Oldest "future-proofing" that never got used
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Re: Oldest "future-proofing" that never got used
Re: Oldest "future-proofing" that never got used
It was very sketchy - the only line of this route I've ever seen was in the SELNEC plan. The slip roads would have had to be extensively redone regardless and the presence of what was then Burnden Park was always going to cause an issue. File under "pipe dream" I think.Truvelo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 14:09That's news to me. I've never noticed the extra carriageway under that bridge before. How would the outer ring have interacted with St Peters Way? The existing northbound entry slip would have to close as there's currently nowhere for the eastbound carriageway under the bridge to go.Bryn666 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 14:00 This bridge (1971) was intended for a future Bolton Outer Ring Road: https://goo.gl/maps/c3MywKVwUfPPtVz58 and likewise St Peters Way itself is designed with a wide central reservation for future widening to D3 but is very unlikely to be used - the intention was to extend the route northwards out of Bolton towards Blackburn.
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Re: Oldest "future-proofing" that never got used
I think the Bolton ring road proposal was already old when St Peter's Way was built, but I don't know how the junction would have been. It has been mentioned on here before.Bryn666 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 14:00 This bridge (1971) was intended for a future Bolton Outer Ring Road: https://goo.gl/maps/c3MywKVwUfPPtVz58
There was also a stub from the northbound M61 west of the M6, but most evidence was removed when the M6 was widened to 4 lanes north from here, with realignment of the northbound M61 and replacement of Cottage Brow overbridge.https://goo.gl/maps/Vrx2UPgoCT2e9fdD7 1969 stump for Prospect Hill Interchange (https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/ind ... nterchange)
There are no doubt a lot of pre-WW2 examples in suburbs of numerous towns and cities.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Eas ... d-2.172283
From the SABRE Wiki: Prospect Hill Interchange :
Prospect Hill Interchange is a twice-proposed junction on the M6 near Preston.
When the Preston Bypass opened, a junction at Prospect Hill with an east-west route was mentioned in the opening brochure. Plans show a simple roundabout interchange at the site, with motorway links in either direction.
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In 1969, the North East Lancs Development Plan