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Each road is given a single letter (representing a category) and a subsequent number (between one and four digits). Though this scheme was introduced merely to simplify funding allocations, it soon became used on maps and as a method of navigation. There are two sub-schemes in use: one for motorways, and another for non-motorway roads.
List of primary destinations on the United Kingdom road network; List of road projects in the UK; Great Britain. The numbering zones for A & B roads 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 beginning with 5) Zone 6 (road beginning with 6)
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 ...
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 ...
In the Great Britain road numbering scheme, the country is divided into numbered zones, the boundaries of which are usually defined by single-digit roads. 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 Cheshunt Southern Relief Road, formerly part of the A121 and renumbered around the time this section of the M25 was completed. 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.
Shares the same number with Scartho Road and a stretch of Louth Road to the south of Grimsby. See Anomalously numbered roads in Great Britain: A1243 (Grimsby) A1136 in Grimsby: A16 in New Waltham: A1244 Reserved for the Northern Gateway Access Road near Waltham Abbey. It would go from the A1055 to A121 if built. A1245 A130 at South Benfleet