'DISAPPEARING' BRIGG ROAD MYSTERY

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.