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14 Jun 2020 10:50 #1
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Plan A is always more effective when the problem you are working on understands that Plan B will involve the use of dynamite
The M96, Britain's Shortest Motorway ? was created by carnaby
... is under a mile long and is on Moreton-in-Marsh airfield. It's used to train the emergency services.
www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m96
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www.roads.org.uk/motorway/m96
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15 Jun 2020 08:47 #2
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The Dead got memorials, The living got time.
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The highest numbered shortest motorway ?
This Motorway is only half a mile long.
This Motorway is only half a mile long.
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15 Jun 2020 09:06 #3
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The M41 was the only section constructed of what was intended to be the western quarter of London's Ringway 1.
It, along with the A40(M) also shown on that map, ceased to be a Motorway in 2000 due to a legistlative foul-up...
It, along with the A40(M) also shown on that map, ceased to be a Motorway in 2000 due to a legistlative foul-up...
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15 Jun 2020 09:34 #4
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Perhaps the M181, linking Scunthorpe to the M180 is a contender for shortest public motorway?
2miles, 3.2 km
2miles, 3.2 km
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15 Jun 2020 09:40 #5
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At 805 metres long, I believe the M898 is currently the shortest and highest-numbered UK Motorway.
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15 Jun 2020 09:44 #6
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But can it be a "proper" motorway if it does not have hard sholders?
via wiki
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At 805 metres long, I believe the M898 is currently the shortest and highest-numbered UK Motorway.
But can it be a "proper" motorway if it does not have hard sholders?
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The M898 motorway is a 1⁄2-mile (0.80 km) motorway in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is a spur route from the M8 motorway towards the Erskine Bridge. It is the highest numbered motorway in the United Kingdom, and also the shortest. It lacks hard shoulders along its length.
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15 Jun 2020 10:19 #7
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The Dead got memorials, The living got time.
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That map is a A3 size 1986 edition. Getting a bit tatty now, and of course well out of date, but always kept in my cab as you can't trust Sat Nav's. Must admit I have never heard of the M898 ? Thankfully don't go that far northwards these days.
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15 Jun 2020 11:09 #8
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Yes, as Motorway status is a legal definition, not a technical standard.
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But can it be a "proper" motorway if it does not have hard sholders?
Yes, as Motorway status is a legal definition, not a technical standard.
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15 Jun 2020 16:29 - 15 Jun 2020 16:29 #9
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Then to complicate matters, there are "Special Roads" like the A55 at Colwyn Bay.
(I have never understood the legalese of them!)
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But can it be a "proper" motorway if it does not have hard sholders?
Yes, as Motorway status is a legal definition, not a technical standard.
Then to complicate matters, there are "Special Roads" like the A55 at Colwyn Bay.
(I have never understood the legalese of them!)
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15 Jun 2020 16:59 #10
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No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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I wonder why the M898 wasn't considered as an M8 spur? The M25 has loads of M25 spurs but I wonder if they are counted in the overall length of the M25?
Often wondered, we have roads and motorways but no highways, yet we have a highways agency.
Often wondered, we have roads and motorways but no highways, yet we have a highways agency.
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