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I can't, I've got all these motorways to read about firstOriginally posted by cailin maith View PostChimp, sweetie - you really need to find a new contract
There's a site about "Bad Junctions" as well... well, it's part of Chris's British Roads Directory:
"CBRD (Chris's British Road Directory) is dedicated to the study of the entire road network of mainland Britain. These days there's a lot of sites on this subject - but CBRD remains the biggest, the most comprehensive and the most frequently updated."
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More fecking beggars... some clown from the "Dogs Trust" just knocked on the door...
Walking across the square in Neath there were a bunch of chuggers begging for Ox flipping fam...
If I had a desire to give, I do it in a way that didn't involve paying some git the first year's contributions...Comment
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Nah.Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
I'm working out the pattern for "e" that's going to be the next crop circle.Comment
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Hey everyone. What's been happening round these parts?Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostYou want excitement?
I've spent a large part of the day reading The Motorway Archive: The online encyclopaedia of UK motorway heritage.
Specimen of the text:
-- The Mid-Wirral Motorway M53
The works commenced in July 1969 and included the construction of four interchanges at Moreton, Woodchurch, Clatterbrige and Hooton, along its 9 mile length.
The site investigations along the route had shown predominantly Glacial Boulder Clay overlying Pebble Beds and Bunter Sandstone with some Keuper Marl at the northern end. Low-lying ground in the Fender Valley has deposits of soft peaty clay and silt up to 25 feet thick.
It was recognised at the design stage that, for a length of one mile between Upton Road and Woodchurch, the soil was low-quality alluvium of considerable depth and that special requirements should be specified. These included pre-drainage, the restriction of heavy plant, dry-weather operations only, and the use of selected materials. All material, whether in cuttings or under future embankments was removed for 2 feet 6 inches below formation level and replaced with rock layers.
In the areas of severed land inside the loops of the Moreton Spur connecting roads, the Contractor excavated borrow pits which were reinstated with unsuitable material.
The bit of the M4 that has the best view of the Margam Steel Works is built across a fossil landslip... which has turned out to be not quite as fossilised as they thought when they built the road in 1964(ish).Comment
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Look up the junction on the M50 for Newent... going west it's shown as a 90 degree corner (no real off ramp), and indeed, they ain't joking...Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI can't, I've got all these motorways to read about first
There's a site about "Bad Junctions" as well... well, it's part of Chris's British Roads Directory:
"CBRD (Chris's British Road Directory) is dedicated to the study of the entire road network of mainland Britain. These days there's a lot of sites on this subject - but CBRD remains the biggest, the most comprehensive and the most frequently updated."
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After which, it'll be e * pi, pi / e, and e/pi...Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
That should keep 'em going for a while.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
Hey everyone. What's been happening round these parts?
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