On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:11:39 +0100, Bruce wrote:

Derek Geldard wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 08:30:12 -0700 (PDT), cynic wrote:

Does the M1 still go down to two lanes for a section of viaduct as it
passes Sheffield near the old steelworks cooling towers?

Yes it does. That was instigated before/whilst/until the Tinsley
Viaduct was being strengthened (Again ! ) and proved so successful
that there are no plans to widen it back out to 3 lanes. So they say.


That isn't quite true. The last strengthening brought it up to full
strength for the largest lorries and it is fully capable of supporting
three lanes of traffic in each direction.

However, the intention is to leave it restricted to two lanes each way

Hmmm, that's odd isn't it just after they supposedly got it sorted
after *many* years of it being reduced to 2 lanes presumably in order
to minimise the payout in the event of a "Santa Monica Freeway"
incident.

I can distinctly remember it being lane -restricted Ca. 1970 when I
used it every week to get back to Leeds from working in London (+ret.)

until the M1 on each side of it is widened from three to four lanes
each way. And apparently that's official, from the Highways Agency.

I've not seen that on their website, however their pronunciations on
the topic have been both capricious and sparse.

Derek