So which road would qualify for the worst surfaced road?

I have a few but can't remember their names - will get back when I find the A-Z.

I'm not sure on the current one but I would have gone with Division/Devonshire street before the resurface work went ahed.

Got to be Carlisle Street.More tarmac patches than actual surface

Don't have the time to list them all. The roads are shocking round the city!

Originally posted by uncleheed
Got to be Carlisle Street.More tarmac patches than actual surface

I'll second that.

The slip road that come off the Parkway up to the A6102 ring road roundabout (Manor/Darnall/Services) is terrible. When you're going at a suitable speed, it actually kicks in the traction control as my car thinks it's going to lose it!!

ALL OF THEM!!!

(good old Sheffield council)

Originally posted by foxy27
ALL OF THEM!!!

(good old Sheffield council)

That is what i was gonna say.:thumbsup:

Every single one.

Can't we get a subsidy to drive 4WDs please? My car can't cope!

Well, you can wish...wouldn't mind a moderately old Landrover...

Cosy:P

Trippet Lane.

The Council are missing a trick - if they advertised an off-roading experience in Sheffield city centre, they could make some cash. All they need to do is send people up and down Trippet Lane in 4WDs and hey presto, hours of fun.

Trippet Lane... Agreed!!! It's a disgrace, especially as it's a main city centre road.

i agree about Trippet lane but i think the one from commenside down to safeway has to be a contender.

I was thinking about starting a similar thread as I travelled along.... Trippet Lane.

Guess its not called trippet lane for nowt then... LOL and havin driven down there today Have to agree, although Eckleshawl Roud sarf (just to t-off the vocal minoity who bitch about the way it gets misspelt) is dire.. esp if you concider how much traffic uses it

i think the Parkway is shocking for such a major route, the patched sections throw smaller cars around and the constant lumps give almost rollercoaster sensations

Originally posted by Dont-Ask
Guess its not called trippet lane for nowt then... LOL and havin driven down there today Have to agree, although Eckleshawl Roud sarf (just to t-off the vocal minoity who bitch about the way it gets misspelt) is dire.. esp if you concider how much traffic uses it

t020 ain't around so there's nowt to worry about on that score.... Even if his precious Eccleshall does suck :lol: :D

And no, Ecclesall Road is NOT in Eccleshall.

Originally posted by Rich
t020 ain't around so there's nowt to worry about on that score.... Even if his precious Eccleshall does suck :lol: :D

And no, Ecclesall Road is NOT in Eccleshall.


No, but Ecclesall Road SOUTH is.

Originally posted by Dont-Ask
Guess its not called trippet lane for nowt then... LOL and havin driven down there today Have to agree, although Eckleshawl Roud sarf (just to t-off the vocal minoity who bitch about the way it gets misspelt) is dire.. esp if you concider how much traffic uses it


Don't think Ecclesall Rd South is too bad to be honest. The worst IMO is that back street in town where "Niche" nightclub is - part of the diversion to get around the roadworks on Eyre Street. The surface is just appalling.

The worst roads in Sheffield are up Wincobank.

Have a drive around Sandstone rd/ave/dri and the Forthill road area.

These roads were never built for the amount of cars that travel on them. They are all too narrow and the bumps in them shake your car to bits.

There are no real potholes, just tons of ridges sticking up going across the road like little speed humps

I drive a van through the day I hate going up there to a customers house, as all my tools and stock gets thrown around, even at the slowest of speeds

Just to tease the house holders as well they all seem to have drive ways but very few use them as they are so steep.

Trippet Lane is definately the worst I have ever driven on. Its appaling due to the fact that you are routed out along it because of the one way system.

You spend more time looking for a route through the dips and holes than you do looking for other traffic. Its potentially lethal.

where is Trippet lane?:confused:

The road which the Lord Nelson pub is on is awful.

Next to West Street

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?GridE=-1.47354744458649&GridN=53.3821060179576&client=public&lon=-1.47354744458649&lat=53.3821060179576&place=+Trippet+Lane,+S1,+SHEFFIELD&db=GB&local=&type=&start=&limit=&overviewmap=&scale=5000

Going slightly further afield to Crookes now, what about the current state of Tasker Road? There are 6 huge potholes circled in yellow paint ready for tackling by the council I presume - Well, it's been over a month now and nothing's been done so who knows. The way they are positioned though it's like either ruin your alloys or knock off somebody's wing mirror *looks innocent*. No, seriously, it's made worse by thae fact that people park both sides of the road and it's a narrow one as it stands, a bit like playing tag but with potholes.

So which road would qualify for the worst surfaced road?

I have a few but can't remember their names - will get back when I find the A-Z.

Most of them:|

So which road would qualify for the worst surfaced road?

I have a few but can't remember their names - will get back when I find the A-Z.

Long Line ( The Patchwork Quilt ) Ringinglow / Dore was said on the " One Show " by an expert to be the worst he had ever seen :o

has to be the main one out towards meadowhall.. through brightside and to the bus station! ......is it meadowhead? or something like that.

That road is truly appalling! I have travelled down it every day and am constantly having to change bushes etc due to the road surface. Its got to the point where I actually go round meadowhall and thru attercliffe now as I cant stand it any more.. especially now my new car has rock hard suspension! :hihi:

I'd agree about the one past Meadowhall and also the road past the motorway roundabout towards Blackburn Meadows, sorry don't know the name. Travel along both most days and just blown a whole lot of dosh repairing my fractured suspension. Boo hoo!

Albert Terrace Road at the side of Tesco's going down to Infirmary Road.

Albert Terrace Road at the side of Tesco's going down to Infirmary Road.
That is bad, that section certainly doesn't need the speed calming measures that it has.

Heavygate Road between Northfield Rd and Howard Road is awful.

Heavygate Road between Northfield Rd and Howard Road is awful.

It's pretty bad - half of that is down to the camber - especially near the top of Greenhow Street - but it doesn't carry that much traffic - the equivalent in Leeds would still be cobbled.

It's pretty bad - half of that is down to the camber - especially near the top of Greenhow Street - but it doesn't carry that much traffic - the equivalent in Leeds would still be cobbled.

Some of the roads around there are back to cobble now!!:hihi: (by being worn out), especially the steep road near the Walkley Club, (can't rem the name, parallel to Lark St)

There's a private road in Ranmoor that is totally unmaintained as the residents are arguing about paying for the repairs. The state of the road is as bad as anything I've encountered in the third world, but we can't blame the council for that one.

I think it's called Endcliffe Grove Avenue - if not it's somewhere round there.

There's a private road in Ranmoor that is totally unmaintained as the residents are arguing about paying for the repairs. The state of the road is as bad as anything I've encountered in the third world, but we can't blame the council for that one.

I think it's called Endcliffe Grove Avenue - if not it's somewhere round there.

That or Belgrave Road.

I agree, EGAve is absolutely shocking. As you mention though, can't blame council for that.

we live on a cul-de-sac and it's only been resurfaced recently n people r using it like a racetrack - Instead of doing somethin about Middlewood Rd, they would rather spend money on something they've negleted since the 80's. no wonder people drive 4x4's!!

they would rather spend money on something they've negleted since the 80's. Make ya mind up.:roll:

The bottom of Fitzwilliam Street. From Stokes Tiles up to Milton Street is a disgrace. It's brought women into labour I tell ya.

it has to be Carlisle Street

it has to be Carlisle Street

But I'm happy to keep it the way it is as a largely unknown way in and out of the city.

So which road would qualify for the worst surfaced road?

I have a few but can't remember their names - will get back when I find the A-Z.

A Road in a the posh area around Broomhill I think don't quote me on it as i am not familiar with that area it might be the road some of you are on about it was Absolutely shocking.

my old man got lost on this road with big posh houses either side i think it was a private road but deary me i have never seen pot holes like them they were like craters:hihi: everytime me dad went down one& went back up i ended up smacking my head on the roof due to the damn things:hihi:

But I'm happy to keep it the way it is as a largely unknown way in and out of the city.

WHAT!! that is the way that most of the buses travel to Meadowhall!! not at all unknown!

Midland Road, off Shoreham Street by the post office - no tarmac at all - still just cobbles.

It would be a shorter thread if you had titled it the best surfaced road in Sheffield, coz there cant me many. I bet I can count the decent ones on the digit of one hand

WHAT!! that is the way that most of the buses travel to Meadowhall!! not at all unknown!
I'd be surprised if more than a couple of services use Carlisle Street.

There's a private road in Ranmoor that is totally unmaintained as the residents are arguing about paying for the repairs. The state of the road is as bad as anything I've encountered in the third world, but we can't blame the council for that one.

I think it's called Endcliffe Grove Avenue - if not it's somewhere round there.

I was wrong, the bad section is Endcliffe Hall Avenue. It leads into Endcliffe Grove Avenue, but the latter just has the normal SCC level of disrepair.

Vere road full of potholes due to being used as a rat run from penistone rd to leppings lane

The road at the roundabout near Chaucer School is in a really bad state and has been for a while now. Funnily enough I drop my mate off just up from Lidl on Halifax road. He lives on one of the service roads than runs parallel to Halifax road that hardly gets any heavy traffic. Someone from the council has been out with their yellow spray paint and painted areas on this road. To get to this road I've had to zig zag like someone under the influence to avoid the potholes and doing serious damage to my car and some crackpot from the council thinks that the areas where the old tarmac has "slumped" slightly warrants immediate attention. Are these people living in the real world? :loopy::loopy::loopy:

Endcliffe Hall Avenue in Ranmoor - potholes the size of bomb craters :mad: Ok it's unadopted but that must be one of the richest areas in the city. Or maybe all the money goes on 4x4s :)

Cant remember the name of the road , but its that one that runs down the side of where the dancing dollar used to be , the one that runs onto berners road where the bin place is

Midland Road, off Shoreham Street by the post office - no tarmac at all - still just cobbles.

I like Midland Road, it's a glimpse of how the old Sheffield looked and a testament to the endurance of cobbles.

Endcliffe Hall Avenue in Ranmoor - potholes the size of bomb craters :mad: Ok it's unadopted but that must be one of the richest areas in the city. Or maybe all the money goes on 4x4s :)

As I posted previously...

The reason the road is in such a bad state is that the residents are in dispute with each other about paying for repairs.

would proberly be easyier to name the good 1 road there must be 1 somewhere :hihi

Blacksmith Lane at Grenoside. Bone shaker!

Jim

Dyke Vale Road, Hackenthorpe (from Electricity sub-station to the end which meets Normanton Hill) is definitely the worst road in the entire Sheffield area. It doesn't qualify as a road at all - more a tank training track. Had to stop using it and drive more than 4 times the distance to avoid it after paying for new suspension on 2 cars.

Mine would have to be the road with the corperation on it round the back of Eldon house, at that junction with comming off fiztwilliam onto just on that corner I have done some real damage to cars, (bellow)

in the last 4 years and 4 cars
Lost 1 gearbox (broke G/B mount) engine and gearbox on road
broke 2 coils
smashed a damper.
most cars last at max 6 months before they need serious work doing on them and its not like i drive fast (30 mostly and 55 on parkway) but all my cars i have heard the clink or the bang when going over this particular large pot hole and its one where you are braking anyway as your comming up to the junction to go down to charter row.

and current car is having all new bushes, new dampers and springs (moving from the SE spec to the ArdenSports comfort pack), and new exhaust as well as 4 needs tracking

Housley Lane in Chapeltown! Though I do believe it may be unadopted. Needs a good mountain bike to traverse it lol.

Housley Lane in Chapeltown! Though I do believe it may be unadopted. Needs a good mountain bike to traverse it lol. It is unadopted. Think some of the residents may have clubbed together a few years ago and had the bottom section done though.

Parkwood Road on the way to the waste tip.

The lorries that speed up there on a daily basis have ruined the road.

Got to be the roads around Crookes..all of them!!

It has to be Queen Street, nr West Bar. They keep putting signs up saying there is resurfacing work about to be done, but the dates shown on the signs just come and go with nothing done :loopy:

I like Midland Road, it's a glimpse of how the old Sheffield looked and a testament to the endurance of cobbles.

I am in agreement with that.

3 more for the collection!

Chapel Road, Chapeltown
Mountbatten Drive, Burncross
Springwood Lane, High Green

From the North Sheffield correspondent!

Jim

agree with dyke vale rd but from the bottom of linley to coisley r a bout is a mess. also the botton of manchester rd nd ths shops very bad plus about every rd in sheffield is the easy way to say this city is a mess for roads

So which road would qualify for the worst surfaced road?

I have a few but can't remember their names - will get back when I find the A-Z.99% off the roads thats the answer, pick a road out of the a-z bound to be patched up.

The road at the roundabout near Chaucer School is in a really bad state and has been for a while now. Funnily enough I drop my mate off just up from Lidl on Halifax road. He lives on one of the service roads than runs parallel to Halifax road that hardly gets any heavy traffic. Someone from the council has been out with their yellow spray paint and painted areas on this road. To get to this road I've had to zig zag like someone under the influence to avoid the potholes and doing serious damage to my car and some crackpot from the council thinks that the areas where the old tarmac has "slumped" slightly warrants immediate attention. Are these people living in the real world? :loopy::loopy::loopy:

I noticed that road the other day, it's pretty bad there!

carlisle street 4 me ,why did they repair only from upwell street to newhall road if anyone from scc could give us an answer:help:

Any road on manor park and most of Beìghton esp since the floods!

St Thomas Rd, Crookes, not sure this has ever had a surface in the 10 years i've driven on it.

Ide say Long Line, but i dont think its too much of a problem as most cars that go up and down there are 4WD or Tractors lol

Carterknowle road, because of the ridiculous speed bumps. Infact im sick of the monkeys in council using my road tax to build driving obsticles instead of fixing the damn roads, perhaps we should get someone with some basic common sence to see over the roads?

South Road in Walkley has got to be mentioned too, it is totally pot-holed. Lark Street and Thrush Street (also Walkley/Bole Hills) are also down to the cobbles, it's like riding a bone-skaker down them.

The whole of Wadsley Park Village is worth a mention.

Im not sure what the plans are but for about a month the Worksop Tarmac company just keep digging holes up, leave them a few days then move on leaving patchwork all over the place and totally uneven. Then they go back and do it again.

The manhole covers are best, they leave them raised so knacker your suspension but instead of sorting out they have just been left while the workmen move further up and do some more.

Classic example - a few weeks ago started work on Middlewood Drive/Eastwood turning. Dug the road up then cleared off leaving loose stone around and absolutely no evidence of what they were doing or trying to do:loopy::loopy:

The worst one of all roads in the country has got to be EAST GLADE AVENUE without doubt. Great big holes all over where the patch of tarmac has yet again broken up. If anyone should ever fall down one nasty accident time. Your car tyres would be knackered if you went over one. Good job done sheffield city council. Thats what we pay our council tax for. Money well spent!!!

Carterknowle road, because of the ridiculous speed bumps. Infact im sick of the monkeys in council using my road tax to build driving obsticles instead of fixing the damn roads, perhaps we should get someone with some basic common sence to see over the roads?

True- and there are much more car-friendly speed bumps that could be installed there to replace the horrid high bumps - a gentle slope right across the road would work just as well.

Not in Sheffield but i'll nominate Centenery Way in Rotherham (canklow bypass). The stretch from Brinsworth to Ickles roundabout has to be re-laid every two years or so it seems and as soon as its done its like riding the english channel

in winter

when its windy

and you are in a dinghy

Not a good road if you have piles

Norton Park Road has dozens of large holes about 2 to 3 inches deep. However it is perfectly safe. The council have painted yellow lines around them all to stop people falling in.

This cluster of roads in Broomhill: Elmore Rd, Marlborough Rd, Highnam Crescent Rd and Moor Oaks Rd. There are lots of potholes and grit all over these roads from where the potholes keep getting worse. It's awful.

Ecclesall road also has a mahoosive pothole near the Reg Vardy garage.

Norton Park Road has dozens of large holes about 2 to 3 inches deep. However it is perfectly safe. The council have painted yellow lines around them all to stop people falling in.

:hihi::hihi:

Newman road leading up from Barrow Road is pretty rubbish, but Sheffield roads in general are just poor quality. I mean further up from Newman you go onto Wincobank Avenue and that actually has speed bumps, but it doesn't really need them as the road is just a series of holes.

What about Harcourt Road at Crookesmoor it's almost as though it's been used bank tanks regularly.

Ide say Long Line, but i dont think its too much of a problem as most cars that go up and down there are 4WD or Tractors lol

I sometime drive on here and is up there on the list :mad:

In the Handsworth area, Olivers Mount is a nightmare - random ptoholes dotted around the road (particularly at the bottom), which it's hard to avoid with all of the double parked cars, vans and taxis... the regular heavy traffic upto the sports ground at the top of the road doesn't help either.

They patch it every so often, nut it looks a real mess, and is soon back to looking like the surface of the moon...

Station Road at Mosborough was awful, there was no decent surface at all the last time I was down there.

Another vote for long line i am guessing there are 200 odd areas that have been "filled"

Carterknowle road, because of the ridiculous speed bumps. Infact im sick of the monkeys in council using my road tax to build driving obsticles instead of fixing the damn roads, perhaps we should get someone with some basic common sence to see over the roads?

Come and see Dagnam Road Arbourthone , full of these new speed humps and yet the road is full of potholes :mad:

Another vote for long line i am guessing there are 200 odd areas that have been "filled"

Lone Line is not known as the "Patchwork Quilt" for nothing you know :D

Another one to the list is Twentwell Lane, potholes are not too bad but the road is subsiding all-over the place:help: , I little birdy tells me this might be re-tarmaced this year :o fingers crossed :D

Well I have just driven up Dyke Vale Road and it must rank as one of the worst surfaces in Sheffield, just wondered if any of the roads mentioned on this thread have improved since the posts were made..

woodseats road gets my vote my clio thumps down there most mornings and my citroen has the potential to make both kids vomit as it wallows up and down

Got to be the roads around Crookes..all of them!!

Agreed, but sometimes people power can work...Aldred Road in Crookes was a suspension-wrecker (cobbles & worn-out tarmac), so I emailed Streetforce (as suggested on the SCC website) who said it was low priority as it's not a through road and 'some' repairs were done 10 years ago...! I emailed back to say I'd contact the local councillor & get opinions from other residents.

End result - road inspected and repaired within 2 weeks of 2nd email.

If we all shout loud enough they'll do something...otherwise they're just waiting for £670m of EU money due in 2010-13. (Told them my suspension wouldn't last til then...)

Mappin Street, try riding down it on an old student bus, with no suspension; its jaw breaking :rolleyes:

netherfield rd at crookes ,in some places its down to the old cobble underneath

Seems SCC needs less meetings to discuss meetings and more action to sort out the city for the people who live in it.

Just had a near death experience driving a motorbike up Beech Hill Road next to the Hallamshire. The surface is shocking, my fillings have all fallen out.

Infield lane is the worst, you can only go up/down in first gear, any more and the car bottoms out.

My vote goes to Whiteley Wood Road/Common Lane, between Hangingwater Road and Ringinglow Road.

Theres a bit off blackstock road - callow road i think it is called - that is terrible (the top bit has an almost decent surface, down the hill is terrible to the extent of my van slipping around at 10mph)

I am with Metalman there also Hanginwater Road with the trees that jump out.
Fulwood Road is a disgrace, at one point there is a big dip which you have to drive slowly over or it will have your suspension
Campo Lane in the city centre is appalling.

I am with Metalman there also Hanginwater Road with the trees that jump out.
Fulwood Road is a disgrace, at one point there is a big dip which you have to drive slowly over or it will have your suspension
Campo Lane in the city centre is appalling.

They're closing Hangingwater Rd next week (Sep 28) where it becomes Highcliffe Rd.Doubt it'll be for resurfacing though.More likely putting a cycle lane in...:help:

it's gotta be monteny rd in ecclesfield,big pot holes all the way up,what makes me laugh though is the pavments have been renewed.blacksmith at grenoside used to be the worst but that's been renewed now. the trouble is when they simply fix the roads they cant seem to get the new tarmac level with the old,why is this? then when it rains the new tarmac washes away.cant we use somthing better than tarmac to fix them with.

upwell street junction to carlise street shocking on the suspension.....