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The bridge looks pretty much how I would have expected it to look.
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Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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See also, A4174. Sometimes I think it's just because the somewhat congruous three-digit numbers were all already used. For example within Bristol the A420, 432 etc are all subordinate to and feed into the primary A4174... it's very odd. I almost think ring roads should have been afforded another numbering system or inherited the number of a less significant local road. Certainly the A4174 could have inherited A38 as the latter route is a real mishmash that shouldn't be considered all-purpose in the 21st Century.Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 A primary four-digit A-road?
Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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A major main contractor I know was speaking about a civils subcontractor. "Oh, they get on and do the job. But you must make sure not to use them on any part of the works where the final finish will be visible to the client".
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The A1400 says hello!Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 A primary four-digit A-road?
Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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Sadly no A6144(M) any more thoughSunil_of_Yoxley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 17:33The A1400 says hello!Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 A primary four-digit A-road?
Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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I've driven on the A4540, A4123, A4150 today; all primary I believe.Sunil_of_Yoxley wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 17:33The A1400 says hello!Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 A primary four-digit A-road?
Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
A certain really dodgy website has a page that lists 158 examples from A1001 to A9000.
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Belgium has separate numbering for ring roads, starting with Brussels, which has R0. IIRC, part of this is motorway, and part all-purpose. An R number is no guarantee of a particular standard of road, and not all are full rings.DB617 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 17:19See also, A4174. Sometimes I think it's just because the somewhat congruous three-digit numbers were all already used. For example within Bristol the A420, 432 etc are all subordinate to and feed into the primary A4174... it's very odd. I almost think ring roads should have been afforded another numbering system or inherited the number of a less significant local road. Certainly the A4174 could have inherited A38 as the latter route is a real mishmash that shouldn't be considered all-purpose in the 21st Century.Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 A primary four-digit A-road?
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Some that spring to mind are A5103, A1079, A4123, A1058, a bit of A5117 (more was primary once but became A494)
And glancing at an atlas, A4076, A4232, A4042, A1101, A1122
(got bored after a few pages and stopped looking)
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A1079 was originally part of A66.
I like A4444. It's so obviously a totally artificial number, plus it's only about half a mile long and dual-carriageway all the way. And it's still primary.
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From the SABRE Wiki: A4444 :
A4444 is the number allocated to the northern section of the Black Country Spine Road, between the A463 Black Country Route at The Lunt Junction and the A41 and A4038 at Moxley Junction. Constructed in the early 1990s, it is a remarkably dull dual carriageway whose only intermediate junction is a connection, on the northbound carriageway, serving a private warehouse facility.
The road runs parallel to and a short distance west of a stretch of the Walsall
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In fact my proposals to rationalise the whole of Blackburn were told no, because, well Capita did their own effort in 2005 and screwed it up.
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Only whole numbers are allowed. Irrational numbers such as Mπ or Ae(M) are right out.Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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i, you're right there.the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 13:20Only whole numbers are allowed. Irrational numbers such as Mπ or Ae(M) are right out.Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 16:26 Just proving that our numbering system has no rational basis.
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Then then the road number could correspond to its direction. Perhaps that would be too complex.