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DunsBus
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Re: Newest abandoned roads?

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R Iason wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 05:28 Few ones in Scotland spring to mind.

A6091 - Melrose to Newton St Boswells section closed off and re routed (not sure when). Old section still largely intact when I walked it couple years ago.

A93 - Craighall Gorge north of Blairgowrie (bypassed in 2008).

A8 - Coatbridge Bypass. Not physically abandoned as such but with the newest section of the M8 completed a few years ago the A8 still being dual carriageway does seem somewhat redundant.
The A6091 between Melrose and Newtown St Boswells was rerouted in December 1995. At the same time, a section of the B6361 between Newstead and Leaderfoot was also closed off, rendered redundant by a new link to the rerouted A6091.

The ultimate abandonments have to be the old A625 at Mam Tor and the old A3 east of Hindhead. The former due to subsidence, the latter due to the opening of the Hindhead Tunnel. I think the old A69 at Greenhead must be in with a shout, too.
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The one that got me onto SABRE was the M1-A1 link in Hendon. I was able to explore it on foot some years ago but I hear it got sealed off again.
https://goo.gl/maps/1MrMvQe9SZwMHKCg9
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This section of Pan Lane on the Isle of Wight got abandoned in 2018 or so after a new road was built. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.69387 ... 312!8i6656
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Big Nick wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 23:29 The one that got me onto SABRE was the M1-A1 link in Hendon. I was able to explore it on foot some years ago but I hear it got sealed off again.
https://goo.gl/maps/1MrMvQe9SZwMHKCg9
Why was it closed?
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Unbreakify wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 13:05
Big Nick wrote: ↑Sat Dec 18, 2021 23:29 The one that got me onto SABRE was the M1-A1 link in Hendon. I was able to explore it on foot some years ago but I hear it got sealed off again.
https://goo.gl/maps/1MrMvQe9SZwMHKCg9
Why was it closed?
Because a bigger junction was built just south of it that was completed in 1977 - https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/ind ... nterchange
From the SABRE Wiki: Fiveways Interchange :

Fiveways Interchange is where the Barnet bypass and Watford bypass met at the southern end of their shared section through Mill Hill. These bypasses have carried several different road numbers, but since the 1950s have been A1 and A41 respectively. The M1 has its junction 2 here.

The M1 had a temporary terminus just north of here from 1967,

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