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Old Picture Quizzes

Time is a great thing which can be used in many ways. One of these ways, although it's usually towards the bottom of the list, is to present people with a picture of a road and ask them where it is. Yes, I know, you want a go, which is why most of mine can now be found below. Some of them are pretty hard, but they've all been solved before.

There is a clue in each box, so close your eyes if you don't want to look at it. You can click on each photo to enlarge it.

A dual carriageway

An important dual carriageway in the Midlands.

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The road is actually a dual carriageway, and is part of a town's ring road.

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A roundabout exit

We're beneath an important motorway right now.

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A wide dual carriageway

Another important dual carriageway, this one in the south.

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An urban road

In the middle of a city. This road used to be a F99.

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A dual carriageway

We're just beyond a new GSJ, replacing an old roundabout.

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A bendy road

We're not too far from one of the north-east's best-known roads landmarks.

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An old service area

The road looks nothing like this today.

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A motorway

A lot of traffic leaves here, heading towards the south coast.

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A road in a forest

We're between the M1 and the A1.

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A dual carriageway near a motorway roundabout

A big industrial estate to our left, featuring a service station.

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Exiting a roundabout

A very southern one this one, and it's part of a larger junction complex.

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A motorway junction

This was taken from the back of a service station, and the lights are relatively new.

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An urban dual carriageway

Another ex-F99 in the Midlands.

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The back of a road sign

There should be a sliproad here and there's an MSA about within a mile of here.

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A narrow motorway

It's quite busy here, but it could be worse, we could be on the M25.

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A motorway

Two photos, one answer, but it's a tough one. Not too far from the previous photo.

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A motorway junction sign
Leaving a motorway

This is the crossing of two important motorways.

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A split

We're at the end of a motorway, most traffic bares right here.

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A motorway junction

Another unbuilt MSA.

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A road in a cutting

If you think we're low down right now, you should see what's coming up.

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A modern dual carriageway

It's north of the M40.

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A four-lane A-road

How many four-lane a-roads are there?

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A motorway

The road ends just behind me.

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A narrow country lane

This is probably the hardest of the lot. It's an unclassified road in the Pennines, and it's very close to one of road enthusiasts' favourite sites.

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A motorway exit

There's not a lot to say about this one. It hasn't always looked like this.

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That's a tram line crossing here, and we're in the north west. There aren't many possibilities!

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A motorway

This could be any motorway really, so it's just a bit of trial-and-error. This motorway isn't quite as long as you wish it was, however.

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A new roundabout

There's an impressive GSJ in the distance.

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Sharp bend

Bearing in to a roundabout, on an otherwise high-speed dual carriageway.

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A tight motorway exit

This is a motorway spur road.

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A re-aligned road

Part of a long-distance single-carriageway road in Cheshire.

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A coastal road

This isn't a particularly exciting seaside town, but there is one nearby.

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A roundabout sign

We were here not too long ago. How many motorway dumbbells are there?

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A dual carriageway on a bridge

That crane will be there for a while, there will be lots of roadworks here.

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A motorway

A bit of a nothing motorway, this one.

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An old motorway

Another nothing motorway, although this one gets more interesting further up.

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An old motorway

There are currently major roadworks to improve the notorious junction just before here.

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An old motorway

You may have seen this picture before. This picture is from the 1960s.

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Roadworks on a motorway

What could those roadworks be for?

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A merging sliproad

A really tough one this one. It's taken from a F99 road, and shows part of a GSJ.

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A motorway from above

Something quite significant has changed here.

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Another old motorway

Another old MSA postcard.

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A strip map

Something completely different here - this is a strip map of a road, rendered in Merkaartor. Which road is it? The biggest clue is at the bottom.

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A traffic island

A very hard one this one. This is a private road and you need to pay to be able to access it by car.

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A single-lane road

A single-lane flyover in an urban area. How many places would need a complex road network like this? We're in the north west.

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