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The yellow square symbol on this sign on the A614 road indicates a diversion route for the M18 motorway. In the United Kingdom, emergency diversion routes, or formally off-network tactical diversion routes are permanently signed detour routes: planned road traffic routes that bypass the main trunk road network.
A non-primary road sign near Bristol shows Guildford Rules patches.Road signs in the United Kingdom and in its associated Crown dependencies and overseas territories conform broadly to European design norms, with a number of exceptions: direction signs omit European route numbers, and road signs generally use the imperial system of units (miles and yards), unlike the rest of Europe (kilometres ...
Following the identification of emergency diversion routes on the M50 in 2016, a set of symbols to indicate such routes was introduced. [12] The operation of these routes as well as the symbols used are similar to that in the UK, although hollow shape symbols are not used.
The numbering zones for A & B roads in Great Britain. In Great Britain, there is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads. Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits).
List of numbered roads in the British Isles; List of motorways in the United Kingdom; List of road junctions in the United Kingdom; List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network; List of road projects in the UK
Traffic signing in the UK conforms broadly to European norms, though a number of signs are unique to Britain and direction signs omit European route numbers. The current sign system, introduced on 1 January 1965, was developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Anderson Committee, which established the motorway signing system, and by the ...
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Diversion ^ Used to indicate locations like regions, city centres, city districts and tourist locations. In reality, there is no clearcut and consistent usage of the white on green signs; for city centres and city districts, black on white signals are often preferred if the roads leading to them are primary roads.