Guess the road

[Nym]

It's only me that's guessed so far, unless my other personalities are typing on here again...

 

[SwindonPkwy]

Sorry, I can't help you out here.

 

[Ivo]

Damn char count, and you not think Bognor Regis is classy?

No opinion, having never been there - but it didn't match the clue because it isn't dual and primary simultaneously there
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Isn't the M27 is it?

No, the M27 isn't a major route out of London.

Bit surprised at Nym's guess there - the M27 has nothing to do with London. I do wonder if the answer is the M23 however.

 

[Zoe]

Bit surprised at Nym's guess there - the M27 has nothing to do with London. I do wonder if the answer is the M23 however.

It is not but I think it's time for a clue: Great Central Railway.

 

[Ivo]

The A40?

 

[Zoe]

The A40?

Correct, Savoy Circus and Gypsy Corner were the junctions in question although now a third has been added to the west of Gypsy Corner. Your turn.

 

[Ivo]

Let's see...

This road, whose southern terminus is virtually due south of its northern terminus (at most 10 miles out), is a congestion headache at times as it is single carriageway for its entire length - apart from a tiny stretch very close to the southern terminus. Its northern terminus is notable for being a one-of-a kind (among England, Scotland and Wales anyway), but not in a manner that relates to its appearance.

 

[dzug2]

Well a wild and probably wrong guess - the A470. The notability being it starts on a north facing coast

 

[Ivo]

Far from unique. What about the A99 at John O'Groats?

 

[Lampshade]

Stab in the dark... A15?

 

[Ivo]

Nope. Far closer numerically though.

 

[Lampshade]

A16?

 

[Ivo]

It's not that close...

This road is not in the "1", "1x", "1xx" or "1xxx" group. (In other words, it doesn't end in Zone 1, which some on here should know about; otherwise, click here.)

 

[Lampshade]

I've read that article quite a few times, procrastination at its worst hock:

A25?

 

[Ivo]

Hey? A25? That runs east-west!

 

[Nym]

A282 Dartford Crossing? No, bad dog, stupid idea!

 

[Robinson]

Stab in the dark... A335?

 

[Ivo]

A282 Dartford Crossing? No, bad dog, stupid idea!

Imagine the chaos if the A282 was single-carriageway hock:

Stab in the dark... A335?

Nope. The road required is primary, and not exactly short either.

 

[Zoe]

Imagine the chaos if the A282 was single-carriageway

It is. Southbound it's a four lane single carriageway bridge and northbound there are two single carriageway tunnels with two lanes each.

 

[Ivo]

OK fine.

Take two:

Imagine the chaos if the A282 had only one lane in each direction hock:

 

[Zoe]

When there was only one Dartford Tunnel that's all there was.

 

[Ivo]

Just to recap:

This road, whose southern terminus is virtually due south of its northern terminus (at most 10 miles out), is a congestion headache at times as it is single carriageway for its entire length - apart from a tiny stretch very close to the southern terminus. Its northern terminus is notable for being a one-of-a kind (among England, Scotland and Wales anyway), but not in a manner that relates to its appearance.

This route is closer numerically to 15 than it is to 470 and is thus numbered no greater than 242. However, it does not begin with a 1.

NEW CLUE: Both termini are in cities.

 

[Statto]

I'll guess with A34 but i dont think that's right

 

[gg1]

Is it the A7?

The unique feature being it is a single digit A road that terminates at a junction with another single digit A road (assuming this is unique, I'm not totally sure).

 

[Ivo]

Is it the A7?

The unique feature being it is a single digit A road that terminates at a junction with another single digit A road (assuming this is unique, I'm not totally sure).

Your choice of feature is half-correct. The A7 ends at a point where two such roads terminate (it and the A1), not just intersect - and, until recently, the A8 also terminated at this precise location, until the tram folk decided otherwise of course

The A7 itself however is correct.

 

[gg1]

This A road is a grade separated dual carriageway for most of it's length. It terminates at a junction generally considered to be completely inadequate for the volume of traffic it carries. Over half of the road's length used to be know by a different road number.

 

[dzug2]

This A road is a grade separated dual carriageway for most of it's length. It terminates at a junction generally considered to be completely inadequate for the volume of traffic it carries. Over half of the road's length used to be know by a different road number.

The A14

 

[gg1]

The A14

Correct, I thought that one would go quite quickly

 

[dzug2]

open floor

 

[Lampshade]

Relying on the Wikipedia blackout here.

Before opening, a military aircraft landed on this road to prove its capability to use makeshift runways. Which road was it?