[mattw]

I ask because of this fascinating bit of cyclelane, crossing a 70mph sliproad to reach the the 70mph bypass. Discovered via Reddit.

Including a Give Way line to make you wait on the sliproad whilst you check for any traffic approaching on the chevrons.

There are no accidents recorded in more than 10 years, so I conclude that no one has ever cycled there.

The lane appears out of nowhere shortly before the junction, and you need to have been cycling on the carriageway to reach it.

Hmmm.

https://tinyurl.com/silverstoneroulette

Piccie below.

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[kil0ran]

There’s similar on the A34
There’s similar on the A34 bypass north of Newbury. Clearly it was a thing back when both of these schemes were designed. Prime example of an engineer/designer who hasn’t cycled since they were in middle school.

[mattw]

They could use it to improve

They could use it to improve the £50m mess currently being constructed at Platinum Parkway in Plymouth.

https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/FVLR%20Changes%20since%20consultation%20in%202016.pdf

And the 2-3 lanes now being added to part of it by Persimmon Homes:

Construction of the link road was completed in September but it cannot open until Persimmon Homes have carried out widening works where it joins Pintail Way, to provide two northbound lanes and a southbound lane.

https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/update-opening-forder-valley-link-road

[peted76]

Ah.. that makes more sense.

Ah.. that makes more sense.

[Awavey]

I dont think families are
I dont think families are going to be cycling on a dual carriageway FWIW, it’s an attempt to stop you being left hooked on a slip road. Not an elegant solution, but an attempt.

[peted76]

At first glance I thought OMG

At first glance I thought OMG that’s ridiculous.. then I remember that we cycle a couple of junctions of the A45 sometimes on a sunday morning.. admittedly it’s not got any cycling infra so a different conversation but then I looked at this road and thought ‘the surface of that sliproad looks luxurious!’

Still, it’s a bit of a liberty to call that cycling infrastructure by whoever it was who signed it off, certainly does not look very family friendly.

[quiff]

They’re a local legend

They’re a local legend because they did it and lived to tell the tale

[HoarseMann]

Well, according to the Strava

Well, according to the Strava heatmap the A43 Silverstone bypass does get some cycling traffic. There’s even a segment. The local legend has done it once!
https://www.strava.com/segments/27678763

[mattw]

A variant is in TSRGD2 from

A variant is in TSRGD2 from 2016.

 

[chrisonabike]

Ah – option 3 then, it’ll be

Ah – option 3 then, it’ll be a friend’s company who got the contract to design or install the “cycle facility”…!

[mattw]

It’s in duplicate or

It’s in duplicate or triplciate at different junctions !

Most baroque thing I’ve seen.

[chrisonabike]

Doesn’t that show a cyclist

Doesn’t that show a cyclist being hit when trying to escape on the sliproad and being thrown back to their end on the main carriageway?  They just got the colour and shape of the sign wrong – should be a red triangle.

[chrisonabike]

Some works of inspired genius

Some works of inspired genius are so advanced they’re hard to tell from the scrawlings of the novice or the results of a pathological condition.

Could this be a fine comedy routine?  Is it utterly unthinking “doing it by the numbers”?  Is an investigation into graft warranted?

[quiff]

That bit is saying cyclists:

That bit is saying cyclists: leave main carriageway, divert down sliproad. Then when you get to the dismount sign, you get off and cross the sliproad, remount and rejoin the main carriageway. 

[mattw]

Entry to Cycle Route:
 

Entry to Cycle Route on main carriageway?

Perhaps someone was drunk?

 

[quiff]

Yes. If you have somehow

Yes. If you have somehow designated this as a cycle route, then that treatment of the sliproad does make sense!

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