A585 and Fylde

[Bryn666]

Recent drone footage shows that the project is at an advanced stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0B44wa ... hotography

The footbridge at the eastern end really should have been a Dutch style underpass, those approach ramps make it a massive detour for cycling.

Sometimes I have to walk over this monster, and every time I wish I had a bike to do it on! It'd be a lot quicker...

At least people are less likely to relieve themselves or attack you on a bridge than in an underpass.

Dutch style underpasses are designed to be wider, straight aligned so flooded with natural light and lacking blind corners, etc, all in order to reduce those problems.

[jackal]

If I were king I'd ban U-turning pedestrian bridges. If a bridge has to be that indirect it should be an underpass (a nice one as per Bryn) or a signalised crossing.

[Bryn666]

If I were king I'd ban U-turning pedestrian bridges. If a bridge has to be that indirect it should be an underpass (a nice one as per Bryn) or a signalised crossing.

Absolutely, or dig the road down and under - this is also done by the Dutch, because they understand that walking and cycling needs to minimise the number of gradient changes as well as indirect routes. We know how to do this, Stevenage is covered with excellent (albeit unused, because the exact same principles were applied to driving making that far more convenient undermining the whole notion of a new town where you didn't need to drive ).

You design for the movement you want, basically. If you build giant roads that are impossible to cross easily, you get more traffic jams and not a lot else. If you build sensible sized roads that are permeable, you get a mixed mode environment and a better experience for everyone. Obviously a high speed dual carriageway is not where you want pedestrians, so building these god awful bridges just creates a barrier nobody likes.