"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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"Richard J." wrote in message
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And the other end of the A34 is Salford, not Manchester, according to
the
Ordnance Survey. (There's a big chunk missing in the middle too, where
it
has been replaced by M40/M42.)

And the A34 has even been redesignated north of Oxford: at one time it
deviated off the present route at Peartree roundabout and went up through
Woodstock to Straford-upon-Avon and beyond, whereas that road has now been
renumbered the A44 and the present A34 was once the A421.

I've often wondered why the MoT/DoT/DEFRA uses a system designed to confuse,
and why they don't adopt the US method of showing roads which share routes
on the signposts. Hence you could follow A34 all the way, rather than have
to know that you need to use the A43/M40/M42/M6 to pick it up again.
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