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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).
Numbered roads in the UK are signed as M (Motorway), A, [12] or B [12] roads (legal "classification" varies between countries), as well as various categories of more minor roads: for internal purposes, local authorities may also use C, [13] D [citation needed] and U [13] (the letter standing for "Unclassified"); use of C and U numbers on signs is unusual but examples can be found in all four ...
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
A roads are numbered routes in Great Britain. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind the numbers allocated. Depending on the first digit of the road's number see: Zone 1 (road beginning with 1) Zone 2 (road beginning with 2) Zone 3 (road beginning with 3) Zone 4 (road beginning with 4) Zone 5 (road ...
A route (or road) number, designation or abbreviation is an identifying numeric (or alphanumeric) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and, in many cases, also to indicate its classification (e.g. motorway, primary route, regional road, etc.), general geographical location (in zonal numbering systems) and/or ...
The first digit of a road's number should be the number of the zone it occupies. If the road occupies multiple zones, then the furthest-anticlockwise zone is the correct one. The following tables list all British roads which are anomalously numbered. Roads in bold lie completely outside their "correct" zone; all other roads run for some length ...
Road number is duplicated in Wisbech (see above) with both still being in use. 1.8 miles (2.9 km) B199 B1003 A15 in Lincoln: This is the old A57 renumbered in 2017 because the A57 was rerouted south. Road number is also in use near Cheshunt. 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
The former number for the West Cross Route, now part of the A3220 road. [4] A102(M) The former number for the East Cross Route, split into two sections: from Hackney Wick to Old Ford; from the Greenwich Peninsula to the Sun in the Sands roundabout. Now part of the A102. [4] A40(M) The former number for the Westway, now part of the A40. [4] A601(M)