I'm not sure where the roundabout got its name, but round here a whirly is a rotary clothes line.
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Apparently the rotary clothes line that is one of the very few modern inventions to have originated from Australia.Potholes ate my car wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 14:51I'm not sure where the roundabout got its name, but round here a whirly is a rotary clothes line.
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Along with the hat with corks dangling from the brim?trickstat wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 15:50Apparently the rotary clothes line that is one of the very few modern inventions to have originated from Australia.Potholes ate my car wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 14:51I'm not sure where the roundabout got its name, but round here a whirly is a rotary clothes line.
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Looks like a dangerous precedent, although I suppose there might be money to be made from sponsorship. If football clubs can name their stadia after their sponsors why not highway authorities their junctions?rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
No scrub that we'd soon have Richard Branson sponsoring roundabouts; that would be virgin on the ridiculous.
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Considering that there's a ruddy big Müller dairy just off said roundabout its a perfectly reasonable name.the cheesecake man wrote:Looks like a dangerous precedent, although I suppose there might be money to be made from sponsorship. If football clubs can name their stadia after their sponsors why not highway authorities their junctions?rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
No scrub that we'd soon have Richard Branson sponsoring roundabouts; that would be virgin on the ridiculous.
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One particular radio station in the area covers the A31 from pretty much Alton to Bere Regis - probably some 60-70 or so miles therefore the information is utterly meaningless to many in trying to plan an alternative route
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That name was an excellent moooove in that case. But in general naming junctions after businesses would be a bad thing IMHO.rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 17:57Considering that there's a ruddy big Müller dairy just off said roundabout its a perfectly reasonable name.the cheesecake man wrote:Looks like a dangerous precedent, although I suppose there might be money to be made from sponsorship. If football clubs can name their stadia after their sponsors why not highway authorities their junctions?rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
No scrub that we'd soon have Richard Branson sponsoring roundabouts; that would be virgin on the ridiculous.
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I'm surprised it's not called Muller Corner, actually.rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
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If Toyota and the Met Office can "sponsor" roundabouts then why not Müller?the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 17:39Looks like a dangerous precedent, although I suppose there might be money to be made from sponsorship. If football clubs can name their stadia after their sponsors why not highway authorities their junctions?rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
No scrub that we'd soon have Richard Branson sponsoring roundabouts; that would be virgin on the ridiculous.
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Does anyone know how it got its name? I've never found out. (Sadly, the name is unsigned on the road.)
Meanwhile, one roundabout in Bristol is so good they named it twice!
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/ind ... Roundabout
From the SABRE Wiki: Wick Wick Roundabout :
Only in Bristol could you get away with calling a junction Wick Wick Roundabout! This is the point where the A4174 Avon Ring Road crosses the A432 to Yate. As such it is a busy junction, with traffic signals to try and improve the flow. Heading north, the A432 almost immediately crosses the M4, and the motorway runs more or less parallel to the A4174 to the west of the junction. This, coincidentally, is also the first stretch of the infamous 2+ lane.
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There must be some etymological reason for calling it that but it still seems weird.
It's not too easy to navigate either.
From the SABRE Wiki: Trench Lock Interchange :
Trench Lock Interchange is a junction in Telford. It was originally to be called Trench Lodge Interchange but the name changed before construction began. In common with other junctions in new towns the layout evolved over time. Early proposals show a trumpet to the north of the railway line. This quickly changed to a roundabout interchange. In 1972 six options were compared. The top three designs have the A518 meeting the A442 at this junction. The bottom three
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There is a suburb of Telford called Trench, and Trench Lock may be related to a canal inclined plane which existed in that area between 1793 and 1921:-vlad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 20:03 Trench Lock Interchange in Telford.
There must be some etymological reason for calling it that but it still seems weird.
It's not too easy to navigate either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench,_Telford
From the SABRE Wiki: Trench Lock Interchange :
Trench Lock Interchange is a junction in Telford. It was originally to be called Trench Lodge Interchange but the name changed before construction began. In common with other junctions in new towns the layout evolved over time. Early proposals show a trumpet to the north of the railway line. This quickly changed to a roundabout interchange. In 1972 six options were compared. The top three designs have the A518 meeting the A442 at this junction. The bottom three
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That's my old patch.TS wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 16:34
Meanwhile, one roundabout in Bristol is so good they named it twice!
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/ind ... Roundabout
I remember discussing with my line manager at the time the idea of placing two SLOW markings before the nameplate for that roundabout along with a third identical marking just beyond it...
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From the SABRE Wiki: Wick Wick Roundabout :
Only in Bristol could you get away with calling a junction Wick Wick Roundabout! This is the point where the A4174 Avon Ring Road crosses the A432 to Yate. As such it is a busy junction, with traffic signals to try and improve the flow. Heading north, the A432 almost immediately crosses the M4, and the motorway runs more or less parallel to the A4174 to the west of the junction. This, coincidentally, is also the first stretch of the infamous 2+ lane.
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Shame there's not a like button on this forum, that deserves a round of applausenowster wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 19:25I'm surprised it's not called Muller Corner, actually.rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
I always found Tally Ho Corner amusing, although it's not strictly a roundabout
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nowster wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 19:25I'm surprised it's not called Muller Corner, actually.rhyds wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 16:11 There's the Müller Roundabout in Market Drayton, complete with Umlaut!
In winter it could be renamed Mullerice! __
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It sounds like your problem is that you are relying on an outdated medium to help you navigate. Listeners ("who pay the wages") are complaining that the travel reports are too long. There is no opportunity to add any additional words. Either you use the name locals know or you use a reference nobody knows.BOH wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 09:38 There is one near me on the A31 near Ferndown called the "David Phipps Roundabout" by some local radio stations when describing traffic delays. However to most people living more than a few miles away and of course visitors to the area, this means absolutely NOTHING. It is really unhelpful when a traffic report is read out and says, "there are currently long westbound delays at the David Phipps roundabout on the A31" without also mentioning the vital location.
One particular radio station in the area covers the A31 from pretty much Alton to Bere Regis - probably some 60-70 or so miles therefore the information is utterly meaningless to many in trying to plan an alternative route