Slow for the trumpet
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Slow for the trumpet
Image: © Peter Whatley Taken: 18 Jan 2011
Signs and road markings indicate the tight turns required to get from A55 to A494 eastbound. This junction is a very late (1984) example of the "trumpet" style of free-flow road junction, much favoured in 1960s UK motorway building, but rapidly disfavoured due to the tight curves inherent in its design. Although free-flow design is generally preferred, in this instance it is arguably a mistake, since this junction's construction gave rise to three intersections within one mile on a 70mph road with layouts which mean "weaving" between conflicting traffic flows is inevitable. A roundabout here with "collector lanes" between Ewloe and the A494 western junction (A55 33a) might well have been a safer and equally efficient design. For more information on styles of road junction commonly employed and their merits or failings, see: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/interchanges/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.18867
Longitude
-3.064188