[Talk-GB] route relations type=road

Dave F. davefox at madasafish.com
Mon Dec 7 13:15:57 UTC 2015


On 07/12/2015 12:53, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Colin Smale wrote:
>> Where two roads are multiplexed, it looks like one of the refs is
>> the primary and is shown without brackets, and the other is shown
>> within brackets, such as the A22 near Uckfield which multiplexes
>> with the A26. It is shown as "Eastbourne A22 / Lewes (A26)".
>> Is this done 100% consistently?
> 99.99% consistently, and that might actually be understating it. Anything
> that is missing the brackets can be considered a signage error (I can only
> think of one instance) and not worth constructing an entire data model
> around.

I've always read the brackets to mean 'leading to' or 'via' not as being 
shared. From the Highway Code: "Motorways shown in brackets can also be 
reached along the route indicated." 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/traffic-signs

Dave F.

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