2012

SJ8897 : Ashton Old Road

taken 11 years ago, near to Gorton, Manchester, England

This is 1 of 5 images, with title Ashton Old Road in this square
Ashton Old Road
Ashton Old Road
The A635 from Ashton under Lyne to Manchester via Openshaw near the entrance to the New Smithfield Market which is on the left. Market traffic from Manchester has to turn left after Compass Street on to South Street SJ8897 : Turn left to go right in order to then cross Ashton Old Road at these traffic lights. This avoids queues on the A635 where there is now no right turn, hence the box junction markings on the right.
Box Junction

A box junction is a traffic control measure designed to prevent gridlock at busy road junctions. The surface of the junction is marked with a criss-cross grid of diagonal painted lines and vehicles may not enter the area so marked unless their exit from the junction is clear; drivers may enter the box and wait when they want to turn right and are stopped from doing so only by oncoming traffic or by other vehicles waiting to turn right. LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Roads, Road transport Place: Higher Openshaw Date: 1861 other tags: Road Junction A Road (Classified A) Box Junction Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ashton Old Road [14] · New Smithfield Market [6] · Road in Openshaw [6] · Cross the Road [5] · Cross Ashton Old Road [3] · Right Turn [2] Other Photos: · Turn left to go right Title Clusters: · Ashton Old Road [5] ·
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SJ8897, 46 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerald England   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 28 November, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 29 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8832 9740 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.3920N 2:10.6461W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8836 9740
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