting London two ways (A217 and A23).
Not ideal for perhaps the many foreign visitors who arrive at an international airport, but it got me wondering where else on the network similar situations occur? Obviously there is the A1(M)/M1 at Hook Moor and also the A14/A1 split at Alconbury.
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The vaguest sign is probably the M62 / A1 which used to say 'The North / The South' A1.
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From the SABRE Wiki: Gailey Island :
Gailey Island is a small roundabout at the junction of the A5 and A449 in the hamlet of Gailey to the north of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. It is often confused with Gailey Interchange, which is the junction with the M6 a mile to the east.
It is the point where the Trunk Road north from Wolverhampton moves