willswitchengage Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Some of you may be aware of the incredible website that is www.roads.org.uk (used to be called 'cbrd'). Well, it has posted a quiz to keep budding road enthusiasts such as myself occupied and frustrated. https://www.roads.org.uk/index.php/blog/lockdown-quiz The quiz is located at the above link but if anybody wants to join in with a joint AS effort (no prizes, just a bit of fun) please feel free to post your answers below and I'll try and update this post every now and then. Or something. The answers will apparently be posted on the 28th April so there's not long. NO CHEATING although I don't know how it's possible to cheat. I've added the very few answers I could work out. Also, visit the website. Kudos to the owner for putting this together. THE QUIZ! Guess the single numbered road from each of the following clues. I didn't exist at all between 1935 and 1989, and my route today is completely different to my original home. According to the rules, I'm in the wrong zone, but I do at least meet the motorway that shares my number. A42 My number was swapped with that of another road a long time ago. The other road's number wasn't very important, and mine was wanted to make a more impressive-sounding main road to the South West. B3400/A30 Basingstoke A303 - it used to be an obscure road in SW London In the 1980s someone made a motorway version of me hundreds of miles away in Lancashire. I'm not sure why, because I'm not in Lancashire and I never have been; I'm actually the inner ring road in a city. A601 Bob Dylan took a journey on me to reach a ferry - there's a famous picture of him standing on the slipway, and I was the only road that could have taken him there. I became a lot less important when the ferry was replaced with a suspension bridge. B4055 You'll find me orbiting a capital city, but I'm not yet the perfect ring road - my four-digit number sounds unimportant and I don't join up in the middle. A4232 Cardiff I'm the motorway spur that has a motorway spur, and I stop for a roundabout in the middle. A627(M) I'm a piece of motorway history, and one of my road signs was in the Highway Code for years and years - but I no longer exist. A6144(M) or M10 What did Salford, Bolton and Blackburn do to be cursed with a number like this? A666 My catchy number once belonged to a bypass in North London, but now I'm a much newer road in the north of England. I'll take you to the airport, if you like, or out shopping with the rich and famous. A555 Join me at my starting point to ride on the back of a swine. Stick with me all the way and I'll take you to the spire of an ancient Cathedral city, through the forest and then to the seaside. A31 Picture round. Obviously just guess the location. Leyland Bulmer Tye, Essex. The sign is actually an 'Accident Black Spot' sign which has a... black spot in the middle. A465 Heads of the Valley Road A441 Northbound, Redditch https://www.google.com/maps/@52.294937,-1.9350495,3a,75y,202.97h,87.7t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqvQO0fPiFhcx5gYFpnE_xw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DqvQO0fPiFhcx5gYFpnE_xw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D38.249477%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656 A82 Rannoch Moor. Mersey Queensway West Wycombe St John's Wood High Street Camden Town Bypass (not built) Charter Way, London General trivia round. Which village's name is sometimes used by highway engineers to refer to the four level stack interchange? Almondsbury Name a font or style of lettering that was developed for use on UK road signs but never used. AES Ministry Transport Light Something was stolen from under Transport Minister Tom Fraser's nose. What? Motorwarn fog lamps In which town can you find a flyover that destroyed Old Town and another that locals nicknamed the "Berlin Wall"? Croydon Which road was home to the UK's first speed camera? A406 N Circular London A316 Twickenham Bridge Name a road that is subject to a "ghost toll". Various motorways where vehicles are counted automatically and the Highways Agency billed accordingly for maintenance by a private contractor Where's the underground car park that helped to build the M4? Hyde Park underground car park What connects Whiteley, Meon, Titchfield and Fareham? Proposed but never built motorway services Which motorway was used for a Thunderbirds stunt? M40 Which Expressway narrows to a single carriageway to cross the sea? A55 Anglesey Picture round #2. Where location is shown in each of these historic maps? M62-M1 Junction, Leeds. Hucclecote, Gloucester M6 Junction 15, Stoke Brentford (the dashed road is now the A4 Westway urban dual carriageway) Bamber Bridge, Preston Scotch Corner, N Yorkshire Hull West of Manchester. The main road is the A580 and the dashed lined will ultimately become the M60. St Asaph Maidstone Cryptic clue round. None of these places or entities exist anymore... or did they ever? Twenty miles of metalwork The road is split in two A badger's name, a queuing quirk To help the trucks get through Operation Brock I could help you over the street An animal black and white But no-one knew when to use their feet When they faced my pulsing light Zebra crossing Panda Crossing An idea to help where the tunnels are tight And the traffic is more stop than go But the cost was too high and the birds would take flight So the minister's answer was no Newport relief road I'd stop you when you went to cross On each trip back and forth My absence was a welcome loss For journeys south and north Dartford Crossing tollbooths? Forth Road Bridge tolls I was just the thing But my fame took some knocks Am I really a ring If they call me a box? London inner Ringway Everywhere in every part of town A yellow sign, blue and red marking Now almost all are taken down, but Yellow stripes still stop you from parking No stopping at any time sign Join me crossing a northern town Hills and valleys far from the sea From my lower deck it's a long way down But my upstairs was never to be M606 Bradford Take a walk on East Street You won't get very far My ends no longer meet Since I gained my nasty scar Addington, Kent, footbridge Deep underground below water and land A terrible place for signals and jam The way out to the north's long since banned From the road we address with curtseys as ma'am Liverpool Queensway tunnel High up in the air Named for forces of war I used to run both ways Now I'm down on the floor Army & Navy flyover, Chelmsford Skizzer, chaseracer and Spottedlaurel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 #22 - Wingdings. PhilA and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 So I'm guessing no8 is the A666? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 42 zebra crossing? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 No. 30: A55 onto Anglesey? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermellowman Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 No.48 - East Street footbridge, M20, Addington, Kent. There’s something Mersey Tunnel entrance-like about the pic at no. 16 but it’s not quite the same. ETA - No.46 - No waiting at any time sign? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 1. A42 7. A6144(M) 21. Almondsbury 24. Croydon 25. A406 North Circular 28. Motorway services, proposed but not built 29. M40 (Buckinghamshire) 43. Brynglas tunnels relief road, Newport (M4) 45. Ringway 1, London (the 'Motorway Box') Skizzer and willswitchengage 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Absolutely no idea to all of them. At all. Sorry. willswitchengage and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 49: Queensway Mersey Tunnel? (There's also one called Kingsway, for those who haven't used them.) willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 7. M10 and Park Street Roundabout? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 46 - Urban clearway willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 6 . M49 ? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 8 hours ago, eddyramrod said: 49: Queensway Mersey Tunnel? (There's also one called Kingsway, for those who haven't used them.) Have you seen the play, Brick up the Mersey Tunnels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Up_the_Mersey_Tunnels The Kingsway Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 No, I haven't, maybe I should! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Usually performed by Amatuer Dramatic Groups but i think we saw it at the Play house. Was an evening out eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 43 is the aborted M4 Newport relief road. Tough quiz! willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 5 is the A4232 (Cardiff). willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Got another: 50 is the Army & Navy flyover in Chelmsford. I didn’t know it had been dismantled until I checked, I haven’t been to Chelmsford in donkeys’ years, but I don’t think that’s cheating. chaseracer and willswitchengage 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Back in Wales again — the last but one map, the one with the cathedral in the middle, is St Asaph. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 20 hours ago, willswitchengage said: I got another! This is West Wycombe. Are Will and I the only ones playing? willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 29 minutes ago, Skizzer said: I got another! This is West Wycombe. Are Will and I the only ones playing? As you seem to post an answer every ~hour I have reached the conclusion that you are REALLY bored this afternoon surfing Google Maps... Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 1 minute ago, willswitchengage said: As you seem to post an answer every ~hour I have reached the conclusion that you are REALLY bored this afternoon surfing Google Maps... Ha! I’m doing gardening and coming back to it on my frequent tea breaks. Google Maps only needed for quick verification purposes, honest — I’m not bored enough to be driving every road in the country on StreetView. Not quite. Not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I’m sure that white building by the zebra crossing is (or was) a pub I used to drink in. It’s bugging me. Fulham/Chelsea somewhere? I may remember it better if I drink a lot of beer and vodka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 20 minutes ago, Skizzer said: I’m sure that white building by the zebra crossing is (or was) a pub I used to drink in. It’s bugging me. Fulham/Chelsea somewhere? I may remember it better if I drink a lot of beer and vodka. That one is easy to cheat - I just Googled the name of the opticians behind it... By 'used to drink in' I assume you mean four weeks ago, before the FUN POLICE arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 48 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: That one is easy to cheat - I just Googled the name of the opticians behind it... By 'used to drink in' I assume you mean four weeks ago, before the FUN POLICE arrived. I mean fifteen years ago, before middle age arrived ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 The fifth one in the maps picture round is Bamber Bridge, near Preston. The red road on the right is the southern end of the original Preston bypass. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djoptix Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I haven't read the thread because I don't want to sneak at the answers (yet) but question 1 says "single numbered road" so I don't think it's the a42. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 34 minutes ago, djoptix said: I haven't read the thread because I don't want to sneak at the answers (yet) but question 1 says "single numbered road" so I don't think it's the a42. I think it means a single, numbered, road, as opposed to single numbered road. I.e. some of the others are the A1234 etc. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (4) is Aust Ferry but not sure what road it is - as far as I know it were all B-roads round here before the suspension bridge came in 1966. A48? As a transport planner I'm coming back to this... willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Skizzer said: Are Will and I the only ones playing? Nope! ? Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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