AFAIK the numbering system is based on the main A roads not the main motorways
Urban motorways in London
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Re: Urban motorways in London
Re: Urban motorways in London
Well some traffic does come off at the North Circular but I dont think Northolt or Harrow are great attractions in the morning rush and as someone who used the Greenford Road fairly regularly to get from Harrow to Reading or Oxford I know which way the traffic moved there on a morning and most of it was not heading to the north and west for which I was profoundly grateful.EpicChef wrote: ↑Fri Sep 14, 2018 23:01
An M40 link into Central London via the WestWay will have traffic off at various points before the end. The London M40 will feature VSL, MS4 signs verge mounted on the Western Ave and gantry mounted on the WestWay, the latter of which may be upgraded to D4ALR if traffic congestion increases.
The only question is the junction numbering.
Re: Urban motorways in London
The motorway numbering system is completely separate from A-roads (excepting Ax(M) numbers, of course!).EpicChef wrote: ↑Fri Sep 14, 2018 23:01AFAIK the numbering system is based on the main A roads not the main motorways
If the A3 became a motorway, it would indeed have to take an M2x number. To me, the most sensible number would be M24.
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The classification of roads varies throughout the British Isles. Although originally done as a means of recognising the level of funding for maintenance of a road, it is more commonly used for ease of navigation, and is an important component of direction signs.
In Great Britain, the all-purpose roads are grouped into nine Zones, with the majority of the boundaries being the single