Whatever happened to the B1199 in Brigg? We glanced at an early 1970s map of our town the other day
and spied, in the small print, reference to the B1199.
We couldn’t remember this road and so started on a bit of
online research.
Google Maps: No matches.
North Lincolnshire Council (highway authority) website: No
matches.
However, a general Google search did find it mentioned in a
2012 motor-cycling enthusiasts’ route map.
The B1199 is/was Albert Street – from Station Road to the
junction with Bigby Road, near the present car lot. It was the only B-road in Brigg on the early 1970s
map.
Now, presumably, we have none at all. Or do
we?
If it was indeed removed from the road network and downgraded
to an unclassified residential street, when did this happen? And
why?
We know Coun Nigel Sherwood, Cabinet Member for Highways and
Neighbourhoods, Brigg business proprietor and town resident for the past 58
years, follows our Blog.
We also know that, like us, he takes a keen interest in the
town’s past, as well as what’s happening today.
So we wonder whether he might ask his highways staff, or even
the legal team, to investigate and provide some
answers on a matter of some public interest.
As the B1199 map was based on the Ordnance Survey and
therefore subject to copyright, we aren’t going to reproduce it here, for
obvious reasons.
But we are happy to provide the original to North
Lincolnshire Council, should a representative of the authority wish to see
it.
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