Level Crossings for things other than trains

[OLD GIT]

Plenty of swing/lift-bridges over canals, such as this one at Wrenbury Mill on the Llangollen Canal:

https://goo.gl/maps/ZVAyt3UMHpPTGwAJ8

Likewise, the Caledonian canal has a variety of barriers( Banavie)and wig wags etc on most of the major road crossings on it's length.

[Skipsy]

There are also crossings on the Cambridge Guided Busway on which other vehicles get themselves stuck from time to time.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.22954 ... authuser=0
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/c ... t-16556880
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/c ... y-15801976

I had no idea those were a thing

[Johnathan404]

In practice that is the same as the junctions all along the Hampshire Busway, though I'm not sure if it is what the topic is looking for.

[Big L]

There are quite a few crossings of the Midland Metro, and also of the T&W Metro. Although equipped with wig-wag signals, they do not have barriers, which seems to be standard for tram or light rail systems.

Most of the Midland Metro crossings are on ordinary R/A/G traffic lights. Not sure about the newest bits on Birmingham but the Wolverhampton ones plus the crossing between Wednesbury and West Brom certainly are.

[B1040]

There are also crossings on the Cambridge Guided Busway on which other vehicles get themselves stuck from time to time.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.22954 ... authuser=0
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/c ... t-16556880
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/c ... y-15801976

I had no idea those were a thing

They're numpty traps!

[B4444]

It's been a long time since cows crossed here. A31 Ferndown

[Herned]

Tanks here, at least I assume those are warning lights of some sort. I'm sure there is somewhere else with a tank crossing, somewhere on Salisbury Plain probably

[Al__S]

Plenty of swing/lift-bridges over canals, such as this one at Wrenbury Mill on the Llangollen Canal:

https://goo.gl/maps/ZVAyt3UMHpPTGwAJ8

I'd suggest, perhaps, that swing/;oft/etc bridges over waterways are not, strictly, level crossings.

[KeithW]

Tanks here, at least I assume those are warning lights of some sort. I'm sure there is somewhere else with a tank crossing, somewhere on Salisbury Plain probably

There are a large number.

[Richard_Fairhurst]

Plenty of swing/lift-bridges over canals, such as this one at Wrenbury Mill on the Llangollen Canal:

https://goo.gl/maps/ZVAyt3UMHpPTGwAJ8

I'd suggest, perhaps, that swing/;oft/etc bridges over waterways are not, strictly, level crossings.

Although the River Severn is doing its level best to eliminate the distinction right now...

[the cheesecake man]

Another one for planes at Doncaster Airport.

[XC70]

Was there not one for slag waggons on Rover Way in Cardiff, or am I mis-remembering?

[XC70]

Another one for planes at Doncaster Airport.

And on the A18 outside Humberside Airport....

[Johnathan404]

Seeing as this appears to be a generic thread about wig-wags, then some tunnels use them, like at Hindhead - useful for preventing queuing and for creating a sterile area in which to set up traffic management.

Incidentally, the foliage in that Street View image (May 2018) looks fantastic. It's settling in well.

Kingsway Tunnel is another.

[Trainfan]

Again not a level crossing as per railway practice but do Sheffield Forgemasters still cross the road down the middle of the plant with 50 tons of molten steel in a mobile crucible?

[the cheesecake man]

Again not a level crossing as per railway practice but do Sheffield Forgemasters still cross the road down the middle of the plant with 50 tons of molten steel in a mobile crucible?

Yes. I didn't mention that as they're traffic lights not wig-wags. I doubt very much they're allowed to move molten steel across the highway but I have a handful of times seen the lights activated to move some big ass machinery across Brightside Lane. I've never seen them used just to allow vehicles in and out.

[Trainfan]

They certainly did move molten steel across the road! On my mobile and so no idea how to post links but a quick search will bring up photos of them doing just that

[Bertiebus]

I almost had to stop at the runway end lights at RAF Conningsby the other day, they were on red as 2 Typhoons came in to land but they got there quicker than I did and unlike the railway ones they quickly went out as soon as the need for them had gone.

The one at Waddington is generally more interesting, you normally get a couple of minutes in a ringside seat as something big comes in to land.

Many a time I sat in my parents car at the lights on the A15 at Waddington and watched Vulcans coming in.

I had no idea such things existed.

Put into reasonable English for you

Seeing as this appears to be a generic thread about wig-wags, then some tunnels use them, like at Hindhead

As well as a gazillion fire stations and quite a few opening river bridges.

[ais523]

There are quite a few crossings of the Midland Metro, and also of the T&W Metro. Although equipped with wig-wag signals, they do not have barriers, which seems to be standard for tram or light rail systems.

Most of the Midland Metro crossings are on ordinary R/A/G traffic lights. Not sure about the newest bits on Birmingham but the Wolverhampton ones plus the crossing between Wednesbury and West Brom certainly are.

Of the new Birmingham sections, the ones around Snow Hill/Bull Street are R/A/G, then most of the rest of the route is on roads which were previously pedestrianised (and now tram lines that pedestrians are permitted to cross freely, with the trams moving very slowly as a consequence). Including the sections currently being built, Five Ways will be grade-separated, and the situation at what was formerly Paradise Circus is still unclear based on observations from the ground (although likely to be fairly low speed as the trams will be sharing lanes with at least buses along Broad Street, and probably some cars too).

[Al__S]

Less relevant to a roads forum, but Filton airfield had a level crossing- to allow taxiing planes to cross the (freight only) Henbury Loop railway line.