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Re: Map/list of Clearways

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KeithW wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 10:06
RJDG14 wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 09:45
KeithW wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 09:09 Given that these are typically local authority roads I suspect you will have a hard time. The only authorities I know that maintain them to any degree is TfL for its Red Routes and Perth and Kinross council.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/red-ro ... route-maps
https://perthandkinrossvisitoradvice.co ... s-the-area
Some of those listed on the latter link look quite minor, such as Linn Road. I know that most clearways in England tend to be fairly major routes, whereas in Scotland there are some relatively major non-clearways that would likely be clearways in much of England (much of the A75 for instance - only a mile or so out of nearly 100 miles is a clearway) while there also seems to be an increasing number of quite minor clearways in tourist hotspots.
There are plenty of clearways in towns and cities even if they are not marked as such, much of Cambridge for a start.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2051366 ... 384!8i8192

Oddly a lot of HQDC's are NOT marked as clearways. Take the A174 Parkway for example which is a high speed strategic road maintained by Highways England. Want to cycle, walk or take your mobility scooter down it and have a picnic - no law has been broken. We get cyclist fatalities from time to time, usually as a result of being sucked under an artic.
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.5324991 ... 384!8i8192

Before it was upgraded there were sections of the A1 in Yorkshire that were signed as clearways
You're absolutely right Keith about the A174 Parkway. You've jogged my memory- I can be pretty confident that when the road opened as a local authority road it was a 24 hour clearway from Greystones Roundabout all the way to the A19. I remember being impressed by how thorough Cleveland County Council had been in ensuring it was signed on all the ramps with the remaining distance in every case. I was struck also by the fact that the new A19, a trunk road of course, was not a clearway. IIRC the Parkway and the A1053 Greystones Road were trunked in the mid 80s. The clearway status must have been revoked some time after that.
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https://goo.gl/maps/DUqHnoA9pcbUkejd8 https://goo.gl/maps/o9YPE9jh47A5s9XPA there are clearway signs here on the A174. I suspect any missing signs were down to poor maintenance rather than revocation of an order.
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jcb336 wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 10:43 You're absolutely right Keith about the A174 Parkway. You've jogged my memory- I can be pretty confident that when the road opened as a local authority road it was a 24 hour clearway from Greystones Roundabout all the way to the A19. I remember being impressed by how thorough Cleveland County Council had been in ensuring it was signed on all the ramps with the remaining distance in every case. I was struck also by the fact that the new A19, a trunk road of course, was not a clearway. IIRC the Parkway and the A1053 Greystones Road were trunked in the mid 80s. The clearway status must have been revoked some time after that.
The restrictions on cyclists and pedestrians using the A19 were introduced some time after 2015 after a couple of fatal accidents , not surprising really, this is not a road I would like to ride down.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.55410 ... 8192?hl=en
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