[talk-au] A22 route Sydney

[Andrew Harvey]

Hi Aleksander,

Great question.

The sign just before the turn off to Wattle Street would suggest A22
continues past Wattle Street.

The sign on Ambercombie could just indicate A22 is in this direction, not
necessarily that as soon as you take that left turn you're immediately on
A22, but this is unclear.

It's important to note the absence of the A22 sign further up as well. For
example
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-33.882597222222216&lng=151.2015055555555&z=18.505438856592097&signs=true&focus=photo&pKey=sez5V0Lx69QCzWZTL9vc3A&x=0.5093545685476883&y=0.5092270666335159&zoom=0
makes
no mention of A22 for the right turn from Harris Street to Broadway.

When you add all this up it's quite unclear where A22 starts.It's in a grey
area, could be anywhere from City Road and Lee Street (including those
intersections).

As a rule of thumb I'd rather map it in OSM based on how it's signposted on
the ground, but in this case it's arbitrary.

I can see how it's logical to place it at City Road, and RMS information
may even indicate this, but I'm struggling to ignore that sign before
Wattle Street indicating A22 continues.

In the meantime I just emailed the RMS contact email with this evidence to
ask if any of the signs are wrong or if the map they have for the route
refs is wrong.

On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 00:44, Aleksandar Matejevic (E-Search) via Talk-au <
talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> I was checking A22 route in Sydney and found out some possible
> irregularity.
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-33.88462/151.19843
>
> By looking at Wiki
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_routes_in_New_South_Wales City
> Road - Broadway junction should be logical start of A22 route.
>
> On the other hand https://www.ozroads.com.au/ suggest that is should
> start from Lee street, Pitt Street junction with George Street but no sign
> indicates this.
>
> And, at the end, OSM has route start/end point at Broadway.
>
> What is confusing is that there are two sings that shows that A22
> continues further than junction with A36 route but just up to next junction
> (Broadway - Abercrombie Street).
>
> The one in Broadway street is confusing because it points to City South,
> but if you go in that direction you will end up in Central Sydney. I just
> want to check what is the correct start point of A22 route.
>
> Also, what is questionable is road classification from City Road -
> Broadway junction up to George Street Lee Street junction, because it does
> not look as trunk.
>
> I have attached illustration of described problem so it is easier to get
> the picture of the problem: https://prnt.sc/qyxy5o
>
> Best regards,
> Aleksandar Matejevic
>
>
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