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I was actually going to suggest Top o'th' Close Road as my local entry, partly because it is visible from the A6033, partly because Google Maps commits my pet peeve of shortening it to "Top o'th' Cl Rd" and partly because it has a mildly botched roadsign - it is possible to drive out the other end back onto the A6033.
I can't see any reference on the thread to a more impressive Calderdale example - the the A644 Brighouse and Denholmegate Road through Shelf. Google Maps wants to split Denholme and Gate to add a further word, although further north beyond Queensbury the A644 is just Brighouse and Denholme Road.
Similarly, the A58 Bury and Bolton Road. I suspect this sort of example came about where a main road passed through an intermediate smaller local authority, and they did not want to give preference to one town over the other?
Al__S wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 20:28
I believe the only example of this with Cambridge (though not the shire) is "Dame Mary Archer Way", on the Addenbrooke's hospital site. Bonus points for containing no conjunctions or articles?
Ultimate challenge: any without a road-type in the name?
Plenty in Tamworth - many of the new estate roads are single words, eg Craven
Al__S wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 20:28
I believe the only example of this with Cambridge (though not the shire) is "Dame Mary Archer Way", on the Addenbrooke's hospital site. Bonus points for containing no conjunctions or articles?
Ultimate challenge: any without a road-type in the name?
There's "The Plain", a roundabout junction at the east end of Magdalen Bridge in Oxford, being the junction of A420, B480 and A4158. Actually, a check on Streetmap suggests there are quite a few more streets with that name.
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Ruperts Trooper wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 13:14
Plenty in Tamworth - many of the new estate roads are single words, eg Craven
Clearly you didn't read this thread yesterday.
Ahem. As threads get longer, it's easier for people not to read right back to the beginning of the thread. This isn't a sin, so please go easy on those who don't - a polite pointer back to the original reference might be in order, but let's keep it civilized, however we do it.
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There's actually a section of F99 with this property: the A38 Northfield bypass in Birmingham is "Sir Herbert Austin Way". "The new A38" or "the bypass" is a much faster way to refer to it, though. (The road's usual name in that part of Birmingham is "Bristol Road South" – fair enough, it does actually go to Bristol – but that name stuck to the original path of the A38, so the new route needed a new name to avoid ambiguity.)
jervi wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 04:20https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.03557 ... 312!8i6656
Lighter Than Air Road. Despite the armed personnel on the entrance, I managed to cycle along it yesterday cause it is a PRoW, although the "Public Bridleway" Sign is missing from the this side of the camp.
In streetview, it looks like the bridleway sign is attached to the post of the "stop" sign - a rather unconventional way of installing it.
jervi wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 04:20https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.03557 ... 312!8i6656
Lighter Than Air Road. Despite the armed personnel on the entrance, I managed to cycle along it yesterday cause it is a PRoW, although the "Public Bridleway" Sign is missing from the this side of the camp.
In streetview, it looks like the bridleway sign is attached to the post of the "stop" sign - a rather unconventional way of installing it.
Oh yeah, so it is. Not surprised that I missed it in that case.
Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road is a five worder. And yes, that's its official name for now until they no doubt find a Z lister to name it after.
Do the turnpikes around here with names like Bury and Bolton Road count? See also Preston Lancaster New Road.
However, for the real insanity you must head west. After it was rebuilt post Katrina, the I-10 Twin Span in Louisana was renamed The Frank Davis "Naturally N'Awlins" Memorial Bridge. Go on, I dare you to beat a 7 worder.
Bryn Terminally cynical, unimpressed, and nearly Middle Age already. She said life was like a motorway; dull, grey, and long.
Bryn666 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 12:04Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road is a five worder. And yes, that's its official name for now until they no doubt find a Z lister to name it after.
Howard Webb Road would be appropriate for all the man did for football in Manchester.
Slightly off topic, but why does Ashford have an estate named after people, who although eminent, seem to have no obvious local collection, and aren't nationally famous either!