Squareabouts

[a01020304]

How many Squareabouts are there in the uk and are they actually known by this name
One example is the Gateway Squareabout in Manchester
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/inde ... _20650.jpg

[avtur]

Junction of A5103 Princess Road with the A57(M) Mancunian Way is squareabout although the entry/exit points are at the corners rather than half way along the sides.

[Glom]

Hanger Lane gyratory is sort of square.

[Owain]

The best one I know is the M1 junction with the A50, A6 and A453. I saw it once from a plane taking off from East Midlands airport, and it really is square. The signage shows it as square, too.

[Raykay]

Hawth Avenue/Haslett Avenue E, Crawley, W. Sussex.
Known locally as 'The squareabout'.

[wrinkly]

Junction of A5103 Princess Road with the A57(M) Mancunian Way is squareabout although the entry/exit points are at the corners rather than half way along the sides.

You could call that type a diamond-about.

[Peter_B5470]

How about this one on the Watford Bypass

http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/imag ... pass&ref=5

[A9NWIL]

country gates gyratory in Bournemouth/Poole between the A338 and A35 is nearly Square, one Side decides to curve though.

[Steven]

The southern end of the one-time M41 is a squareabout, as are Chapel Ash Island and Penn Road Island.

There's a surprising number of them about.

[Truvelo]

They all tend to date from the same era.

[wrinkly]

All of diamond type except the one in the OP which is more recent and part of a business park, so probably not designed by a traffic engineer.

[jackal]

Junction of A5103 Princess Road with the A57(M) Mancunian Way is squareabout although the entry/exit points are at the corners rather than half way along the sides.

Outside the UK, three-level diamonds like this also have entry points at the corners of a square. But unlike the Mancunian Way example, the square is at right angles to the mainline.

[RichardA626]

Junction of A5103 Princess Road with the A57(M) Mancunian Way is squareabout although the entry/exit points are at the corners rather than half way along the sides.

You could call that type a diamond-about.

There's one in Wythenshawe on Hollyhedge Road, or at least used to be.

[vlad]

There's The Bars at the western end of the A51 in Chester (sign here).

I suppose it's more of a gyratory than a squareabout as it's been fitted around the old road network but it's still the right shape.

[A9NWIL]

There's The Bars at the western end of the A51 in Chester (sign here).

I suppose it's more of a gyratory than a squareabout as it's been fitted around the old road network but it's still the right shape.

What about the one down the road: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.19446 ... a=!3m1!1e3

[M4 Cardiff]

I'm pretty sure that tibbetts corner roundabout is a square one, diamond actually as it is angled with respect to the a3.

[harlow71]

Waterworks Roundabout on the north circular is a similar one, and the junction of the A10 and Dynant Link Road at Hoddesdon is a definate squareabout too.

[darkcape]

The A563/B4114 is Leicestershire's second squareabout, and probably single-handedly responsible for keeping Peek in business.

More recently the Green Lane junction on the A453 in Clifton has been turned into a squareabout, works very well too.

[Johnathan404]

Is Parliament Square signed as a roundabout or a gyratory?

EDIT: There are two very square roundabouts at Lordshill in Southampton.

[M4 Cardiff]

They all tend to date from the same era.

Do you know what the design reason was for their popularity at the time? (excepting locations where a squareabout has been constructed to use existing roads, or to fit between obstructions)