There's a road sign near the zebra crossing on Bigby Street, Brigg, warning drivers they are approaching a low bridge. We think it says 500 yards ahead, but it's more likely to be 500 metres.
This set us thinking and we can only conclude it's making reference to the railway bridge on Cadney Road. Is that correct?
We don't think this road sees many tall lorries. But if a driver did venture down Cadney Road and find his lorry was not going to squeeze under the bridge, it would be difficult to execute a U-turn alongside the Old River Ancholme. So this sign clearly serves a useful purpose.
Is this warning sign newly-introduced? We can't recall seeing it until quite recently. But then, when approaching a zebra crossing, as a driver you tend to concentrate on the road.
You were right the first time, Nige - road markings/signs still show imperial measurements (in general). We still have Count-down Markers on motorways - 100 yards apart - heights of bridges are displayed in feet & inches with metric supporting heights. We (us UK folks) still use MPH.......but there are a few exceptions..........
ReplyDeleteOn motorways there are metric count-up and count-down markers --- leaving London, for example, there are markers every 1km..and because it going away from the start, the carriageway is called 'A'....so 100 km from London would show a sign 'A' 100; the next sign, 'A' 101...GOT IT?
The carriageway going TOWARDS the start is 'B'...so the sign on the opposite carriagewy to 'A' 100' would read 'B' 100.....the next sign should read 'B' 99..as one is 99 km from the start of the motorway....dead easy really...