"John Rowland" wrote in message ...
"CIG_BIG_CIG" wrote in message
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Has the Hook underpass always had the layout it has
now where lane 1 diverges off from the rest of the road?

Could you elaborate for those of us who don't know it intimately?

I dont know it intimately, although having once had a few too many in
the Cap in Hand pub on the roundabout there its possible I suppose!!

What I mean is that coming from Tolworth the outer lanes diverge and
then only 2 lanes each way go underneath the roundabout.

Also, has it always had the slip roads to/from the A3 on the
London side only? i.e. have you always had to drive from Hook
to Esher to go towards Pompey if you were not already on the A3?

The Hook underpass predates the Esher Bypass by some years, so your question
doesn't entirely make sense. But I believe it has been the way it is now
since the Esher Bypass was built. As a child in the 1970s I noticed from
maps that the Hook junction was the only "wrongly designed" junction in
London, because it was blindingly obvious that the Esher Bypass should have
access to and from the Hook roundabout, and the Esher road (A309) should
lose access to (and possibly from) the Hook underpass. I have never found
out why it is the way it is.

What I meant by this question was if I was at the roundabout I can
only go towards London on the A3 there is no direct access to the
southbound A3 you have to go to Esher first. Has it never been
possible to get directly from Hook to the A3 southbound?