A55 inc Menai Straight
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a) Why are there "70" sections of this road rather than "NSL" or 60. Is it a target rather than limit based on vehicle class? A Tang bulker yoke passed me when I was doing 70 on the descent into the Conway Tunnel. Only caught him up with myself staying at the speed limit at the roundabout after Pen-y-clip tunnel!
b) If going for the ferry 20-45 minute delays are typical at Menai at the moment whilst the old bridge is closed.
b) If going for the ferry 20-45 minute delays are typical at Menai at the moment whilst the old bridge is closed.
Tang bulker Yoke.........thought it was everyday parlance for that road........... Northern Irish trucker with an orange expression from taking too much Berrocka wearing Tartan shirts and jeans and listening to 1980s country music and a specialist in the above head cripple-hook "Wellhung Tang" wave to fellow Northern Irish Trucker and a bulker Yoke is a powder containing / fuel containing lorry, sometimes with IRL stickers for "I ride legally", occasionally with allegedly a magnet on the Tacho to avoid overspeed.
Not seen one as fast as that one for about 20 years.........he'd still end up in the same queue at the port, perhaps he had the runs and was after the nearest services.
Not seen one as fast as that one for about 20 years.........he'd still end up in the same queue at the port, perhaps he had the runs and was after the nearest services.
Allegro_Snapon said:
Tang bulker Yoke.........thought it was everyday parlance for that road........... Northern Irish trucker with an orange expression from taking too much Berrocka wearing Tartan shirts and jeans and listening to 1980s country music and a specialist in the above head cripple-hook "Wellhung Tang" wave to fellow Northern Irish Trucker and a bulker Yoke is a powder containing / fuel containing lorry, sometimes with IRL stickers for "I ride legally", occasionally with allegedly a magnet on the Tacho to avoid overspeed.
Not seen one as fast as that one for about 20 years.........he'd still end up in the same queue at the port, perhaps he had the runs and was after the nearest services.
Every day is a school day Not seen one as fast as that one for about 20 years.........he'd still end up in the same queue at the port, perhaps he had the runs and was after the nearest services.
How long is the old bridge closed for please?
It is 70 because it is a special road. It is intended to have motorway regulations, but is not officially a motorway. See.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1719/cont...
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1719/cont...
Yeah, I've seen a similar explanation before on Pathetic Motorways website
https://pathetic.org.uk/features/special_roads/roa...
but I still don't understand if it is a motorway why not make it one and if it isn't don't but why 70mph signs instead of NSL. Motorways I know have 50mph signs (say M56 into Mancs) but I've never seen a 70 elsewhere.
I must bit as thick as a Truss as I can find written reasons and read the pdf in the link above, but I can't understand what it means. (Mind you the Highway Code was written in Hieroglyphics when I passed my test I should probably re-read it and find the explanation therein?).
https://pathetic.org.uk/features/special_roads/roa...
but I still don't understand if it is a motorway why not make it one and if it isn't don't but why 70mph signs instead of NSL. Motorways I know have 50mph signs (say M56 into Mancs) but I've never seen a 70 elsewhere.
I must bit as thick as a Truss as I can find written reasons and read the pdf in the link above, but I can't understand what it means. (Mind you the Highway Code was written in Hieroglyphics when I passed my test I should probably re-read it and find the explanation therein?).
Allegro_Snapon said:
Yeah, I've seen a similar explanation before on Pathetic Motorways website
https://pathetic.org.uk/features/special_roads/roa...
but I still don't understand if it is a motorway why not make it one and if it isn't don't but why 70mph signs instead of NSL. Motorways I know have 50mph signs (say M56 into Mancs) but I've never seen a 70 elsewhere.
I must bit as thick as a Truss as I can find written reasons and read the pdf in the link above, but I can't understand what it means. (Mind you the Highway Code was written in Hieroglyphics when I passed my test I should probably re-read it and find the explanation therein?).
My take on it;-https://pathetic.org.uk/features/special_roads/roa...
but I still don't understand if it is a motorway why not make it one and if it isn't don't but why 70mph signs instead of NSL. Motorways I know have 50mph signs (say M56 into Mancs) but I've never seen a 70 elsewhere.
I must bit as thick as a Truss as I can find written reasons and read the pdf in the link above, but I can't understand what it means. (Mind you the Highway Code was written in Hieroglyphics when I passed my test I should probably re-read it and find the explanation therein?).
All roads have to be built to a number of confirmed specifications/classifications (say length of slip road, signage, hard shoulders, width of road, lighting, bridge designs over them, user types etc). It's not necessarily about speed limits as you've shown. When, say a motorway spec road is built in an existing built up area, these specifications may not be able to be 100% complied with. One example given was putting a pedestrian crossing on a slip road.
So, we may end up with a road that is 'better' than A road dual carriageway NSL/70mph spec, yet still doesn't comply 100% to a motorway spec. This is where the 'special road' designation applies.
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