On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just been on a long trip on a "State Road" > And had too much time on the road to consider the classification of NSW > roads > The current classification tells us nothing about the road itself, merely > whether the the State of NSW pays the Council to keep the Road in order, > or > if the council does it out of more general funding.
The State Road status is meaningless, but the State Highway shields are not... > > > So in Vic, the A, B, C, does in fact tell you about the road condition.Oris > meant too. > Ref VicRoads Drivers guide to Rural Victoria Aug 2002 > so in Vic a 'C' Road "will generally be two lane sealed roads with > shoulders. > 'B' Roads will have sealed pavements with two traffic lanes, with good > centreline and edge linemarking, shoulders and a high standard of > guidepost > delineation. Additional overtaking lanes will be provided on higher > volume 'B' roads to improve road safety and capacity. One supposes that when the RTA finally unveils these in NSW, they will reflect the same kind of scheme - ie the Monaro Highway south of Cooma is being downgraded to B23 IIRC... > > In fact the recent discussion about Adelaide is the same problem - do we > use > the classification used by governments with alternate agendas or do we > mark > what is there and how people use it? > That crazy Southern Expressway in Adelaide doesn't even qualify for M > status > because it isn't a divided carriageway with 4 traffic lanes. > (For those who have never seen this piece of engineering, it is one way, > which > way depending on the time of day). > I think the Southern Expressway certainly is of M status - just because its only one carriageway doesn't reduce that carriageway's motorway standards. It's never two way, so it's fine IMHO. On the other hand, the Cahill Expressway in Sydney is a bloody joke... no median strip, two lanes each way, of which only one is a through lane going east... stuart. -- Version: 3.1 GCS dpu s: a18 C++ UL++ P+ L(+++) E--- W+++ N-- o+ K? w+++(---) O---- M-- V? PS+ PE+++ Y? PGP-- t+ 5? X? R-- tv-- b++(+) DI++++ D+ G e* h! r !y+
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