On 09/11/2012 09:21, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , JNugent
writes
On 08/11/2012 23:31, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Anthony Polson
writes







The Tyne Tunnel now has two bores each carrying two lanes of traffic.
There is, however, no intention to revert to the original plan and
apply "A1" to the A19/Tyne Tunnel road system.

So what you're saying is that the Tyne Tunnel never actually got to be the A1
- which would explain why I have no recollection of it being so!

NO... It was the A1 for a while.

Well, maybe at some time (possibly during the building of the Western Bypass
and the re-designation the part of the A1 through Gateshead the A167) someone
decided to call the Tyne Tunnel itself the A1,However, I doubt if any of the
roads connecting to the TT were called the A1.

Half-right. It was partly A1 and partly A1(M).

As I've said, heading south on
the A1 from the north side of Newcastle, I'm pretty sure that the eastwards
turn-off for the Tyne Tunnel and the Bergen Ferry terminal said A19. Heading
north, just after the Washington services, the eastwards turn-off was the
A194 or A194M.

The Tyne Tunnel-bound routes have clearly had a chequered numbering history.
But how many authoritative sources will you need cited before you accept that
the Tyne Tunnel was indeed (at one time) numbered A1?