angle Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 (27) is Park Lane, the spoil from exavating the car park there went into construction on the M4 Skizzer, willswitchengage and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 40. Maidstone, the road running north is the A229 Bluebell Hill which goes to Rochester/Chatham. The dual carriageway running east/west became the M20. willswitchengage and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I think number 6 is the A627(M), it has a roundabout in the middle where it meets the M62 and a motorway classified spur off it on the Middleton side. willswitchengage and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Number 2 could be the B3400 which was apparently the A30 until 1933. willswitchengage and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Yesssssssss got another. The first map is the M62/M1 junction in Yorkshire. The railway line is the Leeds-Wakefield line that I have travelled along far too many times! Skizzer and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Is 47 the Tinsley viaduct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Dave_Q said: Is 47 the Tinsley viaduct? I thought so too but both levels are open on the TV, albeit only one is a motorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Number 4 is the Aust Ferry, replaced by the original Severn crossing that was the M4, now the M48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/25/2020 at 8:02 PM, angle said: (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... 17 minutes ago, busmansholiday said: Number 4 is the Aust Ferry, replaced by the original Severn crossing that was the M4, now the M48. What was the road to it though? I don’t think it was the A48, that runs up the Wales side towards Gloucester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 On 4/25/2020 at 8:49 PM, chaseracer said: Nope! ? Many apologies sir — in my excitement I had somehow missed that it was you who did a lot of the early heavy lifting! RISPECK YO. Dave_Q and chaseracer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 A4 would be my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Skizzer said: What was the road to it though? I don’t think it was the A48, that runs up the Wales side towards Gloucester. Here's a 1960 OS map - unless they're after obscure B-roads I reckon it has to be the A48. On the southern side the closest major road is the A38, but its a mile or so away at Almondsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Dammit, I should have looked properly at the zebra crossing picture seeing as I spoke to the lady in charge of putting them in at Westminster about them last year. That's St John's Wood High Street. Skizzer and willswitchengage 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 And (41), Operation Brock is the no deal Brexit planning on the M20 isn't it? willswitchengage, chaseracer and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Number 3 is the A601 which is the Derby inner ring road and the A601(M) which is from the M6 J36 to Carnforth. Still think4 is the A4 which used to go to Bristol. willswitchengage and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Is 47 the M606?. It starts at the M62 and runs up the hill to end above Bradford with a view down the valley. It was originally going to go over the valley and onwards towards Shipley. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 2 hours ago, angle said: Here's a 1960 OS map - unless they're after obscure B-roads I reckon it has to be the A48. On the southern side the closest major road is the A38, but its a mile or so away at Almondsbury. Looking at that map, and as Dylan was traveling from a gig in Bristol to Cardiff it's got to be that B4055 willswitchengage and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 47 could be the Gateshead Highway, need one of our Northern shiters to think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 22, AES Ministry. willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 23, The Motorwarn lamps (two flashing yellow lights to warn of fog on the motorway) "were so temporary in nature that, when Tom Fraser went to the M4 near Heathrow to inaugurate the scheme in front of the press, he was embarrassed to find that a number of them had already been stolen". willswitchengage and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Ok, number 9 had to be in Cheshire (because we all know that's the only rich bit of the bleak north, right?) so it had to be Liverpool or Manchester Airport. Turns out the A555 used to be part of the Barnet bypass but is now the Manchester Airport Relief Road. willswitchengage, chaseracer and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Picture 4 looks like the A448 Warwick Way, near Redditch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Cheating time, Picture 2, Essex, Bulmer Tye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Picture 3, The Taf Fechan Bridge carrying the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road. Picture 5, Queensway Tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Last pic, Charter Way, just off the North Circ in somewhere called London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Reading through the website of the people who set this and 47 is more than likely the A58, Burdock Way in Halifax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 13 hours ago, busmansholiday said: Picture 4 looks like the A448 Warwick Way, near Redditch. Good commitment! I think I have found the exact location on streetview. Cheating answers not published Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 47 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: Good commitment! I think I have found the exact location on streetview. Cheating answers not published Spent ages looking at that road and thinking "driven down there not that long ago". Eventualy realised it was dodging around the M42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 On 4/27/2020 at 6:51 PM, busmansholiday said: Reading through the website of the people who set this and 47 is more than likely the A58, Burdock Way in Halifax. I agree, actually I thought of that before Tinsley but didn't get the reference to an upper deck and didn't think to check the site for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 Answers are up. An impressive 35/50. Well done team. chaseracer, Dave_Q and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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