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UK Motorways

UK Motorways

UK Motorways

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Here in the Uk we have legal definitions for roads and the motorway is classed here as a "special purpose road". This means that there are restrictions for certain types of traffic and the road itself is built to a set standard.

Now Im wondering do other countries in the world employ this sort of thing ? I know that the US has interstates but I have seen that some interstates are not to motorway standard and as such would be more like the trunk road status that we have here in the UK. I may be wrong on this one but Im only curious as to how other countries handle motorways freeways and the like.

Rugged

RE: UK Motorways

For us to answer that, you'd better describe what you mean by "not to motorway standards."

Many older interstates do not meet current standards. The standards of the day were best guesses by the experts of the day.As we get more and better information on the effects of design on safety and traffic flow, the standards evolve.

Then again, design is often influenced by "political engineering," but I'd just as well not get into that.

"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys typing on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare.


        Blair Houghton

RE: UK Motorways

Here in Holland we have road classification. They all have their own preferences and standards.

RE: UK Motorways

typically every jurisdiction including counties, cities, states and the federal government all have standards for various types of roads.  And as stated previously, all continue to evolve.

Additionally, what you are calling an "interstate" may be a local "freeway" which is not necessarily built to the same standard.

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