[Talk-GB] Local names of bits of trunk roads

[SK53]

Discussed as long ago as 2011 on Sabre:
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28139#p571505.

This discussion on Sabre highlights the fact that the Great North Road and
current A1, A1(M) route may not always be identical. I know I might refer
to older dual carriageway sections of the A1 as the GNR, but not newer
motorway sections. The bypasses around Stamford, Grantham & Newark I think
I would call A1.

The A52 between Nottingham & Derby was named "Brian Clough Way" and has
name signs in several places. Parts which have no other name receive the
Brian Clough Way name otherwise it goes in alt_name. Personally I think a
relation might be better, but this is, nonetheless a precedent.

Jerry


On 25 June 2018 at 14:13, Stuart Reynolds <stuart at travelinesoutheast.org.uk>
wrote:

> So here’s a question.
>
> As the A1 passes Sandy in Central Bedfordshire, and further south, the
> road has local road names. For example, it is London Road past Sandy, and
> High Road as it passes Beeston to the south of Sandy. These names are
> verifiable from other sources, and while I note that these are DEFRA’s
> OS-derived MAGIC map, and Google, I am only using these to confirm data
> that I have been given in other contexts. OSM here, though, has “Great
> North Road”. This is *_not_* the name of the road. It is more of a
> colloquial name for the entire A1 than anything official … although it is
> still recognised as a name.
>
> So how should I tag this? I want to have the correct name for the sections
> of A1, yet I don’t know how far these extend (my data lists the street
> names at points, not over lengths), and equally I don’t want to lose the
> Great North Road tag - just to demote it.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Stuart
>
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